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DELHI THE HINDU 14 WORLD WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE loses Parliament majority Explosion rocks Kabul as U.S. Rebel lawmaker Phillip Lee defects to pro­European Liberal Democrats; MPs seek to delay peace deal with Taliban nears Agence France-Presse said: “There are no circum­ less than six weeks ago, after London stances in which I will ever his predecessor 16 civilians killed and 119 wounded in suicide attack Prime Minister Boris John­ accept anything like it”. His was forced out over her fai­ son on Tuesday lost his aides had already warned lure to get her Brexit divorce Associated Press working majority in Parlia­ that defeat would force him deal through parliament. KABUL ment ahead of a showdown to call a snap election ahead From the start, he faced The death toll from a late­ with rebel MPs over Brexit of a crucial EU summit on opposition from his own MPs night Taliban suicide attack that could lead to a snap October 17­18 — and a mere who fear his threat of leaving in the Afghan capital rose to election within weeks. fortnight before Brexit. the EU without an agree­ 16 civilians on Tuesday, with Mr. Johnson condemned a ment with Brussels risks sev­ 119 people wounded, an offi­ plan by lawmakers to block Delay plan ere economic disruption. cial said. Angry Kabul resi­ his Brexit strategy as “sur­ The rebels believe they have Former Finance Minister dents climbed over the wall render” and said it would the numbers to force Philip Hammond is among into the international com­ undermine his intention to through the plan, which is those who have joined with pound, which has been tar­ Terror-hit: Afghan firefighters at work after a suicide attack at negotiate a new divorce deal backed by the main opposi­ Labour to draw up legisla­ geted frequently, and set a parking lot in Kabul on Tuesday. * AFP with the EU. tion Labour party and could tion that could force the de­ part of it on fire. He said the move by oppo­ delay Brexit to January 31. In limbo: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaking in the lay. They will first try to Thick smoke rose from strong position.” hours after the U.S. envoy sition MPs and members of In a theatrical show of de­ Parliament in London on Tuesday. * PARLIAMENT TV/REUTERS make room in the parliamen­ the Green Village, home to Interior Ministry spokes­ briefed the Afghan govern­ his Conservative party to try fiance, Conservative MP Phil­ tary agenda for a debate of several international organi­ man Nasrat Rahimi said ment on an agreement “in to delay Brexit beyond Oc­ lip Lee crossed the floor of ity in the 650­seat chamber an Edinburgh court, mean­ the bill by putting forward a sations and guest houses. some 400 foreigners had principle” with the Taliban tober 31 if he cannot agree the Commons while Mr. — but the defection does not while, heard a legal chal­ motion set to be voted on by Taliban spokesman Zabi­ been rescued. Five attackers that would see 5,000 U.S. exit terms with Brussels was Johnson was making his automatically bring down lenge against Mr. Johnson’s MPs on Tuesday evening. hullah Mujahid told that “we were shot and killed by se­ troops withdraw from five like “running up the white statement, to defect to the the government. decision to suspend Parlia­ If they succeed, they will understand that peace talks curity forces after the bom­ bases in the country within flag”. pro­European Liberal This can only happen if ment next week for more introduce their Bill on Wed­ are going on... but they must ber detonated a tractor 135 days of a final deal. Bet­ Ahead of a first vote in the Democrats. the government loses a for­ than a month, which critics nesday and seek to get it also understand that we are packed with explosives, he ween 14,000 and 13,000 House of Commons on Tues­ As a result, the Prime Mi­ mal confidence vote. said was a bid to silence MPs. through before Parliament is not weak and if we enter into added. troops are currently in the day evening, Mr. Johnson nister no longer has a major­ On a day of high drama, Mr. Johnson took office suspended next week. talks... we enter from a The attack occurred just country. Carrie Lam says she will stay on No water storage projects in Tibet, says China Hong Kong leader clarifies she never considered resigning ‘One hydro power plant has been built & two others are under construction on Yarlung Zangbo River’ Agence France-Presse conflict that I myself want to AMIT BARUAH Hong Kong quit, but cannot quit, does However, the Tibetan people Asked whether a large Hong Kong’s embattled lead­ not exist,” she said. BEIJING had a basic right to use their country like China had issues er insisted on Tuesday she Ms. Lam was speaking af­ China has built one and is water resources. between provinces when it had no intention of stepping ter Reuters news agency re­ constructing two more run­ came to water sharing, he re­ down after an audio record­ leased an audio recording of of­the­river hydro power Information sharing plied in the affirmative. Chi­ ing emerged of her saying her telling business leaders plants on the Yarlung Zang­ According to the official, Chi­ na faced water­sharing is­ she wanted to quit over last week that she wanted to bo River, which is known as na was sticking to a bilateral sues especially in regard to three months of unrest in step down and take respon­ the Brahmaputra in India, a agreement with India to sup­ the Yellow River, Mr. Yu said. the southern Chinese city. sibility for the unrest. top Chinese official told a ply data on water flow levels “These provinces [along the Hong Kong has endured “For a chief executive to group of visiting Indian jour­ at a time of possible floods. Yellow River] would like to dozens of pro­democracy Carrie Lam have caused this huge havoc nalists recently. As of now, this information have more water for protests triggered by opposi­ to Hong Kong is unforgiva­ “There is no storage in­ sharing on flood information themselves.” tion to Chief Executive Car­ “I told myself repeatedly ble,” an emotional Lam said volved in these projects,” Yu China says it is using less than 1% of the Yarlung Zangbo was confined to two rivers — There were, he said, seven rie Lam’s bid to pass a law al­ in the last three months that in the audio recording. “If I Xingjun, Consul in the Chi­ [Brahmaputra] as an upper riparian State. * GETTYIMAGES/ISTOCK the Yarlung Zangbo and the commissions to manage wa­ lowing extraditions to I and my team should stay have a choice,” she said, nese Water Resources Minis­ Sutlej. ter basins in China, which mainland China. on to help Hong Kong,” Lam speaking in English, “the try, said in response to a MW hydro power plant had issues was at pains to empha­ Mr. Yu added that, like In­ were also responsible for al­ The protests have evolved told a press conference on first thing is to quit, having specific question from The been built and two others sise that China was using less dia, the Chinese government locating individual share for into a wider democracy Tuesday morning. made a deep apology.” Hindu. There have been un­ were under construction. than 1% of the Yarlung Zang­ had plans to divert river wa­ the provinces as well. “They campaign involving clashes Ms. Lam said she had “not On Tuesday, Beijing re­ verified media reports from The generating capacity of bo as an upper riparian ters to those provinces that [the commissions] will allo­ between protesters and pol­ even contemplated” discuss­ peated its support for the time to time that the Chinese the two under­construction state. “There is enough wa­ were suffering from scarcity. cate the quota for every pro­ ice, in the biggest challenge ing her resignation with the leader, but warned it would government was building plant was not immediately ter to sustain the lower ripar­ This was part and parcel of vince,” Mr. Yu added. to China’s rule of Hong Kong Chinese government, which “never allow the situation in some major dam projects on available, said Mr. Yu. ian states. The outbound China’s transition from “high (This writer was in China since its 1997 handover from gives Hong Kong a restricted Hong Kong to continue the Yarlung Zangbo in Tibet. The top Chinese official quality of the water is also speed to high quality at the invitation of the the British. form of autonomy. “The unabated”. According to him, one 510 dealing with India on water excellent,” Mr. Yu claimed. development”. Chinese Foreign Ministry) 25 killed, 9 missing War crimes On exorcists’ advice, priest bans U.S. boy shoots, in California boat fire committed in kills 5 family Yemen: UN Harry Potter books in school members Reuters FB brings face SANTA BARBARA Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Divers have found a total of Geneva It is feared the novels could be used to ‘summon spirits’ Miami recognition 25 bodies on Monday after a Horrific rights violations, A 14­year­old boy shot and pre­dawn fire sank a scuba including killings, torture Agence France-Presse son reading the text,” the re­ killed all five members of to all users diving vessel off a Southern and sexual violence, are Washington verend said in an email his family in the U.S. state California island, leaving being committed with im­ Exorcists advised a Nashville obtained by local media. of Alabama and then called Reuters nine people unaccounted punity by all sides in Ye­ school priest to ban the Har­ Rebecca Hammel, the su­ police and confessed to the California for as the search continued, men’s brutal conflict, UN ry Potter books, over fears perintendent of schools for crime, local law enforce­ Facebook Inc said on Tues­ media reported. war crimes investigators the popular children’s no­ the Catholic Diocese of Nash­ ment said on Tuesday. day its face recognition The boat had embarked warned on Tuesday. vels could be used to sum­ ville, told The Tennessean Three of the victims technology will now be for California’s Channel Is­ The boat on fire off the coast The investigators, ap­ mon spirits. that Reverend Reehil had were found dead at the available to all users with lands on Saturday morning of Santa Cruz Island, pointed by the UN Human Reverend Dan Reehil con­ “canonical authority to scene and the other two an option to opt out. It will, with 39 people on board. California. * AFP Rights Council in 2017, said tacted exorcists in Rome and make such decisions.” died later after being airlift­ however, discontinue a re­ Five crew members who they had “identified, the U.S., who recommended Although the school used ed to a regional hospital. lated feature called ‘Tag were above deck on the hundred feet away. where possible, individuals removing the fantasy novels A copy of Harry Potter and to stock the books, it will not “The caller confessed to Suggestions’. bridge escaped the fire as U.S. Senator Dianne Fein­ who may be responsible from St. Edward Catholic the Philosopher's Stone by offer them to pupils in its shooting all five members Face recognition, which passengers slept in the stein, a Democrat who re­ for international crimes”. School’s library in J.K. Rowling. * REUTERS newly opened library, Ms. of his family in the resi­ was available to some Face­ ship’s lower quarters. presents California, called If confirmed by an inde­ Tennessee. Hammel said. dence,” Limestone County book users since Decem­ Authorities were trying to for an investigation.“It hap­ pendent court, many of The series of books spins “The curses and spells The Potter series has been sheriff said on Twitter. ber 2017, notifies users if determine the best way to pened quickly enough so the violations identified an epic tale of good and evil used in the books are actual repeatedly banned from “He is currently assisting their profile photo is used recover the sunken vessel. many people could not get “may result in individuals focused on the adventures of curses and spells; which schools in the U.S. and Bri­ investigators in locating by someone else or if they The surviving crew mem­ off,” U.S. Coast Guard Lieu­ being held responsible for a young wizard as he strug­ when read by a human being tain, mostly for allegedly the weapon, a 9mm hand­ appear in photos where bers sought refuge on a fish­ tenant Commander Mat­ war crimes,” they said in a gles against the dark wizard risk conjuring evil spirits in­ promoting satanic values or gun that he said he tossed they have not been tagged. ing boat moored a few thew Kroll told CNN. statement. Lord Voldemort. to the presence of the per­ black magic. nearby,” it said.

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THE HINDU CROSSWORD 12721 (set by KrisKross) SUDOKU FAITH 12 Doctor Grant on vacation, 2 Faced holy man in See, mostly ordered Charlie to go for jog (7) Humility and devotion (7) 3 Pot carried around with a plant Gnanasambandar’s advent is occasioned by the sacred will 13 Pain after stretching exercise, (9) of God at a time when Saivism was being suppressed owing without a healthy drink (7) 5 Sorry — household under to the dominance of other faiths. Sekkizhar describe s how 14 Primarily dry area in warmer renovation. Be patient (4,4,6) one Sivapadahridayar, who like many Siva devotees du ring country (5) that period, felt that God should help to reestablish Saivism 6 After bankruptcy, 15 Submarine, reportedly in good and make people adopt the Vedic way of life. He pray ed to government's feeling sorry shape, reaches America (8) the Lord to be blessed with a child who would be able to (5) achieve these goals. Gnanasambandar is born and is also en­ 18 "Missing love”: Another novel dowed with exceptional jnana through the direct inte rven­ about Arizona's old city (8) 7 Engineer pukes outside English University, killing himself (7) tion of Siva and Parvati. 20 Promise from Sicily's first Don In a discourse, Purasai Sri Natarajan drew attention to the (5) 8 Being prudent, I typically save recurring references to special instances in his hymns when (6) 23 Character from Athens at the saint wishes to inculcate important values in life. Th e cricket match is most tense 9 Fellow when worried, chewed eighth stanza in every pathigam alludes to the incident per­ (7) tablet as a safety instruction taining to Ravana’s attempt to uproot Mount Kailasa along (6,4,4) with Siva and Parvati and have them in Lanka under his per­ 25 Reject ads, possibly adulterous sonal care and devotion. It shows Ravana’s arrogance as well (4,3) 16 Plastic wire, for example, as his devotion. Siva presses down Mount Kailasa wit h His wound over a central core (9) 26 Ark wrecked near US state — big toe, and this crushes Ravana’s twenty arms till he cries in Solution to puzzle 12720 Solution to Monday’s Sudoku it's destiny (5) 17 President, shaken badly, spoke agony and seeks the Lord’s pardon. The greatness of Saivism ■ ACROSS 27 Online Oracle lies to leaders nonsense (8) is the compassion of Siva towards those who feel for their fighting about polls (9) wrong acts and seek pardon with heartfelt remorse. 19 Tanks in a harbour, shortly 1 Old American about to drink There is also mention of the incident when Vishnu and 28 Thinness of mineral found near bearing back (7) coffee from the East (6) Brahma vie with each other to see who is greater among Bhilai, say (8) 4 Member of Jewish community 21 Demagogue ultimately won them. Neither of them is successful in their effort to unravel with hospital in capital city, 29 Stand up for a picture (6) epitaph saying "I'm the the limits of the Lord who appears as an endless column of extremely expensive (8) greatest" perhaps (3,4) brightness. The lesson to be learnt is that the Lord always re­ ■ DOWN mains beyond reach to those filled with ego and pride while 10 Theatre is much abused by 22 Supports contests (6) 1 Man playing around with maids He readily reaches out to the humble and the devout. The everyone (5,4) perhaps, wandering around 24 Can retired man finally pass 10th stanza affirms that Siva’s grace alone can remove igno­ 11 Enter popular place (5) (8) tests? (5) rance and put an end to false spiritual values.

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