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ran reported an 18-percent growth in exports of condensate to global markets, saying its exports of Iran confirms Ithe ultra-light fuel in the five months from March Iran’s condensate exports 21 exceeded 90 million barrels. Saudi delegation Announcing this, Masoud Hassani, the managing director of South Pars Gas Complex (SPGC), which is responsible for the bulk of Iran’s condensate produc- visit to Tehran tion and exports, added that SPGC condensate produc- tion over the same period had also increased by over Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman up 18% since March 13 percent to reach around 87 million barrels, IRNA Bahram Qassemi on Sunday con- reported. firmed a report that a Saudi delega- South Korea is a key importer of Iran’s condensate tion plans to visit Tehran in the com- purchasing an average of six million barrels per month ing days. — or 200,000 barrels a day — of the vital fuel from the The confirmation by Iran’s For- Islamic Republic. eign Ministry came after the Kuwaiti Last December, Iran announced that it was already daily Al Jarida said the Saudi offi- expanding the market for its condensate which can be cials would take the trip following used to make both fuel and plastic. the Muslim festivities of Eid al-Adha, Continued on Page 4 which will end on Monday. Qassemi said that Tehran had issued visas for the members of the Saudi del- egation which is likely to fly to Iran af- BMW trainer: ter the Hajj rituals, IRNA reported. Exclusive “The Saudi delegation simply comes to visit their diplomatic build- Iran can produce ings because the buildings have been empty after the two countries broke low-price cars off relations. At the same time, we will visit our buildings in Saudi Ara- bia,” Qassemi said. for exports “This is a bilateral agreement under which Iranian and Saudi delegations will travel to each other’s countries to Shifting to electric cars in long run visit their diplomatic sites in Riyadh and Tehran,” he said, explaining that By Katayoon Dashti a date for the Iranian delegation’s vis- it has not yet been set. Professor Michael Höschl is a trainer in the “The visas for the Saudis were issued NNorthorth KKoreaorea declaresdeclares training academy of BMW factory. Iran Daily in- long ago, but for reasons that concern terviewed him. He gave explanations regarding them, they have not come yet; their BMW. He gave recommendations to Iranian auto travel has likely been postponed until manufacturers. He also shared valuable informa- after the Hajj,” Qassemi said. HH-bomb-bomb ttestest ''perfectperfect ssuccess'uccess' tion regarding production, marketing and exports. Continued on Page 2 Excerpts follow:

AP IRAN DAILY: Please tell us how BMW became a North Korea announced it detonated a ther- tercontinental ballistic missile. determination even harder. global brand? Furious Russia monuclear device Sunday in its sixth and Sunday's detonation builds on recent At the same time, the simple power of most powerful nuclear test to date, a big North Korean advances that include test the blast was convincing. Japan's Defense MICHAEL HÖSCHL: We started our production demands swift return step toward its goal of developing nuclear launches in July of two ICBMs that are be- Minister Itsunori Onodera said it might abroad in the US and later in China which is very weapons. The North called it a "perfect lieved to be capable of reaching the main- have been as powerful as 70 kilotons. successful. We of closed US facilities success" while its neighbors condemned land United States. Pyongyang says its North Korea's previous largest was thought learned that it Russia on Sunday demanded the US rethink its the blast immediately. missile development is part of a defensive to be anywhere from 10 to 30 kilotons. is profitable to shuttering of Moscow’s diplomatic premises, in- Though the precise strength of the effort to build a viable nuclear deterrent North Korea conducted two nuclear tests produce BMW sisting Washington bore sole responsibility for blast has yet to be determined, South Ko- that can target US cities. last year, the last nearly a year ago, on the where the mar- worsening ties after the “hostile act”. rea's weather agency said the artificial China's Foreign Ministry said in a state- Sept. 9 anniversary of the nation's found- ket is. “We consider what has happened as an openly earthquake it caused was five to six times ment that the Chinese government has ing. It has been launching missiles at a re- Big car plants hostile act and a gross violation of international stronger than tremors generated by its pre- "expressed firm opposition and strong con- cord pace this year. out of Germany law by Washington,” the Foreign Ministry in Mos- vious tests. It reportedly shook buildings in demnation." It urged North Korea to "stop The photos released earlier Sunday are in the US and cow said in a statement, AFP reported. China and in Russia, AP said. taking erroneous actions that deteriorate showed Kim talking with his lieutenants as China. We are “We call on the American authorities to come The test was carried out at 12:29 p.m. lo- the situation." he observed a silver, peanut-shaped device currently build- to their senses and immediately return the Russian cal time at the Punggye-ri site where North South Korea held a National Secu- that the state-run media said was a thermo- ing a factory in diplomatic properties or all blame for the continu- Korea has also conducted past nuclear rity Council meeting chaired by President nuclear weapon designed to be mounted on Mexico. ing degradation in our relations lies on the US.” tests. Officials in Seoul put the magnitude Moon Jae-in. National Security Director the North's "Hwasong-14" ICBM. We have sev- Russia on Saturday was forced to vacate its con- at 5.7, while the US Geological Survey Chung Eui-yong said Moon will seek eve- The North claims the device was made eral assembly sulate in San Francisco and two diplomatic build- said it was a magnitude 6.3. The strongest ry available measure, including new UN domestically and has explosive power that plants for BMW ings in New York and Washington after the US or- artificial quake from previous tests was a sanctions or the deployment of more US can range from tens to hundreds of kilo- cars in Malaysia, dered the move in the latest twist of a lengthy feud. magnitude 5.3. military assets, to further isolate Pyong- tons. Outside experts suggested the yield India, Russia and Brazil, but there is no full plant, US federal agents inspected a Russian trade North Korea's television broadcast a yang. of the device tested Sunday might be in there is no painting. mission in Washington to confirm its closure, a special bulletin Sunday afternoon to an- Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that ballpark, though closer to the lower step that drew a fierce diplomatic protest Saturday nounce the test. It said leader Kim Jong- called the test "absolutely unacceptable." range. For context, the bomb dropped Which factors are considered in R&D sector of from Moscow. un attended a meeting of the ruling party's The North claimed the device it tested on Hiroshima by the United States had a BMW plant? The Foreign Ministry said Sunday that the “US presidium and signed the go-ahead order. was a thermonuclear weapon — com- 15-kiloton yield. intelligence services with the support of armed po- Earlier in the day, the party's newspaper monly called an H-bomb. That could be North Korea's nuclear and missile pro- Right now, a very little bit of R&D is done in lice were now in charge of the seized buildings.” ran a front-page story showing photos of hard to independently confirm. It said the gram has made huge strides since Kim rose Chinese factories, while 98 percent is done in Washington issued the closure order Thursday Kim examining what it said was a nuclear underground test site did not leak radioac- to power following his father's death in late Germany. in retaliation for Moscow ordering the US to slash warhead being fitted onto the nose of an in- tive materials, which would make such a 2011. Continued on Page 4 its diplomatic mission by 755 personnel by Sep- tember 1. The number of US diplomatic staff will now be capped at 455, the same number that Russia has in WWII bomb forces evacuation of 60,000 in Frankfurt the United States. The recent surge in tensions between the two At least 60,000 people were forced to leave a high-capacity explosive used in air raids by nuclear-armed powers was a diplomatic setback their homes in central Frankfurt on Sunday, as Britain’s Royal Air Force during World War II for US President Donald Trump. Germany began an operation to defuse a huge and contains 1.4 tons of explosives. During his campaign for office last year and in unexploded World War II bomb dubbed “block- Although police have said there is no imme- the early days of his presidency he promised to buster”. diate danger, the bomb’s massive size prevents try to improve relations with Russian President The operation is the biggest evacuation of its them from taking any chances during the dis- Vladimir Putin. kind in postwar Germany, Frankfurt’s security arming process. Ties had slumped to their lowest point since the chief Markus Frank said, AFP wrote. More than 70 years after the end of the war, Cold War after the reunification of Crimea with The 1.8-ton British bomb, which German me- unexploded bombs are regularly found buried Russia in 2014. dia said was nicknamed “Wohnblockknacker” – in Germany, legacies of the intense bombing The West slapped sanctions on Russia over its or blockbuster – for its ability to wipe out whole campaigns by the Allied forces against Nazi alleged meddling in Ukraine, sparking a revenge streets and flatten buildings, was discovered on Germany. embargo from Moscow against agricultural prod- Tuesday during building works. On Saturday, 21,000 people had to be evacu- ucts. Police have since been guarding the bomb ated from the western city of Koblenz as bomb Last year, tensions again escalated after US in- site, which is close to the city center. Homes and disposal experts defused an unexploded Ameri- telligence accused Putin of masterminding a hack- buildings within a 1.5-kilometer radius of the can World War II shell. ing and influence campaign to tip the presidential site were due to be cleared by 0600 GMT, but In May, 50,000 residents were forced to leave vote to Trump, a claim that Moscow denies. some people were still in the evacuation zone their homes in the northern city of Hanover In the waning days of his tenure, former presi- well past the deadline as police carried out door- AFP for an operation to defuse several WWII-era dent Barack Obama turfed out 35 Russian diplo- to-door checks. Others had packed their bags and were ready German city. bombs. mats and closed diplomatic compounds in New At midday, emergency services were still un- to head out for a full day, as residents were re- Two major hospitals are also within the evac- One of the biggest such evacuations to date York and Maryland. able to give the all-clear for the bomb disposal quired to stay away until around 1800 GMT. uation zone, including one with a big ward of took place on Christmas Day 2016, when an- Moscow initially held off from retaliating but units to move in. The Westend district is home to many of newborns. Staff at the affected hospitals had other unexploded British bomb, containing when Congress passed new sanctions, the Krem- The city’s firefighter service said it was still Frankfurt’s top bankers, including European transferred patients and infants to other medical 1.8 tons of explosives, prompted the evacua- lin decided to belatedly strike back and ordered the receiving calls from people in the district who Central Bank chief Mario Draghi, who is known centers on Saturday. tion of 54,000 people in the southern city of US staff cut. needed help getting out. however to spend his weekends away from the The massive bomb in question is an HC 4000, Augsburg. Sept. 4, 2017 Quake in south An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale hit a county in Bushehr 2 Province on Sunday afternoon. No casualties were reported. National

Ejei: House arrest will remain in place Leader: Capable manpower Political Desk

Iranian Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said on Sunday that the house arrest of those behind the unrests after 2009 presidential election will remain in can solve all problems in country place. Ejei said that the Supreme National Security Council in eader of the Islamic Revolution its latest meeting decided to continue their house arrest, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei IRNA reported. Lsaid all existing problems in Iran can be overcome through taking advan- tage of capable manpower that abounds in the country. Ayatollah Khamenei made the re- marks in a meeting with Brigadier Gen- eral Farzad Esmaili, the commander of the Iranian Army’s Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base and other senior com- manders and officials of the air defense base in Tehran on Sunday, Press TV re- ported. The Leader said capable manpower plays an unparalleled role in the progress of various sectors, including the armed forces. Ayatollah Khamenei called for unre- lenting efforts aimed at taking advantage of the country’s talented manpower in order to overcome shortages and satisfy existing needs. “Numerous advances in different sec- tors such as the armed forces as well as IRNA science and technology prove that the On August 29, Iranian government spokesman Mo- country’s young and highly-motivated hammad Baqer Nobakht voiced optimism about steps to manpower is capable and the children of resolve the issue of the house arrest, saying it was raised Iran are the cause of pride both inside the in the meetings of the Supreme National Security Coun- country and in the scientific and techno- cil. logical centers of the world,” the Leader Mehdi Karroubi, Mir Hossein Mousavi and his wife, stated. Zahra Rahnavard, were put under house arrest after they Ayatollah Khamenei lauded coordi- insisted on their claims of vote rigging and called for pro- nated efforts made by the Iranian Army tests. and the Aerospace Division of the Islamic On August 18, Mehdi Karroubi, a former Iranian Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as well speaker of Parliament, went on a hunger strike to demand as Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base’s leader.ir a public trial and the removal of Intelligence Ministry cooperation with Iran’s Defense Ministry, come shortages. biya base to continue with its work at a ciency for the country by presenting new agents from his home. universities and scientific centers to over- The Leader urged the Khatam al-An- higher pace and move towards self-suffi- plans and initiatives. The 79-year-old cleric ended his hunger strike after the authorities accepted to remove security guards from his home in Tehran. His son, Mohammad Hossein, said that Karroubi met Iran dismisses UN ‘politically-charged’ rights report with Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi, and secured promises that convinced him to end the hunger Iran lambasted a recent report by a UN mines the principle of impartiality and strike. rights rapporteur as “politically-charged professional work of the rapporteur.” The minster said he visited Karroubi upon the request and selective,” saying it has been devised “We believe that taking advantage of of President Hassan Rouhani. based on misinformation. the political, repetitive and selective ap- Karroubi and fellow reformist Mousavi, 75, were can- UN Special Rapporteur Asma Jahan- proaches by a limited number of countries didates in Iran’s 2009 presidential elections, which was gir voiced concern in the Thursday report in the field of human rights, especially at won by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. about alleged hunger strike by prisoners a time when the international community The election result sparked months of street protests in Iran protesting against what she de- is witnessing a failure to heed the flagrant over claims that the polls were rigged in favor of the win- scribed as their conditions of detention, violations of human rights and human ner. Press TV reported. tragedies by the terrorist groups they sup- The two, along with Mousavi’s wife, Zahra Rahnavard, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman port in countries like Yemen, Bahrain, were placed under house arrest in 2011 for their roles in Bahram Qassemi dismissed the claims on Myanmar, and so on will only lead to a the protests. Sunday, saying both the report and the of- weakening of the status of human rights ficial’s mission were based on “a resolu- around the world and become a scandal tion relying on purely political and selec- for human rights defenders,” he added. tive goals and malice of certain countries Back in March, Jahangir had issued a with a special agenda.” report criticizing Iran over a range of alle- The Islamic Republic, hence, com- gations, including execution of juveniles, pletely rejects the report and considers it IRNA imprisonment of religious minorities, tor- unacceptable, he added. dices about the human rights situation in added. ture of political prisoners and child mar- Mohammad Ali Rajabi “Unfortunately, despite the frequent, Iran, using unreliable sources, which seri- Jahangir, the spokesman said, “has riage. detailed and well-founded responses of ously compromises the credibility of the continued to use vague phrases and ex- The Foreign Ministry likewise con- the Islamic Republic of Iran to unfounded report,” he said. pressions of concerns, based on unreli- demned the report as “unjust” and “politi- allegations, the content of the report con- “Unfortunately, the special rapporteur able information, to present a dark and cally-motivated,” saying the account was tinues to be based on a series of inaccu- seems to have been blind to numerous hu- one-sided view of the human rights situ- aimed at portraying a gloomy image of rate information and inappropriate preju- man rights progresses in Iran,” Qassemi ation In Iran, which undoubtedly under- the Islamic Republic.

Iran confirms Saudi... U2 spy plane capable of flying up Commander: Iran’s air defense to 80,000 feet was given a warning From Page 1 at the same time by two radar sta- system operational by March 2018 tions of the Khatam al-Anbiya Air The visit comes less than two years after Ri- Defense Base as it was confirmed yadh unilaterally broke off ties in January 2016, A senior Iranian commander said Persian calendar year, in March to be approaching Iran’s borders. in protest against demonstrations in front of its the domestically-built Bavar-373 2018, and put into operation as “The aircraft’s pilot whose uni- diplomatic premises in Tehran and Mashhad, air defense system has been tested soon as it is delivered to the base, form was designed not to reflect which were held against Saudi Arabia’s execu- and will be employed alongside the he said. the radar’s waves had to respond tion of the leading Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al- Russian-made S-300 missile de- Touching on Iran’s technological because the missile defense sys- Nimr. fense system by March 2018. achievements, Esmaili said Iranian tems of the Air Defense Base and After cutting ties, Saudi Arabia halted coop- Brigadier General Farzad Es- scientists have manufactured an air force fighters, as well as IRGC’s UUS:S: UUttertter SSilenceilence eration on arranging Hajj pilgrimage trips for maili, the commander of the Ira- over-the-horizon (OTH) radar with drones were ready to confront it,” Iranian nationals. nian Army’s Khatam al-Anbiya a range of 3,000 kilometers so that Esmaili said. Ties began to deteriorate following a human Air Defense Base, said during a TV the country “can feel the enemy’s “In another case at 6:30 a.m. on crush in Mina, near the Saudi holy city of Mecca, program on Saturday that all of the breath.” August 26 this year, an American in September 2015, which killed thousands of Bavar-373 sub-systems have been On Saturday, the new Defense RQ-4 aircraft was warned by the pilgrims, including hundreds of Iranians. The in- completed and its missile tests have Minister Amir Hatami said Iran Air Defense Base. We do not allow cident cast doubt on the kingdom’s efficiency in been conducted. has “a specific plan to boost mis- such filthy aircraft to enter our ter- hosting the rituals. The Bavar-373 “is made com- sile power,” adding that he hoped ritory and, if necessary, we do not Tensions between the two countries eased con- pletely in Iran and some of its parts “the combat capabilities of Iran’s hesitate in destroying them,” he siderably recently during preparations for the are different from those of S-300,” ballistic and cruise missiles” will added. pilgrimage this year when Iranian Hajj officials he said, adding the country wants increase in the next four years. In recent years, Iran has upgrad- and diplomats met with Saudi officials to discuss to use the Bavar-373 alongside the Esmaili said Khatam al-Anbiya ed its military capabilities, includ- arrangements for Iranian pilgrims. Russian S-300 system which it re- Air Defense Base had issued warn- ing its air defense system, through More than 80,000 Iranian pilgrims are now in ceived in 2016. ings to US reconnaissance air- deploying both indigenous and for- Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj, the annual pil- The Bavar-373 will be handed craft on two separate occasions on eign weapons systems. grimage to Islam’s holiest sites, after they avoid- over to Khatam al-Anbiya Air De- March 21 and August 26. The Islamic Republic practices a ed the trip last year because Riyadh failed to pro- fense Base by the end of the new In the first incident, an American military doctrine of deterrence. vide assurances about their safety. Sept. 4, 2017 Xi on BRICS BRICS must promote trade liberalization and an open world economy, Chinese President Xi Jinping said at a business meeting at the start of a 3 three-day summit in southeastern China. International

Rohingya exodus continues OPINION Where is next after 73,000 flee Myanmar destination of t least 73,000 Rohingya Mus- Daesh terror group? lims have fled violence in My- Aanmar to neighboring Bangla- By Afsaneh Reshad * desh, with aid officials warning relief camps are reaching full capacity as Almost nobody could have ever imagined that Daesh thousands continue to pour in every would be able to expand its terror activities within a few day. years and pose big challenges and threats to the world. Vivian Tan, the regional spokeswom- Undoubtedly, Daesh has been one of the most dangerous an for UNHCR, told said on Sunday and most complex terror groups which have reared their that at least 73,000 Rohingya crossed ugly head in the Middle East over the past years. Daesh is the border since violence erupted on still carrying out terror activities despite the resistance of August 25, with thousands more ex- the Iraqi and Syrian armies and people, as well as the for- pected, aljazeera.com reported. mation of global and regional coalitions against it. “Most of the people coming in are It seems that Daesh was established to fulfill the goals completely exhausted, some of them of arrogant powers. Ironically, the future advances of the say they haven’t eaten in days and some terror group depend on the approaches that the West adopts are completely traumatized by their ex- in the region. periences,” she said. Edward Snowden, former US Central Intelligence Agen- “One woman arrived on her own after cy employee, admitted that the US, British, and Israeli in- following a band of refugees across the telligence agencies had a role in creating Daesh. border. When she met with the UN she Citing leaked documents, he believes that Daesh was said her husband had been shot and her created to attract extremists from around the world to use 18-month-old baby had been left with them against countries that are opposed to Israel’s occupa- her in-laws. tion of the Palestinian land. “She has since lost contact with her Hence, it is necessary to devise plans to counter the family and is struggling to process what threats that Daesh poses to global peace and security and is happening,” Tan added. identify the countries that it wants to target in the future. In recent days, tens of thousands of No one can surely predict what action Daesh will take in Rohingya have crossed into Bangladesh the future. As a result, experts consider the likely plots that to escape mass killings they say are be- the terror group may hatch in the future. ing perpetrated by Myanmar forces. In fact, different factors, including regional develop- Foreign governments and organiza- ments, the approaches of Western states and new coalitions tions fear Rohingya villages are being news.abs-cbn.com can impact Daesh’s fate. subject to collective punishment after hundreds of dollars to flee the fighting. Aid workers told the AP news agency Satellite imagery analyzed by Hu- These factors are taken into consideration to predict the an armed group on August 25 attacked He said he paid 12,000 Bangladeshi that a large number of refugees required man Rights Watch shows hundreds of terror group’s moves in the future. police posts and an army base in the taka, or about $150, for each of his fam- immediate medical attention as they buildings destroyed in at least 17 sites Daesh is a terror group which is a great menace to the western region of Rakhine. ily members to be smuggled on a wood- were suffering from respiratory diseas- across Rakhine state, including some world. Hence, all countries, particularly the Islamic ones, Myanmar officials blame the group en boat to Bangladesh after soldiers es, infection and malnutrition. 700 structures that appeared to have must become united against Daesh, which is carrying out Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army killed 110 Rohingya in their village of The existing medical facilities in the been burned down in just the village of its terrorist activities under the name of Islam. (ARSA) for the violence, but fleeing Kunnapara, near the coastal town of border area were insufficient to cope up Chein Khar Li. The Takfiri group which is suffering a complete defeat in Rohingya civilians say a campaign Maungdaw. with the influx and more aid and para- Myanmar authorities say Rohingya Iraq and Syria could relocate its terrorists to other Islamic of arson and killings by the Myanmar “The military destroyed everything. medics were needed, they said. have been setting the fires during fight- countries, to establish a so-called caliphate. Libya and Af- army is aimed at forcing them out of the After killing some Rohingya, the mili- The UN believes the Myanmar gov- ing with government troops, while Ro- ghanistan could be Daesh’s next targets. country. tary burned their houses and shops,” he ernment’s response to the crisis may hingya have blamed soldiers who have Daesh could also consider another scenario to relocate “We fled to Bangladesh to save our said. “We have a baby who is eight days amount to ethnic cleansing and crimes been accused of carrying out extrajudi- its terrorists to Central Asia or the Caucasus to set up its so- lives,” said a man who paid a smuggler only, and an old woman who is 105.” against humanity. cial killings. called Islamic State. Although Daesh is being dislodged from Iraq and Syr- ia, its ideology continues to spread in the Middle East and North Africa. This ideology is nurtured by Wahhabism Over 120 Daesh terrorists which is being supported by certain regional nations which Toxic waste sites have close ties with Western states. *Afsaneh Reshad has a Ph.D. in international killed in central Syria flooded in Texas relations; she is a lecturer at Azad University. Fierce clashes between Daesh and Syrian forces in central Syria left over 150 people dead mostly terrorists, a monitor said Sunday. At least 13 toxic waste sites in Texas were flooded or damaged by Hurricane Har- The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 120 Daesh terrorists vey, adding to the challenges as the state and the region begin cleanup efforts fol- “were killed in clashes in and around the town of Uqayribat in the eastern Hama coun- lowing the deadly storm. Kenya opposition leader tryside... along with at least 35 Syrian troops and militiamen,” AFP wrote. The Environmental Protection Agency announced Saturday that it had assessed The town is the terror group’s last bastion in the central province apart from a hand- 41 Superfund sites, using aerial images, and determined the ones badly affected says won’t share power ful of small villages. by the storm, CNN reported. Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga said on Sunday that his coali- tion will not share power, two days after the Supreme Court annulled last month’s presidential election and ordered a new poll within 60 days. “We will not share power,” Odinga, speaking in Kiswahili outside a church in Nairobi, said. “We will not divide the loaf,” a well-known local reference to power, Reuters reported. The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the election board had com- mitted irregularities that rendered the August 8 vote invalid and over- turned incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory, which had been by a margin of 1.4 million votes. The ruling set up a new race between Kenyatta, 55, and veteran op- ponent Odinga, 72, and tension between the two camps has since been rising. Odinga, who also contested the presidency in 2007 and 2013, re- peated his statement after Friday’s court ruling that the opposition would not participate in the re-run of the election without changes to the election commission. On Friday he called for the commission to resign and face criminal theduran.com chicagotribune.com prosecution. Pro-government forces seized Uqayribat on Friday night, but Daesh responded with The impact of flooding on the sites is unknown. The EPA said its workers have Kenyatta insists the poll should be re-run with the current electoral a counteroffensive on Saturday that left it in control of most of the town, Observatory not been able to “safely access the sites” but are ready to do so as soon as the board, while the opposition wants the board dismissed. chief Rami Abdel Rahman said. floodwaters recede. An intense barrage of artillery fire and Syrian and Russian airstrikes on terrorists’ A Superfund site is land that is contaminated by hazardous waste and identified positions allowed pro-Syria forces on Sunday morning to push the terrorists back out of by the EPA as a candidate for cleanup because it poses a risk to human health and/ the town and advance on villages to the west that remain under Daesh control. or the environment. The 13 affected sites have industrial waste from petrochemi- Daesh has controlled Uqayribat since 2014, using it to launch attacks on govern- cal companies, acid compounds, solvents and pesticides. ment-held areas and a strategically vital road Abdel Rahman described as “the only In the Houston area, authorities had said it would take 10-15 days for floodwa- lifeline for Syrian forces between Aleppo and central and southern Syria”. ters to recede. Syrian forces, backed by heavy Russian airstrikes, launched a major assault on The toxic waste sites are not the first environmental threat Texas has faced since Daesh-held parts of Hama in June. “By consolidating their control of (Uqayribat) and Harvey swept through the region. ousting Daesh from the surrounding villages, Syrian forces could oust the organization Fires broke out over two days at a flooded chemical plant near Houston. from the whole of Hama Province,” Abdel Rahman said. People living within 1.5 miles from the Arkema site in Crosby were evacuated Other terror groups still control parts of the province’s rural north. days before the explosions and now officials are letting chemical containers catch Daesh has suffered multiple defeats across Syria and neighboring Iraq in recent fire and burn out rather than endanger firefighters, the EPA and the Texas Commis- months, notably in its main Syrian base of Raqqa. sion on Environmental Quality said in a joint statement. On Friday a US-backed Kurdish-Arab coalition seized Raqqa’s Old City and was The Superfund sites and the Arkema plant represent just a snapshot of the cas- advancing on the terrorists in the heavily defended city center. cading effects of the catastrophic storm. itromso.no The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) began their offensive in May, capturing the More than a week after Hurricane Harvey swept through Texas, thousands of Though Kenyatta pledged to respect the court’s ruling he has, since city of Tabqa and a key dam nearby before entering Raqqa city in early June. people are still unable to return home. At least 53 people died from the storm and Friday, referred to justices as “crooks”. Meanwhile, pro-Syria forces have advanced against Daesh in the eastern part of tens of thousands of people are still living in shelters seeking aid. This is the first time a presidential election result has been over- Homs province and western Deir ez-Zor, where they have come to within 19 kilometers Residents were evacuated last week when floodwaters breached a levee in the turned in Africa. (12 miles) of the provincial capital. county south of Houston Kenyan media have hailed the ruling as a hard-fought victory for the Syria has been fighting different terrorist groups since March 2011. rule of law, and a sign of a maturing democracy. Sept. 4, 2017 Farzad B development National Iranian Oil Company is in talks with companies to conclude a deal 4 on developing the giant Farzad B gas field, Shana reported. Domestic Economy

SPECIAL NEWS Domestic Economy Desk BMW trainer: China’s imports from Iran increase 32% Iran can produce Trade turnover between Iran and China stood at $20.8 billion in first seven months of 2017, according to the latest figures released by Chinese Customs Administration. low-price cars for exports China’s exports to Iran in the seven-month period amounted to $10.428 billion which is 21.3 percent more year-on-year, Trend News Agency reported. From Page 1

How do you evaluate Iranian car brands? I don’t know too much about Iranian vehi- cles.

One of the wishes of Iranian carmakers is to export their products. However, they have not been very successful in this re- spect. What is the reason for this? Do you have any idea? I think the competition is very hard but we have very successful German brands. We IRNA have quite successful American brands. We China exported goods valued at $1.566 billion to the Islamic have successful Asian brands from South Ko- Republic in July 2017 compared to $1.392 billion in exports in rea and Japan. July 2016. It also imported goods worth $10.433 billion from Iran The only chance for Iranian car manufac- in that period which is 32 percent higher against the figure for the turers is to produce low-price cars. For exam- same seven-month period in 2016. ple, markets such as China, India and Russia China’s imports from Iran reached $1.22 billion in July 2017 are customers of low-price cars. whereas the figure for July 2016 was $1.249 billion. Trade turnover between the two countries was $51 billion in Are you familiar with any Iranian car 2014 which is 31 percent more compared to the figure for the pre- brands? ceding year. The figure stood at $34 billion in 2015, indicating a Iran Khodro. 34-percent plunge. What are your suggestions for Iranian au- tomakers? What is your alternative for in- Foreign companies willing to creasing car sale? Production of low-price cars and selling invest in Iran’s oil industry them in Chinese and Indian markets could happen in the short run, which means over the A number of foreign companies have voiced their willingness to next years. However, in the long run, I think, help Iran implement its oil project, said a deputy oil minister. Iranian carmakers have to do the same as Ger- According to Shana, Amir Hossein Zamani-Nia further said, man and Chinese auto makers. They have to “Given the enthusiasm shown by foreign companies to be in- develop electric cars because of pollution. We volved in Iran’s oil sector, the industry will experience a great have this development in German cities but boom within the next two years.” much more in Chinese cities. Sometimes, cars Pointing to the ongoing negotiations with directors of foreign are no longer allowed to drive into the cities oil companies, he added, “There is intense competition across because of pollution. Therefore, you need al- bmwgroup.com the world to attract foreign investment, but the assets are limited ternative concepts, alternative solutions like while competition for absorbing them is high.” electric cars. Electric cars are allowed in cit- ies because they don’t pollute.

Which countries are successful in auto in- dustry? For premium brand, Germany is the most successful country. For an average car, South Korea with Hyundai and Kia brands and Ja- pan with Toyota are successful.

How can Iranian factories promote mar- keting networks? I think what Iranian car manufacturers IRNA should do in the first place is try to be very In relevant remarks in late October, Iranian Petrochemical productive in the process of manufacturing. Commercial Company (IPCC) Executive Director Mehdi Sharifi Because if you try to have a low-cost strategy, Niknafs said Iranian petrochemical facilities are ready to present then you need very cheap processes without their products to Germany, Britain and Europe. waste and this could be a key to be competi- According to a directive by the Headquarters of Economy of tive. Resistance, Iran National Oil Company should settle 10 contracts by mid-March 2018. How does Germany promote car sales? Noting that the first agreement with Total, CNPCI and Petro- We do TV promotion. We do Internet pro- pars has been signed to develop the Phase 11 of South Pars Joint motion. We have lots of dealership networks Gas Field, Zamani-Nia said that if technical talks are conducted with showrooms in Germany. This is one properly, negotiations on other sections will not take long. side. On the other side, we use the possibilities on the Internet. For example, our customers Iran’s condensate exports... can refer to the Internet. They can choose the model and color. They can see lots of pictures From Page 1 and read the descriptions on the Internet. They can try the car for the weekends: It is Hassani told the domestic media that the first cargo of one a very good option to convince the customers million barrels of condensate was also shipped to Europe. to purchase the car. In January, a record export of 24 million barrels was re- ported with officials saying the volume had been stored over How does BMW factory train its manpow- several months in tankers at sea. er? Domestic media quoted the Managing Director of the Na- We have training facilities. We start train- tional Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) Ali Kardor as saying ing the staff a year before production of the at the time that Iran’s condensate production had reached car. For team leaders, we train one year before 550,000 bpd. the start of production of the car. We bring people to Germany for three or four weeks to work with German associates and learn how to manufacture cars. Then, they go back to their countries and they know more.

What do you recommend in the sales sec- tor, production sector and export sector? In the production sector, I recommend a lean production — a systematic method for waste minimization within a manufacturing system without sacrificing productivity. IRNA For exports, I recommend a low-cost car South Pars Gas Field, located in the Persian Gulf, holds the export to countries which need low-cost cars bulk of Iran’s natural gas reserves. The joint field – called the because they cannot afford luxury brands. North Dome field in Qatar – is the world’s largest gas field In the long run, you have to think about with estimated reserves of 51 trillion cubic meters of natural electrified cars — a key component is battery gas and some 50 billion barrels of condensate. Experts be- production. lieve that the field has more recoverable reserves than all other I recommend cooperation with companies fields combined. which already have experience in making bat- tery. Sept. 4, 2017 Intra-BRICS trade Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen said on Sunday that 5 China hopes to increase trade between the BRICS countries. TSE & Global Economy

atozforex.com Lessons from the financial crisis

enior executives from across the asset manage- global financial crisis underscored the importance of “It was clear to the few of us who were looking that ment industry provide insights into the most im- clear and consistent communication. mortgage underwriting standards were non-existent. If Sportant lessons they learned during the decade af- “While our clients tend to be long term and disci- you could breathe, you could get a mortgage. It was this ter the onset of the turmoil in 2007 that escalated into the plined, the depth and duration of the financial crisis poor. By the beginning of 2008 I felt the system could global financial crisis. shook the confidence of even the most steadfast inves- collapse at any time. It really was Armageddon.” The crisis ushered in an era of ultra-low interest rates tors. Pre-crisis, the position of regulators — which was the that has presented huge challenges to all asset managers, “As investors’ unease grew, we realized that our long-held view of Alan Greenspan, the former chairman who have also had to contend with unprecedented regu- standard approach to communications needed to change. of the Federal Reserve — was basically: We trust you latory challenges to their business models, according to Clients wanted to hear from us more often and in real know what you are doing, so carry on. FT. time. We recorded a host of online videos, ramped up This is not the position now. It is more like: we do not Mary Callahan Erdoes, chief executive of JPMorgan engagements with the press, launched our social media trust you know what you are doing and we are going to Asset and Wealth Management said much has been writ- platform and had every available crew member fielding watch you like a hawk. The system is now heavily regu- ten about what actually happened during the financial client inquiries. lated and closely watched, which I believe is right. crisis, and clearly everything is unprecedented when it “We also learned the value of anticipating client needs, The introduction of the Dodd-Frank Act put more happens for the first time. That, in part, is why there can so when the next period of volatility hit — Greece, Chi- power in the hands of the Fed to regulate the system and be such frantic reactions to things. na, Brexit — we could provide immediate counsel to in- we have witnessed widespread de-risking and delever- Erratic markets lend themselves to irrational deci- vestors. The crisis was also a philosophical test. aging of US banks. The Consumer Financial Protection sions. There are three important lessons to keep with you “We have always espoused a long-term perspective, Bureau was another important initiative to protect the through the next crisis. but with markets in turmoil, we had very near-term chal- public. First, have the fortitude to stay the course. Diversified lenges. The world is a very different place to what it was long-term investments will persevere. “It was a risk, but as other companies retrenched, we before the crisis. The reality is that the system is much Second, be prudent with leverage. Have a lending continued to invest in our people and services, expanded safer today and there are not any systemic concerns. For partner, not a lending facility. overseas and laid the groundwork for a new offering fo- example, Citigroup’s leverage ratio has dropped to 10 to Third, early and often thoughtful asset allocation anal- cused on small-business 401(k) plans.” one, far reduced from the 35 to one in the pre-crisis pe- ysis is the only tried and true remedy. The investment paid off, reinforcing the wisdom of riod. Don’t let the winds of the markets take you off course. staying the course. Even if we were to see a problem with subprime auto The next unprecedented crisis will hit us unexpectedly, Steve Eisman ‘The Big Short’ fund manager — now loans, which some cite as a concern today, there is sim- so don’t be unprepared. at Neuberger Berman — said the US mortgage market ply not enough leverage in the system to create a large Bill McNabb, chief executive of Vanguard, said the essentially imploded between January and August 2007. systemic issue like a decade ago.

Brexit costing too much time

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Talks between the UK and Europe are costing too much time for the British that after October both sides would be as quick as possible with as little dam- taking up too much time and the Brit- government to step up their pace,” he in a position to discuss their future trad- age as possible.” ish negotiating side needs to step up the said. ing relationship, but discussions are still Negotiations are supposed to focus pace, a top EU official said. Negotiating teams concluded the third stuck on separation issues. for now on the future rights of EU Speaking to CNBC on the sidelines round of Brexit negotiations last Thurs- “I think you have to realize in the citizens, the Irish border and the set- of the Ambrosetti Forum in Italy, Jeroen day, but Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief process of the separation that there tling of accounts. But reports suggest Dijsselbloem, who leads the group of negotiator, reiterated that there hadn’t will be a future relation that you can’t the UK keeps insisting on discussing finance ministers for the eurozone, com- been enough progress to allow talks to walk away from it,” Dijsselbloem said. a future relationship between the two plained that Brexit ‘isn’t going well’. move to the next phase. The original “But we need to get through this phase sides before settling these key separa- “It’s costing too much time and it’s timeline for Brexit talks had suggested (separation issues), let’s make this phase tion issues.

Major Currencies Brazil’s GDP up 0.2% in Q2 CurrencyTo USD Currency To USD

Turkish Lira 0.2923 Chinese Yuan 0.1524 Brazil’s gross domestic product rose 0.2 percent in the Families’ consumption totaled 1.02 trillion re- second quarter of 2017 compared with the first quarter, als ($323.8 billion) — up 1.4 percent from the first Euro 1.1861 UAE Dirham 0.2721 the country’s statistics agency IBGE said. quarter and stable from the second quarter of 2016. The GDP in the second quarter totaled 1.639 trillion Governmental expenses were down 0.9 percent from British Pound 1.2953 Kuwaiti Dinar 3.3143 reals ($520 billion), up 0.3 percent year-on-year, Xin- the first quarter and 2.4 percent from the same period hua reported. last year, amounting to 336.1 billion reals ($106.7 Australian Dollar 0.7972 Iraqi Dinar 0.0008 In the first half of 2017, the GDP remained stable billion). compared with the same period last year. Investments fell 0.7 percent from the first quarter Japanese 100 Yen 0.0090 Saudi Riyal 0.2666 The IBGE did not consider the second quarter results and 6.5 percent from the same period in 2016, totaling a recovery per se. However, the positive figures repre- 253.9 billion reals ($80.6 billion). sent a continuation of the growth registered in the first While some indicators show signs of improvement, quarter. Brazil is witnessing a recession and the results the Brazilian economy is still in a delicate situation, and Major Commodities registered in the first two quarters of this year may be a it will take long to go back to the prosperity of some sign that the economy will get back on track. years ago. onacional.com In the second quarter of 2017, the agricultural sec- Local news site G1 reported that, despite the advanc- Crude Oil $47.35 Silver $17.80 tor remained stable compared with the same period last es registered in the past two quarters, retail sales are on The industrial capacity is now lower than it was in year, while the industrial sector shrank 0.5 percent. The the same level as in 2012, services are below the 2012 the last quarter of 2014. The investment rate was 15.5 Gold $1329.90 Platinum $1010.70 services sector, on the other hand, grew by 0.6 percent level, and the number of formal jobs in the country is percent, having returned to 2003 levels, while the sav- Copper $3.11 Wheat $439.75 in the period. roughly the same as in 2013. ings rate was 15.8 percent. Sept. 4, 2017 Iranian firefighting team A 15-member team of Iranian firefighters equipped with two helicopters joined firefighting operations in Abastomani forests, some 220km west of 6 Tbilisi, Georgia. Cultural Heritage & Environment 1,600-year-old Roman mosaic found in Berkshire AAustraliaustralia hhasas hhottestottest A Roman mosaic packed with mythical country previously.” characters and beasts based on classical The central scene showed Bel- legend has been unearthed at a dig in lerophon riding the winged horse Boxford, West Berkshire, the UK. Pegasus as he attacks the Chimaera, a winter on record The 1,600-year-old find has been fire-breathing monster with the head described as ‘the most exciting mosaic of a lion, torso of a goat and rear of a he hottest winter ever has discovery made in Britain in the last 50 dragon. been recorded in Australia years’, dailymail.co.uk wrote The 1,600-year-old find has been Tamid a ‘long-term warm- The 6m-long mosaic, from 380 described as ‘the most exciting mosaic ing trend’ mostly caused by climate CE, was found by amateur arche- discovery made in Britain in the last 50 change, according to the country’s ologists and historians, supervised by years’ Bureau of Meteorology. Cotswold Archeology. The 6m-long mosaic, from 380 Peak temperatures during the A Roman mosaic packed with mythi- CE, was found by amateur arche- day were up by 1.9°C (3.4°F) on cal characters and beasts based on clas- ologists and historians, supervised by the long-term national average of 21.8°C during the period between June and August, The Independent reported. Winter rainfall was also down to the least amount since 2002 and the ninth-lowest on record. Australia started charting the statistics in 1900 for rainfall and 1910 for tempera- tures. The bureau’s senior climatologist Blair Trewin told AFP, “You have a long-term warming trend which is COTSWOLDARCH EOLOGY/FACEBOOK largely attributed to changing levels of greenhouse gases. sical legend has been unearthed at a dig Cotswold Archeology “On top of that, to get an individ- in Boxford, West Berkshire. Cupid is In another image, a man wearing ual extreme year like this one, you ReutersRReuters shown on the mosaic holding a wreath a lion skin, believed to be Hercules, also need the more general weather thought to represent one of the seasons fights a centaur. pattern to be favorable to warm con- winter in more than 10 years, with Service is bringing forward its bush- wildfires. Mosaic expert Antony Beeson, who Cupid is also shown on the mosaic ditions as well, as this year was.” rainfall ‘significantly below aver- fire danger period to September, a The highest-ever recorded tem- visited the site, said: “This is without holding a wreath thought to represent The bureau also noted that 19 of age’, Trewin told the Herald Sun. month earlier because of the hotter perature in Australia was 50.7°C question the most exciting mosaic dis- one of the seasons. Australia’s last 20 winters had sea- More than 200 weather records and more arid conditions. (123.3 °F) in Oodnadatta on January covery made in Britain in the last fifty The recent excavation at Boxford is sonal top temperatures that averaged were broken during the summer of Research published in Nature 2, 1960. years and must take a premier place the last in a three-year project funded above the long-term national average. 2016, with extreme bushfires, heat- Climate Change last week stated A firefighting Hercules C-130 amongst those Romano-British works by the Heritage Lottery Fund investi- Meteorologist Greg Browning waves and flooding. that hotter, drier conditions would plane, dubbed ‘Thor’, has returned of art that have come down to modern gating three Roman sites. said it was “basically this back- Australia has warmed by around increase in frequency even if global to Richmond airbase in Sydney from Britons.” Together with Boxford History Pro- ground warming signal that we’re one degree Celsius since 1910, warming was kept to the Paris Cli- the United States, to prepare for the Duncan Coe, project lead officer ject and the Berkshire Archeology Re- seeing right across the globe associ- weather bureau and national science mate Summit target of 1.5°C. country’s bushfire season. The air- at Cotswolds Archeology, one of the search Group, the organizations have ated with global warming”. body CSIRO reported. The study warned it would be craft is capable of dropping 15,000 groups carrying out the excavation, uncovered incredible archeological Victoria was faced with the driest New South Wales’s Rural Fire harder to tackle drought events and liters of water or fire retardant. told IBTimes UK, “The range of im- finds including a large villa, a bath agery is beyond anything seen in this house and a farmstead. Sept. 4, 2017 Herbal medicines Forty percent of 2,500 species of herbal medicines recognized in Iran are exclusive in the world, said Head of Association of Iran’s Medicinal 7 Plants Mohammad-Baqer Rezaei. Health

Five factors that can speed up arthritis pain Arthritis affects around 10 million people in the UK, but there are cer- tain factors that can accelerate onset of joint pain and other symptoms. inherited and usually has a pronounced neurological Arthritis is a common condition that causes pain and inflammation background. in a joint, reported express.co.uk. In addition, about 80 percent of cases are associ- There are two main types of arthritis — osteoarthritis and rheuma- ated with profound sleep disturbances. toid arthritis. This is most frequently manifested as delays in the While they are common with increasing age and can be due to fam- onset of sleep, Kooij will tell delegates at the annual ily history, the conditions are by no means inevitable for everyone. congress of the European College of Neuropsychop- Osteoporosis tends to harmacology in Paris. develop in those in their She said, “People simply cannot go to bed and fall late 40s or older. asleep at the end of the day like others. Similarly, rheumatoid “And that has consequences. Affected individuals arthritis often starts when sometimes cannot get to sleep until around 3 a.m. but a person is between 40 and they still have to get up to go to work or school. The 50 years. result is a drastic loss of sleep.” There are a number fac- Kooij said, “This problem is linked, in turn, to dis- tors that can increase you turbances in levels of the neurological transmitters risk, or accelerate onset, dopamine and melatonin in the brain. of these debilitating condi- express.co.uk “These chemicals control when we fall asleep and tions. when we wake up by directing the brain’s circadian system, the internal biological clock which keeps us Not looking after an injury: According to the National Health Ser- findingmastery.net in sync with the 24-hour day. vice (NHS), overusing your joint when it hasn’t had enough time to “Other conditions linked to disturbed dopamine heal after an injury or operation, can raise your risk of osteoarthritis. and melatonin levels include restless leg syndrome — an irresistible urge to move your legs — and sleep Being overweight: Suffering from obesity puts excess strain on your apnea, in which breathing is disturbed during sleep. joints, and particularly your knees and hips that bear most of your Disturbed sleep patterns “These disorders are also linked to ADHD.” weight. This claim is backed by Professor Andreas Reif, of This can make you more likely to suffer osteoarthritis, according to University Hospital, Frankfurt. “A disturbance of the the NHS. circadian system may indeed be a core mechanism in ADHD but beyond these considerations, sleep abnor- Smoking: There is evidence that people who smoke have an increased may be key to ADHD malities are a huge problem for many patients, heav- risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis. ily impacting on their social life. Indeed, research published in the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases has truggling to concentrate, having too much en- many physiological processes are not properly syn- “More research is very relevant to improve pa- found heavy smoking can increase the risk of developing it by up to ergy and being unable to control behavior — chronized. tients’ lives. 100 percent. Sthe main manifestations of attention deficit hy- She said, “The onset of ADHD is one of the clear “The crucial point is that a cascade of health disor- peractivity disorder (ADHD) — have been linked to signs that this is taking place. ders, including ADHD, appear to be triggered by dis- Repetitive movements: Performing the same movements can overuse disruptions in sleep, researchers revealed. “Our research is making clear that sleep disruption ruptions to circadian rhythms, offering some routes the joints and lead to osteoarthritis. The findings underline a growing awareness and ADHD are intertwined. Essentially, they are two to counter these conditions by attempting to restore a According to the Arthritis Foundation, having a job that requires among doctors that disturbed sleep is associated with sides of the same physiological and mental coin.” patient’s body clock.” standing for long periods of time, repetitive bending, heavy lifting or many major health hazards, theguardian.com wrote. Symptoms of ADHD, which also include mood Kooij said her team was now looking for biomark- other movements can also make cartilage wear away more quickly. Other ailments linked to the problem include obe- swings and impulsiveness, are generally noticed at a ers, such as vitamin D levels, blood glucose, cortisol sity, diabetes and heart disease. The work opens up fairly early age, often when a child is being sent to levels, 24-hour blood pressure, and heart-rate vari- Poor diet: When you have arthritis your body is in an inflammatory the possibility of developing treatments for ADHD school for the first time, although cases are some- ability that are associated with sleeplessness. state, according to the Arthritis Foundation. without drugs, the researchers said. times not recognized until adulthood. “Once we can do that, we may be able to treat This means that eating inflammatory foods — such as those high in Speaking at a pharmacology conference in It is estimated that between two percent and five some ADHD by non-pharmacological methods, such sugar and saturated fat - can exacerbate or accelerate severity of symp- Paris, Professor Sandra Kooij, of VU University percent of people are affected by ADHD at some as changing light or sleep patterns. toms. Medical Center in Amsterdam, outlined research time. “We may also be able to prevent the negative im- which shows poor sleep is a sign that the timings of According to Kooij, the condition is very often pact of chronic sleep loss on health in general.” Scientists hope immune system changes will predict preterm births

By learning more about the immune system changes that occur during pregnancy, scientists hope they can someday predict if babies will be Young gymnasts, figure skaters and attempt to lose weight quickly. born prematurely. wrestlers who try to quickly shed pounds The rapid loss of pounds may also According to UPI, study senior author Dr. Brice Gaudilliere, an as- by fasting or restricting fluids may be lead to depression, mood swings, and sistant professor of anesthesiology, perioperative and pain medicine at endangering their health, pediatricians even long-term eating disorders, the Stanford University School of Medicine in California, said, “Pregnan- warned. AAP team cautioned. cy is a unique immunological state. Similarly, young football players or And health issues related to dehydra- “We found that the timing of immune system changes follows a pre-

power-lifters who try to rapidly pack on medhealthservices.com tion may not be quickly reversed, the ex- cise and predictable pattern in normal pregnancy. muscle may also be undermining their perts warned. “If scientists can identify immune-system changes predicting pre- health, a new report from the American Rehydration typically requires up to mature birth, they say they might eventually develop a blood test to Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) said, UPI 48 hours of regular fluid intake. detect it. reported. By the same token, fast weight gain “Ultimately, we want to be able to ask, ‘Does your immune clock of Report author Dr. Rebecca Carl said in increases the risk for obesity-related pregnancy run too slow or too fast’?” an AAP, said, “Sometimes, children and health problems, the doctors added, Nearly 10 percent teens in certain sports believe they need while also undermining overall stamina of US infants are born to achieve a particular body type to be PPediatricians:ediatricians: RRapidapid weightweight and athletic performance. three or more weeks successful. The upshot: Weight gain and weight early. Currently, doctors “Unless they have a healthy strategy loss should be achieved gradually and have no reliable way to to work toward their goals, however, cchangehange mmayay harmharm yyoungoung athletesathletes over the long term by focusing on a care- predict which babies they can end up defeating themselves avoidance of fluids can actually lead thinking, reaction time, alertness and the fully balanced diet paired with consist- will be born premature- and causing health problems.” to a loss of muscle strength, speed and ability to problem-solve. ent exercise, the AAP team advised. ly. AAP experts point out that rapid stamina. Young divers, runners, boxers and The report appeared in the September For the study, the weight loss by means of fasting or Quick weight loss can also impair rowers are other athletes who may issue of the journal Pediatrics. researchers collected blood samples from 18 women who had full- stanfordchildrens.org term pregnancies. Cognitive fatigue after TBI The women gave one sample during each trimester and another six weeks after childbirth. The researchers used samples from another group of 10 women who linked with activation of caudate also had full-term pregnancies to verify the findings. Using a technique called mass cytometry, the researchers simultane- Researchers have authored a new Because of poor correlation be- although performance was compa- ously measured up to 50 properties of each immune cell in the blood article that further elucidates the tween self-reports of cognitive rable between the groups. samples. mechanisms for cognitive fatigue, fatigue and tests of cognitive per- The results showed that the experi- The investigators counted the types of immune cells, determined a disabling symptom that affects formance, scientists are looking ence of self-reported fatigue is asso- which signaling pathways were most active in each cell, and assessed many individuals after traumatic at more objective measures, such ciated with activation changes in the how the cells reacted when exposed to compounds that mimic bacte- brain injury (TBI). as correlations with neuroimaging caudate nucleus of the basal ganglia. rial or viral infection. The article, ‘Cognitive fatigue in findings. In the study, brain activa- Wylie, the lead author, which The research team then used advanced statistical modeling to docu- individuals with traumatic brain in- tion patterns were compared in 22 suggested that the TBI and MS ment the immune system changes occurring throughout pregnancy. jury is associated with caudate acti- populations share a mechanism for (These adjustments keep the mother’s body from rejecting the unborn vation’, was published in Scientific cognitive fatigue, said, “These re- baby.) Reports, according to sciencedaily. sults are consistent with findings in Gaudilliere said, “This algorithm is telling us how specific immune com. our related research in the multiple cell types are experiencing pregnancy. The authors are Glenn Wylie, sclerosis (MS) population. “The study confirmed that natural killer cells and certain white DPhil, Ekaterina Dobryakova, John “This has important implications blood cells have enhanced action during pregnancy. DeLuca, Nancy Chiaravalloti, of for the development of effective “The researchers also found that a signaling pathway among helper Kessler Foundation and K. Essad treatments.” T-cells increases on a precise schedule.” of Dartmouth College Medical Wylie, who is associate direc- Study lead author Nima Aghaeepour, an instructor in anesthesiol- School. health.harvard.edu tor of Neuroscience Research and ogy, perioperative and pain medicine, said, ““It’s really exciting that Individuals with neurological individuals with moderate to severe the Rocco Ortenzio Neuroimaging an immunological clock of pregnancy exists. damage often report difficulties TBI and 20 healthy controls. Center at Kessler Foundation, also “Now that we have a reference for normal development of the im- with cognitive fatigue, a subjec- Both groups performed tasks of said, “This study points to the cau- mune system throughout pregnancy, we can use that as a baseline for tive lack of mental energy that is working memory during function- date nucleus as a likely target for future studies to understand when someone’s immune system is not perceived to interfere with daily al MRI imaging of the brain; the clinical interventions to alleviate adapting to pregnancy the way we would expect.” activities. TBI group reported more fatigue, fatigue.” Sept. 4, 2017 Biggest asteroid tracked Florence — the largest near Earth asteroid discovered and tracked by NASA — safely passed within 4,390,892 miles of Earth early Friday 8 morning. Science & Technology

New quantum memory device small enough to fit on a chip A team of researchers from the US and Italy built a quantum mem- ory device that is approximately 1, 000 times smaller than similar devices — small enough to install on a chip. In their paper published in the journal Science, the team de- scribed building the memory device and their plans for adding to its functionality, phys.org reported. NNanomachinesanomachines ccanan drilldrill into,into,

phys.org Scanning electron microscope image showing the nano-scale optical quantum memory fabricated in yttrium orthovanadate (YVO). Scientists have been working steadily toward building quantum kkillill cancercancer cellscells computers and networks, and have made strides in both areas in recent years. But one inhibiting factor is the construction of quantum memory deccanherald.com devices. Such devices have been built, but until now, they have been too large to put on a chip, a requirement for practical applica- anomachines which can drill cells such as those in breast tumors and blast open tumor membranes. a light will be shone upon them and tions. into cancer cells, killing them skin melanomas, including those that Without an ultraviolet trigger, the they will drill right into the cell. In this new effort, the researchers report developing a quantum Nin just 60 seconds, have been are resistant to existing chemotherapy. motor molecules located target cells “For many years I never had envi- memory device that is not only small enough to fit on a chip, but is developed by scientists. “Once developed, this approach but then remained harmlessly on their sioned the nanomachines being used also able to retrieve data on demand. The tiny spinning molecules are could provide a potential step change surfaces. medically, I thought they were way The device is very small, approximately 10 by 0.7 micrometers driven by light, and spin so quickly that in non-invasive cancer treatment and When triggered, the molecules too small, because they are much and has an odd shape, like a Toblerone candy bar — long and thin they can burrow their way through cell greatly improve survival rates and pa- rapidly drilled through the cell mem- smaller than a cell, but now this work with a notched triangular shape, with mirrors on either end. linings when activated, telegraph.co.uk tient welfare globally.” branes. has really changed my thoughts on It is made of yttrium orthovanadate with small amounts of neo- reported. The scientists, whose work is re- Dr. James Tour, a member of the in- this and I think therapeutically this dymium, which form a cavity. In one test conducted at Durham ported in the journal Nature, created ternational team from Rice University will be a whole new way to treat pa- These cavities in turn hold a crystal cavity that traps single pho- University the nanomachines took be- several different light-activated motor- in Houston, the US, said, “These na- tients, it’s going to be an excellent tons encoding data information (zero, one or both). tween one and three minutes to break ized molecules designed to home in on nomachines are so small that we could application for cancer treatment, not To operate the device, the researchers fired laser pulses at it, through the outer membrane of pros- specific cells. park 50,000 of them across the diam- just for killing of cells but for the causing photons to assemble in the comb, which forced them to be tate cancer cell, killing it instantly. They found that the nanomachines eter of a human hair, yet they have the treatment of cells, interacting with absorbed — the configuration also caused the photons to emerge The ‘motor’ is a rotor-like chain of needed to spin at two to three million targeting and actuating components the human body using molecular ma- from the comb after 75 nanoseconds. atoms that can be prompted to move in times per second to overcome nearby combined in that diminutive package chines.” During the time period when the photons were absorbed, the re- one direction, causing the molecule to obstacles and outpace natural Browni- to make molecular machines a reality The researchers are already proceed- searchers fired dual laser pulses at the comb to delay the reemer- rotate at high speed. an motion, the erratic movement of mi- for treating disease. ing with experiments in microorgan- gence of the photons for 10 nanoseconds, which allowed for on- Dr. Robert Pal of Durham University croscopic particles suspended in fluid. “In this study we have shown that isms and small fish and hope to move demand retrieval of data. said, “We are moving towards realizing The molecules could be used either we can drill into cells, animal cells, hu- to rodents soon, ahead of clinical trials During the time period when the photons were held, they existed our ambition to be able to use light-ac- to tunnel into cells carrying therapeutic man cells using these nanomachines, in humans if animal testing is success- as dual pulses — early and late. tivated nanomachines to target cancer agents, or to act as killer weapons that they will attach to the surface and then ful. To show that the device was actually storing data information, the team compared the wavefunction of the photons both before and after storage and found them to be virtually unchanged, mean- ing they still held their zero, one or both state — it had not been Astronaut Peggy Whitson re- months. destroyed, which meant the device was truly a quantum memory turned to Earth late Saturday, Only one other American — device. wrapping up a record-breaking Peggy Whitson returns to Earth yearlong spaceman Scott Kelly flight that catapulted her to first — has spent longer in space on place for US space endurance. a single mission. Whitson’s 665 days off the Except for the past week, Study finds molecules planet — 288 days on this mis- after record-breaking spaceflight Whitson said her mission hur- sion alone — exceeds that of ried by. She’s hungry for pizza move faster near sticky surfaces any other American and any an emotional farewell for Whit- them on the eve of their depar- all Godspeed. and can’t wait to use a regular other woman worldwide, ac- son, Yurchikhin and Fischer. ture. Whitson, a biochemist, set a flush toilet again. Scientists at the Universite libre de Bruxelles in Belgium have dis- cording to foxnews.com. Before retreating into their He offered up special praise breakneck pace on all three of She’s also eager to reunite covered that molecules move faster the closer they get to adhesive She checked out of the In- Soyuz, they embraced the three her space station expeditions, with her husband, Clarence surfaces. ternational Space Station just colleagues they were leaving continually asking for more Sams, a biochemist who also The study, published in Physical Review Letters, found that al- hours earlier, along with anoth- behind at the 250-mile- — and still more — sci- works at Johnson Space Center though molecules move faster near adhesive surfaces, the effect er American and a Russian. high complex. entific research to in Houston. does not last forever, UPI wrote. Their Soyuz capsule landed Yurchikhin do. Because of the effects of Hur- in Kazakhstan shortly after sun- patted the in- Scientists ricane Harvey, NASA could rise Sunday — Saturday night side of the on the ground not get its plane from Houston back in the US. station before said it often to Kazakhstan in time for the She set multiple other records floating into was hard to crew’s landing. while in orbit: World’s oldest his Soyuz for keep up with Instead, the European spacewoman, at the age of 57, the final time. her. Space Agency offered to and most experienced female The station’s She even ex- transport Whitson and Fis- spacewalker, with 10. newest command- perimented on cher to Cologne, Germany, She also became the first er, Randy Bresnik, food up there, trying where they will meet up with woman to command the space noted the outpost was los- to add some pizazz to the the NASA plane for the final station twice following her ing 1,474 days of spaceflight foxnews.com standard freeze-dried meals. leg of their journey. They launch last November. experience with the departure Peggy Whitson, member of the Tortillas transformed into apple should be back in Houston on Returning cosmonaut Fyodor of Whitson, Yurchikhin and main crew of the expedition to pies on her watch. Sunday night. the International Space Station, Yurchikhin logged even more Fischer. Four years and two waves from a bus prior the launch Whitson was supposed to fly Three men remain at the time in space: 673 days over weeks, he pointed out. of Soyuz MS-3 spaceship at the back in June after a half-year space station: Bresnik, a Rus- five missions. “We are in your debt for the Russian leased Baikonur in space. But when an extra sian and an Italian. They will be cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. UPI NASA astronaut Jack Fischer supreme dedication that you seat opened up on this Soyuz, joined by two Americans and a Scientists have discovered that molecules move rapidly when close returned after 136 days aloft. guys have to the human mission for Whitson — ‘American she jumped at the chance to Russian following liftoff from to an adhesive surface, however, that effect is only temporary. The men flew up in April. It was of exploration,” Bresnik told space ninja’ —and wished them stay in orbit an extra three Kazakhstan on Sept. 12.

Over the last 20 years, researchers have studied the behavior of certain polymers, biomolecules and liquid crystals at the nano- scale near an absorbing medium. Researchers solve fluorescent crystal mystery The new study shows molecules move faster as they get closer to an adhesive surface due to a phenomenon called the A pair of organic crystals, seemingly identical but Naturally grown karpatite yields a nanoscale texture nanoconfinement effect — molecules in direct contact with an grown in two different locations, fluoresce different that encourages a unique photonic pathway — a path- adhesive surface move slower or not at all, which increases the colors — a classic whodunit. way that enables blue fluorescence. movement of the next molecules because there is more space Thanks to a team of scientists at the University of The synthetic crystal growth creates a non-layered around them. Bristol, the case of glowing crystal has finally been internal structure that encourages a green fluorescence. Researchers in the Laboratory of Polymers and Soft Matter solved, according to UPI. Researchers officially closed the case of glowing Dynamics at the Universite libre de Bruxelles discovered that the Under ultraviolet light, the naturally occurring crys- crystal with a new paper, published in the journal Sci- movement rate is only temporary, however, because the molecules tal karpatite shines a brilliant fluorescent blue. But entific Reports. gradually slow down as new molecules adhere to the sticky surface when grown in the lab, karpatite fluoresces a rich green. Bristol chemist Simon Hall said, “As this study and fill in the spaces left. Researchers long assumed chemical impurities from proves that color change in organic crystals can be a The researchers write that molecules move as if they were far the lab setting explained the color discrepancy, but an solid-state morphological phenomenon, we believe that from the adhesive surface after a period of time, adding that the in-depth analysis of the crystal’s internal structure sug- our interrogative method can be applied to many other time it takes to return to normal molecular movement is longer gested otherwise. Scientists used a combination of elec- organic crystal systems to potentially uncover exotic UPI than would be predicted by any current theory of polymer phys- tron microscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy and X-Ray charge transfer pathways in semiconductors, field-ef- Researchers have determined why a pair of similar crystals ics. diffraction to study the crystal’s internal nanostructure. fect transistors and organic superconductors.” glow different colors. Sept. 4, 2017 Philippines’ bird flu The Philippines has declared its avian flu crisis, which prompted the culling of over 600,000 birds, to be officially over as it eased restrictions on the 9 shipment of poultry products from towns where outbreaks were detected. Society

Huge discovery about dads 116m6m cchildrenhildren aaffectedffected stuns scientists A fascinating new study out of Stanford University Medical Center has found that the average age of new dads is creeping up bbyy mmassiveassive ffloodinglooding iinn SSouthouth AAsiasia consistently, and that may be a good thing. The study, published in the journal Human Reproduction, ex- amined how the ages of first-time fathers have changed between 1972 and 2015 in the United States, and have found out that the mean parental age has increased from 27.4 to 30.9, babwnews. com wrote. The findings, based on 168,000,000 births, also found that fa- thers who are older than 40 now make up nine percent of first- time fathers, and nearly one percent of those older than 50 are first-time dads. And because people who have children at an older age tend to be more financially and emotionally stable, this could be a boon for the children themselves. In addition, older men are more likely to live with their kids and be heavily involved in child rearing. There are risks to children with older parents, however, such as autism, chromosomal abnormalities, and certain types of cancers and genetic conditions. But the benefits may outweigh the posi- tives. The full statement from the university follows below: The average age of newborns’ fathers in the United States has grown by 3½ years over the past four decades, according to a new study from investigators at Stanford University School of Medicine. Men over the age of 40 now account for about nine percent of all US births. Men over the age of 50 account for nearly one percent. un.org Those statistics come from the Stanford study, which is the first comprehensive analysis of all live births reported to a federal he United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to be affected. have been damaged by high water. data depository in the United States from 1972-2015: To be pre- said that an estimated 16 million children are in Many areas remain inaccessible due to damage to There have already been more than 13,035 cases of cise, 168,867,480 births. Turgent need of life-saving support in the wake of roads, bridges, railways and airports. water-borne diseases in the country. The Stanford researchers obtained the data from the National torrential monsoon rains and catastrophic flooding in The most urgent needs for children are clean water, In Nepal, 1.7 million people, including 680,000 chil- Vital Statistics System, an intergovernmental data-sharing pro- Nepal, India and Bangladesh. hygiene supplies to prevent the spread of disease, food dren, have been affected with 352,738 displaced from gram sponsored by the federal Centers for Disease Control and According to un.org, Jean Gough, UNICEF regional supplies and safe places in evacuation centers for chil- their homes. Prevention. director for South Asia, said, “Millions of children have dren to play. More than 185,126 homes have been damaged or de- seen their lives swept away by these devastating floods. “Massive damage to school infrastructure and sup- stroyed in addition to 1,958 schools, affecting the educa- “Children have lost their homes, schools and even plies also mean hundreds of thousands of children may tion of 253,605 children. friends and loved ones. There is a danger the worst could miss weeks or months of school,” said Gough. In India, four states in northern India have been exten- still be to come as rains continue and flood waters move “Getting children back into school is absolutely criti- sively affected by the flooding, affecting over 31 million south.” cal in establishing a sense of stability for children during people including 12.33 million children. UNICEF is on the ground working in close coordina- times of crisis and provides a sense of normality when Some 805,183 houses are either partially or fully dam- tion with respective governments and humanitarian part- everything else is being turned upside down.” aged and 15,455 schools have been damaged, disrupting ners in the South Asian countries to scale up its respons- In Bangladesh alone, more than eight million people the education of nearly one million students. es and respond to immediate needs of affected children have been affected by flooding, including around three Further heavy rains in Mumbai resulted in at least five and their families. million children. deaths by drowning and three people including two chil- Since mid-August, there have been at least 1,288 An estimated 696,169 houses have been damaged or dren died due to house collapse. reported deaths, with over 45 million people estimated destroyed and 2,292 primary and community schools ak3.picdn.net

Michael Eisenberg, MD, an assistant professor of urology, is the senior author. The lead author is Yash Khandwala, a medi- Why we yawn when others in the room do cal student at the University of California-San Diego who was a research scholar in Eisenberg’s lab at Stanford when the analysis Ever wondered why we catch a yawn propensity for contagious yawning — was done. even if we are not tired? An area of our chimpanzees and dogs do it too. The National Vital Statistics System records births and deaths brain responsible for motor function To test the link between motor excita- reported by all 50 states, as well as self-reported maternal and, may be to blame, a study suggested. bility and the neural basis for contagious where available, paternal ages, levels of education and race and Researchers at the University of Not- yawning, the researchers used transcra- ethnicity of the parents. While the CDC periodically produces tingham in the UK have found that our nial magnetic stimulation (TMS). reports on maternal statistics, little information about newborns’ ability to resist yawning when someone They recruited 36 adults to help with dads has been available. else near us yawns is limited. Our urge to their study. These volunteers viewed vid- Between 1972 and 2015, the researchers found, the average yawn is increased if we are instructed to eo clips showing someone else yawning paternal age at the time of an American child’s birth grew from resist yawning, indiatimes.com wrote. and were instructed to either resist yawn- 27.4 years to 30.9 years. Asian-American dads — and in particu- However, no matter how hard we try ing or to allow themselves to yawn. lar, Japanese- and Vietnamese-American dads — at upwards of to stifle a yawn, it might change how we The participants were videoed 36 years of age, on average — are the oldest. Paternal age rose yawn but it would not alter our propen- throughout, and their yawns and stifled with more years of education; the typical newborn’s father with a sity to yawn, they said. yawns were counted. In addition, the in- college degree is 33.3 years old. The study suggested that the human tensity of each participant’s perceived Over the same time period, the share of newborns’ fathers who propensity for contagious yawning is urge to yawn was continuously recorded. were older than 40 doubled from 4.1 percent to 8.9 percent, while triggered automatically by primitive re- cdn.skim.gs Using electrical stimulation they were the share who were over 50 rose from 0.5 percent to 0.9 percent. flexes in the primary motor cortex — an the study, said, “These findings may be Tourette syndrome.” also able to increase the urge to yawn. Similar trends of increasing age have been reported in other area of the brain responsible for motor particularly important in understanding Contagious yawning is triggered in- Georgina Jackson, professor at Not- industrialized countries. function. the association between motor excitabil- voluntarily when we observe another tingham, said, “This research has shown The steadily advancing age of newborns’ fathers is likely to The researchers also found that the ity and the occurrence of echophenome- person yawn. It is a common form of that the ‘urge’ is increased by trying to carry public-health implications, Eisenberg said. urge to yawn — our propensity for con- na in a wide range of clinical conditions echophenomena — the automatic imi- stop yourself. Using electrical stimula- A rising paternal age can affect the total number of children a tagious yawning — is individual to each linked to increased cortical excitability tation of another’s words (echolalia) or tion we were able to increase excitabil- man will have, which can impact the demographics of the popu- one of us. and decreased physiological inhibition actions (echopraxia). ity and in doing so increase the propen- lation. In addition, he said, “every potential dad acquires an aver- Professor Stephen Jackson, who led such as epilepsy, dementia, autism and It is not just the humans who have a sity for contagious yawning.” age of two new mutations in his sperm each year. And there are associations between older fatherhood and higher rates of autism, schizophrenia, chromosomal abnormalities, some pediatric can- cers and certain rare genetic conditions.” On the flip side, he noted, older fathers are more likely to have better jobs and more resources, more likely to have reasonably The worst is yet to come for UK’s NHS stable lifestyles and more likely to live with their children and, thus, be more involved in child-rearing. The National Health Service (NHS) in England may suf- year,” he said. “Maternal ages at birth have been increasing, too,” Eisen- fer its worst winter in recent history if it does not receive “Unless we get extra money, patients will be put at great- berg said. “In fact, they’ve advanced even more than paternal an emergency bailout, hospital chiefs are warning. er risk as local trusts won’t have the beds and staff they need ages have in the same time frame. This may be a consequence They said the cash is needed to pay for extra staff and to meet the extra demand we will face.” of women waiting longer to get married or putting off childbear- beds because attempts to improve NHS finances have Hopson said feedback from his members showed that de- ing as the years they spend in higher education increase and as failed. lays in discharging patients, and workforce shortages, were careers become more central to their lives. The result is that the The government has given councils an extra £1 billion hampering their efforts. average age difference between moms and dads has been shrink- for social care services, to help relieve the pressure on hos- He pointed out that the NHS budget had increased by ing, from 2.7 years in 1972 to 2.3 years in 2015.” pitals, BBC reported. only 1.3 percent this year compared to a five percent rise This convergent pattern appears to apply to all racial, regional, But the latest figures show A&E waits and bed shortages in demand. age and education categories, he said. remain ‘stubbornly’ bad, according to NHS Providers. The call for more money comes ahead of a meeting of “We’ve seen a lot of changes in the last several decades. Con- The group, which represents NHS chief executives, is iimgimg.wimg.wall-street.ro wallall-sll street.roro NHS leaders and Prime Minister Theresa May, which is ex- traception is more reliable and widespread. Women have become calling for between £200 million and £350 million to be pected to take place next week. more integrated into the workforce. This seems to be reflected in made available immediately. the target was introduced in 2004. It is understood May has called in bosses at NHS Eng- an increasing parity in parental ages over the last four decades.” The target to see most patients in A&E within four hours Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers, said: land, and the regulator NHS Improvement, to check on Advancing parental age leaves fewer years for childbearing has been missed for two years now, while bed occupancy “Last winter the health service came under pressure as nev- plans for this winter. and is likely to exert a follow-on effect of reducing the average rates remain above recommended levels. er before. This winter could be worse.” The Colchester Hospital University Chief Executive, family size over the long haul, with potentially huge economic Over the summer, just over 90 percent of A&E patients He acknowledge that planning had been much better this Nick Hulme, said the past few months had been “as chal- ramifications, Eisenberg said. were treated or admitted within four hours. year but said that despite those efforts, and the extra money lenging as any I can remember — there has been no let up”. “Fewer people being born means fewer productive workers That was below the goal of 95 percent and was almost for care services, hospitals were still struggling to improve “Our major concern going into this winter is staff — we a generation down the road,” he said. “This can obviously have exactly the same percentage as last summer, which was performance. are 50 junior doctors short on our rotas across the hospital. profound tax and economic implications.” then followed by the worst set of winter waiting times since “We are in virtually the same position as this time last Every day is a constant struggle.” Sept. 4, 2017 Russian proverb 10 When the rich make war, it’s the poor that die. 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Former worker: US air base Firefighters of Grenfell Tower take the field home to ‘living, dead aliens in charity football match for survivors

Firefighters who risked their and rebuilding their lives.” found at Roswell crash site’ lives in the Grenfell Tower Firefighter Gregg Jules, blaze joined stars of music who helped with the relief ef- secretive US Air base is “I’ve been basically investi- and sport to play a charity fort following the fire, played home to hoards of dead gating locations on the base that football match raising cash in the eagerly anticipated A and alive aliens kept in I think could contain clues to its for survivors. game at Loftus Road, just a tunnels underground, claimed an history relative to extraterrestrials Around 2,000 compli- mile from the site of the dis- engineer who worked there for and UFOs ever since.” mentary tickets were given aster. nearly 40 years. The former scientist and en- to those directly affected, in- The two teams, captained For the first time ever, a worker gineer at the base added that Reuters cluding residents, relatives of by Ferdinand and Alan Shear- at the Wright-Patterson Air Force throughout his time there he kept A Viking space probe awaiting recovery at White Sands Missile Range in the victims, volunteers and er, featured Jose Mourinho, Base (WPAFB) in Ohio, has pub- track of evidence which would New Mexico emergency services after the David Seaman, Jarvis Cocker, licly spoken about the alleged go- support the various stories he job is to ‘steal’ evidence. While the US military have blaze killed at least 80 and in- Mo Farah, Olly Murs, Mar- ings on at the secretive site, mir- heard. The outer-space enthusiast used long claimed the crashed object jured hundreds in the 24-sto- cus Mumford, Peter Crouch, ror.co.uk wrote. Despite his assurance that the various pictures and documents to was merely a weather balloon, rey west London tower block, Kevin Gallen, Trevor Sinclair Raymond Szymanksi has re- facility does house ‘greys’, an- support his bold claims about the conspiracy theorists believe the dailymail.co.uk wrote. and Clint Hill. vealed how he believes the UFOs other word for aliens, Szymanski base throughout the book. site was the scene of at least one Former Premier League Also walking down the and aliens from the infamous is yet to spot an extra-terrestrial. He outlined potential burial alien aircraft crash and the recov- player Les Ferdinand, who tunnel for the 3 p.m. Game- 1947 Roswell incident were Though he does claim to have sites on the WPAFB of aliens, ery of extraterrestrials. grew up in the shadow of Grenfell Tower, 4Grenfell kick-off were Olly Murs, Tinie brought to the base and kept in had three encounters with ‘men thought to have been transported Earlier year the book, ‘UFOS helped organize the event with Queens Park Tempah, Jamie Dornan, Trevor Sinclair and secret tunnels in his new tell-all from the Roswell site, even sug- today ― 70 Years of Lies, Misin- Rangers chairman Tony Fernandes and Co- Ally McCoist, with spectators including Cher- book, 50 Shades of Greys. gesting as many as eight are bur- formation and Government Cover- lumbia Records’ Ferdy Unger-Hamilton. yl Cole and former bandmate Nicola Roberts. Now an ‘extra-terrestrial ied under a car park next to the Up’, was released and law enforce- Ferdinand, who is now a coach at former Meanwhile, the government has been urged researcher’, Szymanski, Foreign Technologies Divi- ment officer Fogus revealed he saw club QPR, said: “As someone who grew up in to appoint a social housing boss to safeguard spoke about the secrets of sion for UFO Reverse En- a downed flying saucer and military the area, personally this is incredibly close to tenants’ interests in the wake of the Grenfell the base, which he first gineering. personnel removing a number of al- my own heart and having spoken to Tony (Fer- Tower fire. heard about during his ien bodies from the scene. nandes), he was also Mayor of Lon- first week of his 39-year The Roswell incident It is the first time his statement keen to continue the don Sadiq Khan career there. was been published. work we’ve done said the west Lon- He sensationally claimed In July 1947 Sheriff Jess In the interview he said fly- in the community don inferno had left his mentor asked him whether Slaughter and Deputy Sheriff ing saucer crashed into the side since the fire. a sense of ‘frustra- he had heard about ‘our aliens’, Charles Fogus were traveling to- of a river bed which was ‘100ft “A game, giving tion and anger’ as he showed him around, and The Roswell crash has been the gether to pick up a prisoner when across’. something back to that residents of was told about a system of alien- subject of many conspiracy theories. they heard on their police radio Describing the scene, he said: the people of West the council-owned housing tunnels at the facility. reports of a crashed aircraft. “When we got there, the land was London, seemed block were ‘ig- Speaking to the Sun Online, he in black’ type characters on and The two men, who were trave- covered with soldiers. They were like the obvious nored’. said: “The important fact estab- around the base, believing they ling to Roswell, New Mexico, hauling a big, a creature. thing to do. The June 14 dis- lished here is that not one single were spying on him. decided to investigate and stum- “The bodies must have been “I grew up on aster came against person at that time ever said, ‘we He described the men as wear- bled across the scene of one of five feet tall. I saw the legs and the Lancaster West SHUTTERSTOCK a backdrop of re- have no aliens here’. I saw lots of ing black suits and hats in the the most famous UFO incidents in feet on some of them. They estate, right next Jose Mourinho takes time out to chat to young fans at peated fire safety smiles but no denials. height of summer, and that their history. looked like our feet. door to the Grenfell the Game4Grenfell to raise cash for survivors of the concerns flagged Tower. June 14 fire. by the tower’s resi- “I lived there dents, which were from the age of five allegedly ignored Digging for victory! right up until I was by both the council about 22 and in the and the organiza- Professional gravediggers went shovel follow a similar format to the 2016 first-team squad at tion managing the to shovel in an attempt to bring some race, where winners of the event go on QPR. building. levity to their otherwise morbid jobs. to compete in an international tourna- “If you lived on At least 80 died Teams of two raced to dig a 7ft ment against gravediggers from Po- the estate, that’s when flames en- (2.1m) long, 5ft deep, and 2ft 7in wide land, Slovakia and the Czech Repub- where you used to hang out. It’s devastating to gulfed the 24-sto- grave and then fill up the hole again in lic. see a place where you spent so much of your rey block, while the city of Gyula, 230km southeast of Organizers said last year that they childhood looking like something out of a dis- hundreds more Budapest, Hungary, according to dai- hoped the race would help increase aster movie ― it doesn’t seem like real life. were left homeless. lymail.co.uk. respect and recognition for the grave “This game is our way of showing victims Both the council and the Kensington and The bizarre tournament was the sec- digging profession and attract more they have not been forgotten. We care what Chelsea Tenant Management Organization ond National Grave Digging Competi- people to the job, which is under threat happens next because there is a lot more to be were investigated by the Metropolitan Police tion after the inaugural event last year. from the increasing popularity of cre- done in terms of rehousing dozens of families on potential corporate manslaughter charges. AP It’s believed that this year will mations, for example.

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Nadal, Federer book place in US Open last 16 Jahanbakhsh delighted After two marathons, Roger Feder- gine on, that I would have to force er had the after-burners on, sprint- myself so much, I would get tired Spaniard fights back to win ing past Spaniard Feliciano Lopez from that. 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 and into the fourth ”It didn’t happen. Meanwhile, world number one Ra- round of the US Open on Saturday. ”I‘m really pleased with the per- fael Nadal ran into a spot of bother Chasing a sixth US Open title, formance. before crushing Argentine Leonardo with ‘great job’ at Korea Federer needed just one hour and 46 “It’s exactly I guess maybe what Mayer and booked his place in the minutes under a closed roof at Ar- I needed going into the next round.” last 16 with a 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 thur Ashe Stadium to put away the A capacity crowd saw Federer try victory, Reuters reported. 31st seed Lopez, leaving plenty in out everything in his tool bag. The The Spaniard, chasing his second the tank after being forced to go the timely big serve, the elegant back- Grand Slam title of the year, was on distance in his opening two match- hand, laser forehands, hustle and the back foot early on but once he es. defense were all on display. found his rhythm, the contest was vir- It has been a far different start He committed just 16 unforced tually over in Arthur Ashe Stadium. to the US Open than Wimble- errors while firing 32 winners to Nadal will next face Ukraine’s Al- don where an economical Federer run his record to 13-0 against the exandr Dolgopolov. stormed to his 19th Grand Slam 35-year-old Spaniard. “It was a tough situation for a set

GETTY IMAGES lireza Jahanbakhsh hailed cult but we tried to concentrate, to stay national team is that we work together the “great job” by Iran as the compact and use the counterattacks, as a team in both defense and attack,” AGroup A winner came away which we did very well in the first half. added Jahanbakhsh. from Korea Republic in its penultimate “But at the beginning of the second “The defensive part was perfect and FIFA World Cup qualifier with a score- half, unfortunately, we got the red card we did a great job. One point in front less draw on Thursday despite playing and after that it was more difficult. We of 60000 people, with 10 men, was most of the second half with 10 men. had to stay more compact and close the enough today. There was more pressure Having already secured the safe pas- spaces. on them as they had to win. JASON DECROW/AP sage to Russia next year, Iran went into “There was more pressure after we “We had the goal of not conceding Nadal returns a shot during the opening set against Leonardo Mayer in the third round of the US Open in New York on September the fixture at Seoul World Cup Stadium went down to 10 men but fortunately and we did this with great teamwork.” 2, 2017. with few worries, but a strong determi- we got one point and that’s all that mat- Next up Iran will welcome Syria to title without dropping a set. ”I know Philipp very well. Prac- and I had some break points against nation to ensure the Asian giant sees ters right now.” Azadi Stadium on Tuesday in a game “It was clearly nice to go up two ticed with him a ton,“ said Federer. me early in the second. I fought, I was out the campaign unbeaten and its per- The visitor went into the game with- that has more than just its impressive sets to love for a change,” smiled ”Had some good matches against there mentally and then I started to fect defensive record still intact, the- out the suspended Sardar Azmoun and record riding on it. the Swiss. him in the past. play much better,” said Nadal. afc.com reported. chose to leave three-goal top scorer Syria’s 3-1 win over Qatar on Thurs- ”I was happy I had good energy “He’s a good player. Got great ro- “I must improve on the forehand. The Iranians looked solid through- Mehdi Taremi on the bench. day moved the West Asians into third because I think that was my biggest tation on the ball. Plays with a lot At the end of the match I was creat- out, even after Saeid Ezzatolahi was Jahanbakhsh and fellow Nether- place in Group A, two points behind worry, that somehow after the two of topspin. Has a nice one-handed ing more space but at the beginning I dismissed shortly after halftime, limit- lands-based teammate Reza Qoochan- second-placed Korea Republic, and five-setters that I was going to feel backhand, which I love to see, of failed to convert several chances with ing Korea Republic to only a handful nejhad were the only players to start the means Syrians go into the clash with a little slow, hard to throw the en- course.” my forehand.” of chances in a performance that dis- game who had netted in the Group A automatic qualification in their sights. played all the attributes of togetherness campaign, with the pair scoring in a 2-0 “The next game is Syria and they still that long-serving coach Carlos Queiroz win over Qatar back on Matchday One. have a chance so it’s going to be diffi- IWWF agrees on Iran women’s dress code has instilled in the squad. And, while chances were at a premi- cult because they’ll give 100 percent,” “We knew they were going to start um for Iran, the fighting spirit of a side said Jahanbakhsh. Sports Desk terski & Wakeboard Federation al tournaments with Islamic dress at 100 percent because they were play- determined to maintain a qualifying “But we’re playing at home and we (IWWF), after lengthy but suc- code. ing at home in front of 60000 people, so record that will be hard to match any- always do a good job at home. We’ll do Iranian female athletes are given per- cessful negotiations with Iran The news came after Iranian they were going to start with attacking where in world football was evident for our best to try and finish without con- mission to take part in waterski com- Federation of Sport Association, women had already been allowed football,” said Jahanbakhsh. all to see. ceding a goal and get the three points in petitions wearing hijab. officially approved Iranian ath- to play in basketball competitions “We knew it was going to be diffi- “One of the strongest parts of our front of our fans.” On Sunday, International Wa- letes’ participation in internation- with hijab earlier this year.

Italy coach Giampiero Ventura said he would “But these are also matches to help us grow, be criticized regardless of his tactical decisions because there’s no point going to the World after the Azzurri’s World Cup hopes took a hit Ventura defends tactics after defeat at Spain Cup if we crash out after three games. with a 3-0 defeat to Spain in Madrid on Sat- “Our objective is to get there, but not every- urday. one has played five Champions League finals Italy was overrun by Spain’s movement –p experience has to be earned.” across midfield and through the channels as Spain coach Julen Lopetegui opted to de- Real Madrid midfielder Isco scored twice on ploy Manchester City midfielder David Silva his home ground, clipping home a 13th-minute in the false nine role, with Chelsea’s £60 mil- free kick before doubling Spain’s lead with a lion forward Alvaro Morata and recalled vet- low strike just before halftime, ESPN reported. eran striker David Villa left on the bench. While Italy – which had not lost a qualifying It proved, though, a positive tactic as Real tie for a major championships since September Madrid midfielder Isco scored twice on his 2006, a run of more than 50 games – improved home ground before the interval. for the second half, 2006 world champion Morata came off the bench to tap in a could not find a way back into the match. third with 13 minutes left on the clock which Ventura decided against packing the mid- summed up the collective efforts of La Roja. field in front of a back three, but the ambitious “I’ve always been very sure of the players. 4-2-4 formation could not cope with the Span- It was a hard-worked victory. I am very happy ish. Nevertheless, Ventura remained defiant. for the level shown against a great team like “This match allows us to test things out, as Italy,” Lopetegui said after the game. we want to go to the World Cup and that is the “The evaluations in football depend on the objective. If one match cancels out all the good result, and we have ability to adapt to every work done so far, then I may as well give up moment. now,” he said. “Italy are a very complicated team, but we “If we had won here and lost against Israel have been able to match them. Our perfor- on Tuesday, we would have gone to the play- mance was very high.” offs anyway. Spain’s win left them three points clear of “I realized yesterday that I’d get criticized Italy at the top of Group G, with Albania seven whatever I did. People were saying I’d play points back in third place. 3-5-2 and blasting me for not using [Lorenzo] With three games to go in the qualifiers Italy is Insigne. I realized then there is absolutely no overwhelming favorite now to finish in first place balance in the feedback you get from social – but Lopetegui is taking it one step at a time. media.” He added, “These are three important Ventura added in a press conference, “If MATTHEW ASHTON/GETTY IMAGES points, but not definitive. a loss to Spain, one of the best teams in the Spain’s Isco (2nd L) gets the better of Italy’s Lorenzo Insigne (L), Daniele De Rossi (R) and Marco Verratti during the 2018 World Cup European qualifier in “We’ve a long way to go. What’s left ahead world, is enough to ruin your confidence, it Madrid, Spain, on September 2, 2017. of us is the most complicated part, which is fin- means you are not a team. goals and conceded one, so we were doing came before. not how we see it from the inside. We knew ishing things off. We have three games left and “In our last few games, we had scored 26 well. We can’t just cancel out everything that “It’s only right there is criticism, but that’s full well this was difficult. we have to win them to achieve [first place].” Sept. 4, 2017 Charlie Chaplin: 12 We think too much and feel too little. Art & Culture

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THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER ‘No Date, No Signature’ beautifully shot drama The film is Mohammad Rassoulof’s sixth feature film which narrates the fate of a man, called Reza, who has a sim- he Hollywood Reporter, a multi-platform ple life and does his best to fight a corrupted private company American digital and print magazine, has which forces villagers to sell their goods. Tpublished a review of the Iranian film ‘No The rest of the feature films to be pitted against each oth- Date, No Signature’, describing it as a beautifully er in the Belgian festival’s competition section are ‘1945’ shot psychological drama with comprehension is- by Ferenc Török, ‘The Butcher, The Whore & the One- sues. eyed Man’ by János Szász, ‘Call Me by Your Name’ by Published on Saturday, concurrent with the par- Luca Guadagnino, ‘A Ciambra’ by Jonas Carpignano, ‘The ticipation of the flick in the 74th Venice Film Fes- Fixer’ by Adrian Sitaru, ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ by tival, The Hollywood Reporter’s full review reads: Yorgos Lanthimos, ‘The Night I Swam’ by Damien Maniv- A forensic pathologist in Iran finds himself per- el and Kohei Igarashi, ‘Tesnota’ by Kantemir Balagov, sonally entangled in a child’s death in Vahid Jalil- ‘Thelma’ by Joachim Trier, ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebb- vand’s drama. ing, Missouri’ by Martin McDonagh and ‘Zagros’ by Sa- Iranian cinema continues to draw large audienc- him Omar Kalifa. es at festivals, and Jalilvand’s second feature ‘No The 44th edition of the festival will be held during October Date, No Signature’ (Bedoune Tarikh, Bedoune 10-20. Emza) was much applauded at its Venice Horizons bow. In the tradition of Asghar Farhadi’s ‘A Separa- Miami to host tion’, its story zeroes in on the class conflict be- tween the rich and the poor and plays, less than nine Iranian short films convincingly, on the guilty feelings of a powerful forensic pathologist who is involved in an accident Nine Iranian short films will compete in the 16th Miami Short that may or may not have caused a child’s death. Film Festival which is scheduled to be held in November Lensed with great sensitivity and style and su- labiennale.org 2017 in Florida, the US. perbly acted, it has one drawback for Western au- hiding something. academic question if ever there was one. The films are ‘Birthday Night’ directed by Omid Shams, diences in its perplexing plot points based on local She performs the autopsy herself, and concludes Again, it may be a matter of cultural perspec- ‘Reading Khayyam’ by Ali Nikfar, ‘Not Yet’ by Arian Vazir- culture and customs. that the boy died of botulism from eating rotten tive, but his guilty conscience and overwhelming Daftari, ‘Numbness’ by Milad Jarmuz, ‘Crimson Season’ Leading a well-directed, top-drawer cast is Amir meat. feeling of responsibility for the traffic accident by Hassan Najmabadi, ‘The Man Who Wasn’t Here’ by Ata Agha’ei as Dr. Kaveh Nariman, a driven senior fo- Musa and his wife exchange a look: He bought seem like issues best dealt with in therapy, not a Mojabi, ‘Retouch’ by Kaveh Mazaheri, ‘The Servant’ by Far- rensic pathologist who is rigorous and unsparing cheap dead chickens earlier that week. law court. In the meantime, he irresponsibly con- noush Abedi and ‘The Windows’ by Mina Valizade, the festi- of himself in his work. One night he drives off the Mohammadzadeh, the versatile young actor who tinues to drive without car insurance while talking val’s website wrote. hospital premises and knocks down a motorcycle ended up swinging by the neck from a traffic light on his cell phone. The current round of the festival, which is scheduled for on the highway. in ‘I’m Not Angry!’, dives into another hot-tem- An important subtext is the question of blood November 6–11, will feature 84 films from countries includ- Aboard are a young man, his wife, his eight- pered role as the grief-stricken father. Mad with money that someone convicted of murder or ing the US, Germany, Peru, Sweden, Costa Rica, Japan, Puer- year-old son Amir Ali and a baby. Miraculously, grief, his wife bitterly blames him for their son’s manslaughter must pay to the victim’s family, but to Rico, France, Britain, Mexico, Greece, Spain, Australia, the no one seems seriously hurt and the man, Musa death in a heart-wrenching argument. His furious this will go over the heads of international audi- Netherlands and Italy. (Navid Mohammadzadeh), hurries off into the visit to the chicken factory and the confrontation ences. night, ignoring the good doctor’s advice to stop with the man who sold him the rotten birds turns The film is a visual pleasure, shot in elegant, by an ER and check out his son’s bruised neck and into one of the film’s most dramatic and effective nearly black and white images highlighted with Thousand-year-old antiquities found arm. scenes, but it lands him in prison. faint traces of color. A few days later, Amir Ali’s body is brought into It would be better for Musa’s case if the cause Mohsen Nassrollahi’s sets and costumes are ef- in ancient north Iran cemetery the autopsy room. of his son’s death were food poisoning, thus of- fective in creating characters and setting the stage Understandably shocked, Dr. Nariman admits fering him extenuating circumstances for beat- for the unfolding drama, matched by Peyman Art & Culture Desk to knowing the boy and his father slightly. His ing up the chicken seller. Instead Dr. Nariman is Yazdanian’s subtle musical comment. nervousness raises the suspicions of the severe Dr. so tormented by his conscience that he has Amir The flick is a production of Mehr Taha Studio. A number of antiquities have been unearthed in an ancient Sayeh Behbahani (star Hedieh Tehrani in an icy Ali’s body exhumed and personally performs a The cast includes: Navid Mohammadzadeh, cemetery in the northern Iranian province of Gilan called Asb professional turn) who rides to work with him eve- second autopsy to see if the motorcycle accident Amir Aghaei, Hedieh Tehrani, Zakieh Behbahani, Risseh, said the head of the archeological and excavation op- ry day. She knows him well enough to sense he’s or botulism was the ‘primary’ cause of death. An Saeed Dakh and Alireza Ostadi. erations in the graveyard. Majid Kouhi said the discovered relics include pottery works dating back to the Sassanid (224-651 AD) and Parthian (247 BC-224 AD) eras and the Iron Age as well as a number of bronze objects, Mehr News Agency reported. He added among the discovered items are a number of gray- ish pottery works that are outstanding.

mehrnews.com Kouhi said excavations in the ancient cemetery are aimed at identifying the sequence of the historical periods in the grave- yard. “No antique objects or artworks from the Islamic era have BEHNAM TOFIGHI/mehrnews.com been found yet.” Iran’s top theater figures in the year to mid-March 2017, including Roya Teymourian (R), were named and awarded in a ceremony held by The Iranian archeologist said Asb Risseh cemetery is an ex- the International Association of Theater Critics Iranian Branch at Iranshahr Amphitheater in Tehran on September 2, 2017. The annual ceptional historical site in view of its unique and special ar- celebration was attended by a number of Iranian cineastes, theater actors and actresses as well as critics. chitecture. Weather 34 30 23 46 29 36 20 35 19 33 21 22 31 16 24 14 15 12 35 19 32 23 Bandar Anzali Dezful Yazd Mashhad Tabriz Tehran Kabul Minsk Stockholm Tashkent Tripoli