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Pakistan clings to policy of good, bad terrorists: Danish WASHINGTON: Vice-President reserved the right to do what- Sarwar Danish has alleged that ever was necessary for the de- Pakistan-based terrorists continue fence of its people. He urged to conduct ruthless attacks against the international community to Afghan civilians. eliminate terror safe havens. Addressing the United Nations Afghanistan had always de- General Assembly on Wednesday, sired peaceful relations with all HIA announces ceasefire, vows to disarm fighters the vice-president blasted the countries in the region, he said. By Farhad Naibkhel neighbouring country for its fail- “However, the government of ure to eradicate terrorist safe ha- national unity reserves the KABUL: The long-awaited vens on its soil. right to do whatever is neces- peace agreement was signed on While accusing Islamabad of sary for the defense and pro- Thursday here between Af- differentiating between “good and tection of our people.” He ghan government and Hezb-e- bad terrorists", he implied Afghan urged states to honestly im- Islami Afghanistan (HIA), the Taliban and the Haqqani network plement their international largest militant group after enjoyed consistent support from pledges in the fight against ter- Taliban. Pakistani forces. He went on to rorism and avoid a dual policy The peace agreement with ask: “Where were the leaders of of making a distinction be- HIA, led by Gulbadin Hek- the Taliban and Al-Qaeda residing tween good and bad terrorists. matyar, was finalized after and where were they killed? At this Danish urged the UN to ap- nearly two years of formal and non-formal negotiations. The peace draft contains three chapters and 25 articles. The initial draft was signed today by National Se- curity Advisor Hanif Atmar and the head of HIA delega- “The agreement will be soon ly,” Atmar said, adding that the tion Muhammad Amin Karim presented to both leaders, Presi- HIA pledged to respect the con- 3-way meeting on promoting and Chief of the High Peace dent Ashraf Ghani and Gulbadin stitution, women’s rights, freedom Council Syed Ahmad Gilani. Hekmatyar, for final singing and of speech, independence and sov- The agreement will be approval,” Muhammad Hanif At- ereignty of Afghanistan. security inAfghanistan mar said. According to the initial peace presented to President Ashraf WASHINGTON: Afghan, Indian and American diplomats have agreed Ghani and the HIA leader Gul- Although, he did not give any deal, the Hezb-e-Islami must an- timeline, but hoped the agreements nounce ceasefire and stop anti- to continue consultations on ways of stabilising the war-torn country, badin Hekmatyar for final ap- a spokesman for the State Department said. proval. would be signed by the two lead- state activities. The party also ers soon. vowed to disarm its fighters after Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Karzai, Indian Ambassador to The agreement will facili- Afghanistan Manpreet Vohra and US Special Representative Richard tate reintegration of the HIA He commended all those orga- approval of the agreement by nizations who were involved in the Ghani and Hekmatyar. Olsonmet to exchange views on the situation in Afghanistan. members in political system The meeting took place on September 21in New York on the mar- and dignified return of Afghan process, particularly the interna- Atmar called on the Taliban to tional community. The national join peace process, adding that gins of the 71st United Nations General Assembly, the spokesman said refugees from neighboring Pa- in a brief statement. It added the participants discussed the prevailing kistan as well as release of the security adviser asked the interna- Afghan government proved that it tional community to help Afghan is honest in peace process. “It is situation in Afghanistan and regional issues of mutual interest. party members. The govern- “Reaffirming their shared interests in advancing peace and security very moment, where are the lead- point a special representative ment also vowed to facilitate government to remove all sanctions now the Taliban’s turn to prove on the Hezb-e-Islami and facilitate their sincerity.” in the region, as well as countering terrorism, all sides welcomed the ers of the Taliban and Haqqani net- for the safety of journalists, removal of the HIA leaders’ discussions focused on political, economic, and development goals in work located? including those serving in Af- names from the UN black list. the situation that can help this pro- Chief of the HPC urged the cess to be fully succeeded. parties to respect the agreement. Afghanistan, including the regional dimension.” Danish claimed terrorists con- ghanistan. Democracy, free- The HIA committed to The meeting provided a forum for the US and India to explore ways tinued to being trained, equipped dom of expression and inde- accept Constitution of the “As promised, the government Mohammad Amin Karim said will work to repatriate the refu- the HIA joined the peace process of coordinating and aligning their assistance with the priorities of the and financed in Pakistan for what pendent media were special country and renounce anti- Afghan government. According to the statement, the participants agreed he called a full-scale war against target of foreign-backed terror- state activities. The party also gees and pave the ground for po- in order to help people to reach litical participation of Hezb-e-Isl- real peace in the country. He said that the dialogue helped advance shared values and goals, and decided to the conflict-devastated country. ists, he said. pledged to end its ties with continue their consultations on a regular basis. (Pajhwok) The VP warned Afghanistan (Pajhwok) terrorist outfits. ami in the political system, legal- SEE P8 FRIDAY .SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

AFGHANISTAN TIMES Editor: Abdul Saboor Sarir Phone No: +93-772364666 E-mail: [email protected] By Marwan Bishara

Email: [email protected] It's like David Beckham meets over the past few years, travelling Luis Suarez. Out of all the speak- through different continents, coun- www.afghanistantimes.af ers and their litanies at the United tries and communities. I spoke to Nations, US President Barack countless people but found little Photojournalist: M. Sadiq Yusufi Obama and Turkish President Re- optimism and much scepticism cep Tayyip Erdogan stood out about the future. Advisory editorial board with their contrasted worldviews, Despite much progress over styles and perspectives. the past half-a-century, the inter- Saduddin Shpoon, Dr. Sharif Fayez, Dr. Sultana Parvanta, Dr. Sharifa Sharif, Obama - like Beckham - national political pressure cooker sounded more like a brand than a is gathering steam and there's no Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Setara Delawari, Ahmad Takal political player. 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Printed at Afghanistan Times Printing Press and globalisation, while warning To quote the eminent Irish poet, against "aggressive nationalism" WB Yates: The best lack all con- and "crude populism". viction, while the worst are full of Syria war key concern at UN passionate intensity. The constitution says General Assembly All of which begs the question: If there was no place for the What's next for a world in trouble? Article 117 Middle East tragedies in Obama's Because it feels like the rise of "ag- After a decade of failures mediate alternatives don't look so panorama, the in-your-face Turk- gressive nationalism" in the begin- The past few years have wit- promising. The President shall appoint one of its members as Chief Justice of the Supreme ish president made the Syria, Iraqi ning of the 21st century is looking nessed the retreat of democracy, If there's a judgement or com- Court. Members of the Supreme Court, except under circumstances stated in Article and Palestinian tragedies central to more and more like that of the ear- return of autocracy and the rise of parison to be made, it's certainly One Hundred Twenty Seven of this Constitution, shall not be dismissed till the end his speech. ly 20th century - the same centu- popular nationalism. To para- not between Obama and Erdogan. of their term. Erdogan's was an outright dip- ry that gave us some of history's phrase the words of the UN gen- It's rather between Erdogan and his lomatic offensive; he scored points worst atrocities from world wars eral secretary, citizens distrust their neighbours, and between Turkey against the hypocrisy of the West to colonial wars. leaders in a world of "us vs them". and other developing/developed and the negligence of the rest at After half a century of change You might say there's nothing nations. the UN Security Council. The establishment of the Unit- new here; it's always been like that. It's with Egypt's Abdel Fattah Editorial Since the failed military coup ed Nations and the creation and But there was always a vision of el-Sisi, Syria's Bashar al-Assad, against his government, he's clear- independence of new states that sorts; a way forward, a promise of Iran's Ali Khamenei; and between ly in no mood to play with those make up the majority of today's better things to come; but not this Turkey and Saudi Arabia, Algeria, ignoring the plight of those in the UN was supposed to usher in a day. and Kazakhstan, Malaysia, etc. Middle East and seems ready to more humane and equitable phase READ MORE: America's war And the comparison is be- bite off the heads of those messing in human development. for the Greater Middle East tween Obama and Putin, and the Anti-terror cooperation with Turkey. But the Cold War between the Countries big and small seem US and China - over who provides Different perspectives Soviet Union and the United States to embrace, coercively or willing- a better vision for the future. Un- Terrorism is wrecking havoc in different parts of the world. Obama and Erdogan present- brought us nuclear proliferation, ly, demagogic populism and na- fortunately, the Russian and Chi- ed different perspectives, but proxy wars and the clash of ideol- tionalistic autocrats. From the rise nese alternatives to US leadership No one is feeling safe in the modern world which has become weren't necessarily playing for ogies that exerted a huge cost on of Russia's Vladimir Putin through (imperial or otherwise) are lacking global village. Not only Asia and Africa have braved terror opposite teams. It is the sobering human development. the ascendance of China's Xi Jin- at best, and at times scary. glass-half-empty argument com- The end of that hot Cold War ping, the election of India's Naren- There is no point in searching attacks but Europe and the United States is also facing serious pleting the glass-half-full picture. should have been another cause of dra Modi, and even the Philip- for - or looking up to - the "one- And yet, seen from the Mid- celebration as numerous states pines' Rodrigo Duarte. der" leader or visionary. Not to- threats. Recent terror attacks in the United States, Germany, dle East, and indeed from the rest were freed from the tyranny of Unfortunately, the Russian day, not ever. Certainly not in the of the world, Obama's claim that dictatorships and war. and Chinese alternatives to US lead- real world. Progress comes through France and Belgium proves that the enemies of humanity are the world is in far better shape to- But the wars in the Middle ership (imperial or otherwise) are collective, civilisational and gener- using different tactics to destabilize the world and make this day than during the 20th century's East, the Balkans, Somalia, Ango- lacking at best, and at times scary. ational struggle that is earned tooth world wars, while not incorrect, la, and Rwanda cast much pessi- In Latin America, leftist lead- and nail. planet insecure. The peace-loving nations are facing common smacks of sloppiness and indiffer- mism as "never again" was repeat- ers have failed to meet peoples' Fortunately, as the US presi- ence. ed again and again, not in Germa- expectations. The Bolivarian rev- dent argued, the new generation is enemy. The enemy is hell-bent on destroying the global peace He knows better than most ny but throughout the world, es- olution is on its knees in much of better than his generation. But not that even in the US, his promise to pecially in Syria, Iraq and the great- Central America as Brazil, Argen- when it's subject to war, violence, and harmony. The enemies of global peace and stability are bridge the gap between blacks and er Middle East, where millions of tina and other Latin American na- racism and alienation. They are wise because they have created mistrust between the major whites, red states and blue states, civilians died in the process. tions suffer from corruption and more likely to end up in prison or and pull the US out of Iraq and And yet, people looked for- misrepresentation. as potential recruits for criminal international players. Afghanistan have led to more - not ward to the expansion of democ- Western Europe and the US and violent groups than communi- less - racial and ideological tensions. racies and human rights in their aren't spared by the waves of na- ty organisers and enlightened lead- The mistrust has given birth to suspicion. Currently, the major And he has expanded the land- societies. Eastern Europe was tionalist populism as the radical ers. And yet, even in times of war,= scape of military conflict, albeit freed from Soviet totalitarianism right continues to make major and conflict, we see countless international political actors are not ready to sit under one with less US troops on the ground and client regimes; Latin America strides. And these trends are not youth sacrificing their lives and in the Middle East. freed itself from US domination ideological with coherent world- freedom for the lives and freedom roof and resolve their differences in order to device a com- He spoke of accountability, and client autocrats; and Africa views; rather voiced through emp- of others. One such silver lining mon mechanism to fight terrorism on all fronts. The trust defi- but not a single banker or politi- began to find its way to represen- ty slogans and even 140-charac- appeared in Syria's dark days in cian was held accountable for the tative government. Even the Arab ters-or-less tweets about Islam and recent years, called White Helmets. cit between China and the US as well as Washington and Mos- financial crisis and the illegal war world followed suit in 2011. defeating evil (Islamists, immi- If only political leaders would in Iraq during his tenure. But as ideologies like commu- grants, and minorities) that are bent rise to the level of their peoples' cow is helping the terrorist organizations who have unleashed In comparison to 20, 15, 10 nism, which inspired people, failed on ruining the glorious (Christian) sacrifice; if only they would stop and even five years ago, the world to meet the challenges and peoples' Western civilisation. sacrificing people for their own violence in Middle East, South Asia, Africa and the West. The continues to heat up, and it's not needs in the 20th century, the tri- The alternatives personal glory, the world would blame-game in the international political arena has provided just global warming. Despite much umphant Western liberalism It must be said, love him or be a far better place. progress over the past half-a-cen- opened the 21st century with hor- hate him, we will miss Obama once If only the UN secretary-gen- an opportunity to the key terrorist organizations such as Al tury, the international political rific wars and a global financial cri- his successor takes over in a few eral could act like a referee and start pressure cooker is gathering steam sis. Throughout Europe and the months, just as Erdogan would've slapping down each and every one Qaeda and Daesh to find recruits in developed and underde- and there's no cooling down. United States, inequality has sky- been missed if he was removed by of these rogue political players Conflict and bloodshed rocketed, middle classes are suf- a military coup. It's both their with the yellow and red cards they veloped countries and launch a series of attacks in the target I've witnessed this first hand fering and racism is mounting. blessing and curse that their im- deserve. countries. Unfortunately, the target countries have enough human and financial resources to fight terrorism. These countries can also bring those state actors under crippling pressure that support Producing Daesh the ‘good terrorists’ to gain short-term tactical objectives. The militants narrowly defined national interests of these countries are keep- ing them apart. Fighting terrorism to secure lives of people should be defined as top national interest by the major players to build consensus. Once consensus on where and how to fight terrorism has been built, the day is not far when the world would be a better place to live in. Consensus between Afghanistan, India and the US to fight terrorism jointly is a major step towards regional stability. Once peace and stability return to Afghanistan, the other re- gions will follow the example to see the heydays. Further- more, the peace deal between Afghan government and the Hezb- e-Islami Afghanistan has restored trust of Afghans over their government and the international community. It will set prece- dent for other militant groups and countries to follow. Mere use of force will not end terrorism. But it does not mean to ignore the states that are supporting terrorism in South Asia. Sanctions shall be imposed on the countries that provide breath- ing and breeding space to terrorist outfits. Subscription Rates Fee Categories Afghanistan Times Annual Afg: 3600 at your door step For fast delivery service Six Months Afg: 1800 Afghanistan Times seeks the names, addresses of your International Organization $200 per year organizations and the number of copies you want. FRIDAY .SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES

UAE opens first jetty outside Gulf to load fuel onto tankers The UAE has opened its first jet- ty outside the Gulf that is capa- ble of loading oil onto some of the world’s biggest tanker ships. The launch of the new $650 million facility in the eastern city A big drop in US crude stockpiles of Fujairah on Wednesday will sent oil prices sharply higher make it easier for hulking tanker Wednesday. ships known as “very large crude The US benchmark West Tex- carriers” to load their cargo rath- as Intermediate for delivery in No- er than have it ferried to them out vember jumped $1.29 to $45.34 a at sea. barrel in New York trade. Docking at Fujairah’s Indian In London, Brent North Sea Ocean-facing port means the oil for November delivery ad- tankers will not have to sail vanced to $46.83 a barrel, up 95 through and back out the narrow cents from the close on Tuesday. Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of The US Department of Ener- the Gulf. gy on Wednesday said the coun- Fujairah is the terminus of a try s commercial crude stockpiles pipeline opened in 2012 that by- slid by 6.2 million barrels last week. passes the Strait of Hormuz, Market consensus had been for a which nearby Iran has in the past rise of more than three million bar- threatened to close. rels. But analysts were cautious about the one-week fall, saying Airbus says US prices were still under the pres- sure of ample supplies. grants license for While the “numbers are sup- portive (to prices), there remain planes in Iran deal numerous hurdles to overcome in the short term to provide any sig- Airbus announced on Wednesday nificant uplift,” said Anthony Star- that the US government has grant- key of Platts Analytics. ed it a license to sell the first 17 Russia revealed Wednesday airplanes involved in a landmark that its oil production hit a record deal with Iran made possible by high level of more than 11.7 mil- last year’s nuclear agreement. lion barrels per day earlier this The announcement comes as month. Iranian leaders and US officials “Reminders of the oversup- are gathered this week in New plied backdrop are... never too far York for the United Nations Gen- away and this time came from eral Assembly and serves as a sign Russia,” oil brokerage PVM said that the outgoing administration in a client note. of President Barack Obama will Production at Vostochno-Mes- honor the economic terms of the accord. soyakhskoye, Russia s most Airbus received the license northern oil field with estimated from the US Treasury’s Office of reserves of 340 million tonnes of Foreign Assets Control, Airbus oil, began on Wednesday. in Algeria to discuss the global glut. An oil tanker left the port for “The amount of oil coming out He said the shipment was predictability of Libyan oil pro- spokesman Justin Dubon told News of Russia s unprecedent- Elsewhere, the first crude ship- Italy on Tuesday, the first time of Libya is fairly limited so it won meant to have gone out last week- duction because the fighting means The Associated Press. He said the ed monthly oil output comes one ment from the Libyan port of Ras since late 2014 when fighting t have a material impact on crude end but was delayed because of that we don t know how sustained first 17 planes will be A320s and week before the country will meet Lanouf in two years had no imme- erupted over control of the “oil prices,” Oanda analyst Jeffrey fighting at the port. their output can be,” Halley add- A330s. He declined to offer a with the OPEC producers group diate impact on prices. crescent”. Halley told AFP. “This is indicative of the un- ed. breakdown of how many of each are involved in the initial sale, but said Airbus hoped to receive a sec- ond license allowing it to sell the Spanish firms may ask for remaining planes to Iran. Iranian officials had no imme- more time to finish Saudi diate comment and its state me- dia did not immediately report the approval. Earlier this year, na- high-speed railway tional carrier Iran Air signed agree- ments to buy 118 planes from the European consortium Airbus, es- US stocks surged Wednesday with 2016. included Amazon, up 1.2 per cent, Chevron climbing 2.0 per cent and timated to be worth some $25 the Nasdaq hitting a fresh record However, Fed Chair Janet eBay, up 2.0 per cent and Yahoo, Halliburton 3.5 per cent after oil billion (22.8 billion euros). The after the Federal Reserve kept in- Yellen said the economy contin- up 3.2 per cent. Apple was flat. prices rose. deal was made possible by last terest rates low. ues to broadly show progress. Fed Microsoft, which is listed on Dow member Boeing rose 2.2 year’s historic nuclear agreement, The Nasdaq Composite index officials indicated they foresee one the Dow as well as the Nasdaq, per cent after US officials granted which lifted sanctions on Iran in jumped 1.0 per cent to 5,295.18, rate hike before the end of the year. gained 1.7 per cent as it increased it a license to complete a sale of return for it curbing its atomic up about 12 points from the pre- Confidence in economy its dividend and announced a new planes to Iran Air, moving it closer program. Under the terms of the vious record on September 7. “"What’s nice here is that the share repurchase program of up to to the first such deal since the 1979 initial Airbus deal announced in The Dow Jones Industrial Av- Fed didn't hike interest rates, yet $40 billion. revolution. Rival Airbus also re- January, Iran Air agreed to buy several different types of planes erage rose 0.9 percent to 18,293.70, they still have confidence in the Adobe Systems shot up 7.1 ceived such a license. while the broad-based S&P 500 economy,” said Gregori Volokhine per cent after reporting third-quar- ranging from the single-aisle A320 gained 1.1 per cent to 2,163.12. of Meeschaert Capital Markets. ter net income of $270.8 million Package shipper FedEx up to the double-decker A380. The Fed kept in place its ul- “That’s what is pushing the mar- based in part on gains in subscrip- jumped 6.9 per cent after report- Base model A320s are currently tralow federal funds rate of 0.25- ket higher.” tions for its cloud-based programs. ing a 3.3 per cent rise in fiscal first- listed at an average of $98 mil- 0.50 per cent as it trimmed its fore- Nasdaq-traded companies Petroleum-linked shares were quarter earnings to $715 million in lion, while A330s start at $231.5 cast for US economic growth in with especially impressive gains also strong, with Dow member results that bested expectations. million. That puts the value of the approved planes around at least $18 billion and possibly much higher based on list prices, though buyers typically negoti- A Spanish consortium building a The contract -- one of the big- ate sizable discounts for bulk or- high-speed railway linking Mak- gest Spanish firms have ever un- ders. The announcement by Air- kah and Madinah may ask Saudi dertaken abroad -- is for laying the bus will be closely watched by Arabia to push back the deadline 444 kilometers (275 miles) of track Chicago-based Boeing Co., which to complete the project to the end between Makkah and Madinah as has an agreement with Iran that of 2018, a consortium source said well as maintaining the line for 12 Iranian officials have suggested on Wednesday. years. could be worth as much as $25 The high-speed railway link- When it is finished, the rail link billion. Such a deal would be the ing Islam’s holiest cities was ini- will be able to move 166,000 pas- biggest between an American tially scheduled to open at the end sengers per day. company and Iran since the 1979 of 2016 but the date for its com- But the project has run into Islamic Revolution and US Em- pletion has already been moved to challenges that have added to its bassy takeover. In a June letter to the end of 2017. costs, leading to disagreements the US Congress, Boeing said the The consortium will decide if among members of the consortium deal involves Iran Air buying 80 it will ask Saudi Arabia for per- over who is responsible for resolv- aircraft with a total list price of mission to give it until the end of ing them. $17.6 billion, with deliveries be- 2018 to finish the project at a meet- The rail line crosses the Arabi- ginning in 2017 and running until ing to be held before the end of an Desert, where sandstorms are 2025. Iran Air also will lease 29 September, a consortium source frequent and large dunes can sud- new Boeing 737s. Iran’s nuclear said, confirming a report in Span- denly form, which has added to deal with world powers, which ish business daily Expansion. the challenge of completing the limits its enrichment of uranium Saudi Arabia in 2011 awarded project. in exchange for the lifting of some the contract worth $7.5 billion (6.7 The leading firms in the con- international sanctions, specifical- billion euros) to the consortium of sortium -- Renfe, train maker Tal- ly allows for the purchase of air- 12 Spanish companies and two go, and state track operator Adif - craft and parts. However, the Saudi firms for the project which - have extensive experience with Boeing deal has been criticized by aims to improve transport connec- Spain’s own high-speed network, both American lawmakers and tions between the two cities dur- the world’s second largest after Republican presidential candidate ing the annual hajj pilgrimage. China’s. Donald Trump.

The more Haruhiko Kuroda does, 102.79 per dollar soon after the cent to 100.23 per dollar as of 6:41 time scrapped a target for the av- economist in Tokyo at SMBC contain yields from an overshoot the more convinced traders become BOJ’s decision, only to recover all a.m. London time on Thursday and erage maturity of its holdings of Friend Securities Co., said the de- and guide them towards zero for that the yen’s appreciation is out those losses to end the day higher. touched 100.10, the strongest this government bonds. tailed nature of market operations 10-year notes using the new oper- Low on Ammunition? of his control. The Japanese currency has surged month. Curve Questions regarding the yield curve suggest- ations, it is unclear how the bank While Governor Kuroda de- The Bank of Japan’s Wednes- 20 percent this year, the best per- There’s an 84 percent chance Strategists also questioned ed the BOJ will likely avoid deep can cope if yields drop to lower nied any intention of scaling back day decision marked the fifth former among 10 major developed the yen climbs to a three-year high whether the BOJ can control the cuts to the negative deposit rate levels than those policy makers the amount of bonds the BOJ straight meeting that saw the yen peers, set for its biggest annual of 99 by year-end, up from a 59 so-called yield curve as it envi- until the new operations take root. deem appropriate, said Katsutoshi buys, or tapering, the currency gain by the end of the trading day. advance since 2008. percent chance seen at the start of sions. The bank announced Kuroda already faced skepti- Inadome, a senior bond strategist market’s reaction shows traders Governor Kuroda and his board “Making its policy menu more September, according to data com- Wednesday that, for the rest of cism that the yield-curve strategy at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stan- saw it as a tightening step rather shifted the focus of stimulus from complex only led markets to be- piled by Bloomberg using options September, it will continue to car- is a smoke screen for paring bond ley Securities Co. in Tokyo. than an easing one, Mizuho’s Kar- expanding the money supply to lieve the BOJ faces limits,” said pricing. ry out the existing debt purchase purchases. He told reporters in “The BOJ has only two op- akama said. controlling interest rates, pledging Daisuke Karakama, Mizuho Bank operations, where it buys a set Tokyo Wednesday that the new tions -- sell long-term government “Whether it’s tapering or not, to pin benchmark 10-year yields Ltd.’s chief market economist in The central bank adopted a amount of bonds at yields deter- framework didn’t amount to ta- bonds or forgo buying operations aiming to peg 10-year yields around zero. While the bank Tokyo. “It’s also not clear how more flexible approach to the core mined through competitive bid- pering money expansion, and not- -- when doubts about inflation and around zero means a reduction in strengthened its forward guidance much of the difference there is be- of its framework, saying it would ding. It will also carry out opera- ed that the bank will stick with a the economy raise speculation bond purchases will become inev- by committing to an “overshoot” tween the BOJ’s previous price adjust the volume of its asset pur- tions “as needed” to buy poten- bond-purchase target of 80 trillion about more BOJ stimulus and push itable,” Karakama said. “Many of consumer-price gains, it re- commitment and the one aiming at chases as necessary in the short tially unlimited amounts of bonds yen ($788 billion) a year for now. down yields,” Inadome wrote in a market players associated more frained from moving deeper into overshooting. Markets weren’t term to control bond yields, while at yields set by the BOJ. Still, he didn’t rule out the chance report after the BOJ’s decision. “If bond buying with a weaker yen, negative interest-rate territory. impressed and concluded it’s a yen keeping it at about 80 trillion yen For a QuickTake Q&A on the of a slower pace in the future. the first option is unrealistic, it so scrapping that would naturally The yen slipped as much as buy signal.” ($797 billion) annually over the yield curve and the BOJ, click here. seems difficult to lift yields just mean for them a yen buying fac- 1.1 percent to a one-week low of Japan’s currency rose 0.1 per- long term. The BOJ at the same Mari Iwashita, chief market While the BOJ may be able to using the second option.” tor.” FRIDAY .SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Meeting at the United Nations to- tor-General of the World Health day, world leaders signalled an un- Organization (WHO), José Gra- precedented level of attention to ziano da Silva (center), Director- curb the spread of infections that General of the Food and Agricul- are resistant to antimicrobial med- ture Organization (FAO), and icines. Monique Eloit (right), Director Speaking at the meeting, UN General of the World Organization Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for Animal Health (OIE), address said, antimicrobial resistance pos- journalists on the high-level meet- es “a fundamental, long-term threat ign on antimicrobial resistance. UN to human health, sustainable food Photo/Loey Felipe production and development.” “Leaders recognized the need “It is not that it may happen for stronger systems to monitor in the future. It is a very present drug-resistant infections and the reality – in all parts of the world, volume of antimicrobials used in in developing and developed coun- humans, animals and crops, as well tries; in rural and urban areas; in as increased international cooper- hospitals; on farms and in com- ation and funding,” noted the state- munities,” Mr. Ban ment. noted.Antimicrobial resistance The statement also highlight- threatens the achievement of the ed some of the commitments made Sustainable Development Goals by world leaders in tackling AMR. and requires a global response “They pledged to strengthen reg- The Secretary-General also ulation of antimicrobials, improve expressed concern at loss of abili- knowledge and awareness, and ty to protect both people and an- promote best practices — as well imals from life-threatening infec- as to foster innovative approach- tions due to antimicrobial resis- es using alternatives to antimicro- tance. bials and new technologies for di- Antimicrobial resistance agnosis and vaccines,” it said. (AMR) happens when bacteria, “Antimicrobial resistance pos- viruses, parasites, and fungi devel- es a fundamental threat to human op resistance against medicines health, development, and securi- that were previously able to cure ty. The commitments made today them. must now be translated into swift, “Let me give just a few, sober- effective, lifesaving actions across ing examples,” said Mr. Ban, enu- the human, animal and environmen- merating a host of diseases that tal health sectors. We are running now rampant due to antimicrobial out of time,” said Dr. Margaret resistance. Chan, the Director-General of “More than 200,000 newborn WHO. children are estimated to die each Common and life-threatening year from infections that do not infections like pneumonia, gonor- respond to available antibiotics. An rhoea, and post-operative infec- epidemic of multidrug-resistant tions, as well as HIV, tuberculosis typhoid is now sweeping across and malaria are increasingly be- parts of Africa, being spread coming untreatable because of through water. Resistance to HIV/ AMR. “Left unchecked, AMR is AIDS drugs is on the rise. Exten- predicted to have significant so- sively drug-resistant tuberculosis cial, health security, and economic AAP urges restrictions on use Smoking leaves has been identified in 105 coun- repercussions that will seriously tries. And resistance to antimalar- undermine the development of ial medicines is an urgent public countries,” noted the joint state- of codeine in children health concern in the Greater ment. chemical traces Mekong sub-region,” said the Sec- Typhoid Parents and health care providers verted into morphine by the liver. deine in 2011. retary-General. (Center) Shova Baraik,6, are encouraged to stop administer- Due to the metabolic differenc- The most frequent health care “These trends are undermin- writes on a chalkboard at a pre- ing codeine to children aged young- es between patients, however, prescribers of codeine/acetami- er than 18 years as either an anal- there can be considerable variabil- nophen liquid formulations during on DNA ing hard-won achievements under school in Mirtinga Tea Estate in gesic or antitussive, due to grow- ity in the therapeutic response to 2007 to 2011, included: the Millennium Development Maulavi Bazar, Sylhet on 5 De- Tobacco smoke leaves its mark on molecule's surface - collections of ing evidence linking the common the recommended codeine dosag- In addition to the AAP, sever- DNA by changing a chemical code hydrogen and carbon atoms - can Goals, including against HIV/ cember 2012. At the age of three, painkiller to life-threatening or fa- es. In particular, children and those al medical organizations and regu- AIDS, TB, malaria and the surviv- Shova lost her sight in one of her on the DNA molecule that can determine which genes get activat- tal respiratory reactions in pediat- with obstructive sleep apnea, can latory bodies, including WHO, the sometimes change gene activity, ed. al of mothers and children. If we eyes after a severe case of typhoid, ric settings, according to an AAP be “ultra-rapid metabolizers” and FDA, and the European Medicines according to a new study. The study team compared fail to address this problem quick- and she can barely see with her clinical report. may experience unanticipated res- Agency, have issued warnings re- Some of these molecular chang- 2,433 current smokers - those who ly and comprehensively, antimi- other eye. Photo: UNICEF/Mawa “Effective pain management piratory depression and death af- garding the occurrence of adverse es revert to their original state said they smoked at least once a crobial resistance will make pro- According to WHO, FAO and for pediatric patients remains prob- ter receiving standard doses of co- effects of codeine in children — when a smoker quits, but others day sometime over the last year - viding high quality universal health OIE, the high levels of AMR al- lematic, with studies showing that deine. “Despite these concerns and some have even considered a dec- persist in the long term, the re- to 6,518 former smokers who had coverage more difficult, if not im- ready seen in the world today are significant improvements and al- the potential hazards, codeine con- laration of a contraindication for searchers found. stopped at least one year before possible,” said the Secretary-Gen- the result of overuse and misuse terations in practice may be need- tinues to be widely available from the use of codeine as either an an- Experts have known for some the blood draw and 6,596 never eral, also noting that it would put of antibiotics and other antimicro- ed to provide safe and adequate many pharmacies and inpatient algesic or an antitussive. time that smoking causes changes smokers. the Sustainable Development bials in humans, animals (includ- analgesia,” Joseph D. Tobias, MD, hospital formularies for use in out- “Improved education of par- of the DNA molecule, but they are Current smokers had 2,623 Goals in jeopardy – a message ing farmed fish), and crops, as well FAAP, of Nationwide Children’s patient pediatric settings and is ents and more formal restrictions now learning more about how different methylated locations on emphasized by Mr. Peter Thom- as the spread of residues of these Hospital, and colleagues from the commonly prescribed to pediatric regarding its use in children, regard- widespread the changes are, and their genes compared to never son, President of the 71st session medicines in soil, crops and water. AAP’s Section on Anesthesiology patients,” the researchers wrote. less of age, are necessary,” Tobias what they may mean, said senior smokers. of the UN General Assembly and Within the broader context of and Pain Medicine and Commit- According to the AAP report, and colleagues wrote. “Additional author Dr. Stephanie J. London, That corresponds to 7,000 convener of the high level meeting. AMR, resistance to antibiotics is tee on Drugs wrote. codeine is commonly prescribed to clinical research must extend the chief of the Epidemiology Branch potentially affected genes, many While widely considered an children after surgical procedures, understanding of the risks and ben- at the National Institute of Envi- of which are implicated in various World leaders meeting at the considered the greatest and most optimal oral analgesic for outpa- such as tonsil and adenoid remov- efits of both opioid and nonopioid UN have committed to taking a urgent global risk requiring inter- ronmental Health Sciences in Re- cancers, high blood pressure and tient pain treatment among chil- al, and in one study, more than alternatives for orally adminis- search Triangle Park, North Caro- other health outcomes of smoking, broad, coordinated approach to national and national attention. dren, codeine itself has no analge- 800,000 patients aged younger tered, effective agents for acute tackling the root causes of antimi- “AMR is a problem not just lina. said lead study author Roby Joe- sic effect, but rather must be con- than 11 years were prescribed co- pain.” – by Bob Stott “We don’t really know hanes of Beth Israel Deaconess crobial resistance (AMR). Credit: in our hospitals, but on our farms whether it means ‘damage’ to the Medical Center and Harvard Med- UN News Centre and in our food, too. Agriculture "Antimicrobial resistance must shoulder its share of respon- threatens the achievement of the sibility, both by using antimicro- DOCTORS SAY FLU MIST DOESN'T Sustainable Development Goals bials more responsibly and by cut- and requires a global response," ting down on the need to use them, WORK, MORE WILLHAVE TO ENDURE Mr. Thomson said. through good farm hygiene,” said "Member States have today Dr. José Graziano da Silva, the agreed upon a strong political dec- Director-General of FAO. "ALITTLE PINCH" THIS YEAR laration that provides a good basis Speaking during the meeting, for the international community to Dr. Monique Eloit, OIE Director- It's time to start thinking flu sea- Chang, Pediatric Infectious Dis- of the big insurance providers and move forward. No one country, General, said “Effective and acces- son. Doctors across the nation are ease Specialist with Children's were told they will be following sector or organization can address sible antibiotics are as vital for pro- getting ready but the CDC adviso- Memorial Hermann Hospital/ the CDC's recommendation. Doc- ry committee has recently made a UTHealth. tors said either way the shot has this issue alone," Mr. Thomson tecting animal health and welfare big recommendation that will af- Although some people fear the always proved to be the most ef- stressed, at the meeting co-orga- and good veterinary medicine as fect many of you who dread "the needle and go for the nasal flu spray fective. "We've had patients, par- nized by the World Health Orga- they are for human health. We urge needle". experts, instead, say they may not ents come in and say oh the flu nization (WHO), the Food and national authorities to strongly "Okay Miss Mia you're get- have a choice this flu season. mist isn't available this year, okay, Agriculture Organization of the support all sectors involved, ting your flu vaccine okay," said a "For some reason over the last well I guess we're just going to get United Nations (FAO), and the through promotion of responsible nurse as she prepared the needle. couple of years (the nasal vaccine) the vaccine," said Dr. Krystal World Organisation for Animal and prudent use, good practices It can be painful to some, but is just not working as well and we Batchelor from Memorial Her- Health (OIE). and implementation of established moms like Samira Bush never take don't know why yet," Dr. Chang mann Medical Group. If you think DNA,” London told Reuters ical School in Boston. But future Mr. Ban said in order to create standards and guidelines.” any chances especially when it in- said. a needle will keep you from get- Health. “That requires more study, studies will need to complete the a world that is safer, more healthy Leaders at the UN meeting volves their children. In June, the Centers for Dis- ting protected altogether, don't fear using data outside what we have chain from DNA changes to gene and more productive, there was called on WHO, FAO and OIE, in "(I do it) just to protect them," ease Control's advisory commit- it they're never nearly as big as here. What we’re saying is that it’s expression to disease outcome, he need for deep engagement, coop- collaboration with development said Bush. "Make sure they're safe tee voted the nasal flu vaccine many think. "They're all very a change to your DNA that can said. Only 185 of the methylated eration and coordination of sever- banks such the World Bank other from all the viruses out there." should not be used for the 2016- small," said Dr. Batchelor. have a downstream effect on what locations were still significantly al sectors, and sustained financing. relevant stakeholders, to coordi- "The flu is a super common 2017 flu season. Most insurance "I tell (my kids) it won't hurt genes are expressed at what lev- different between former smokers For the first time, Heads of nate their planning and actions and disease in the winter and it can providers will not be covering it. but it will be over in thirty sec- els.” and never smokers, according to States committed to taking a broad, to report back to the UN General cause really severe illness includ- "It is unfortunate that we lost onds and you'll be fine," said Bush. The researchers combined data the results reported in Circulation: coordinated approach to address Assembly in September 2018. ing needing to be in the intensive this particular mode of delivery The flu season typically starts from 16 sets of participants in a Cardiovascular Genetics. the root causes of AMR across At the meeting, countries care unit, respiratory failure and it this year," Chang said. in October, according to doctors, previous study of aging, totaling “Many people think that af- can cause death," said Dr. Michael Eyewitness News called some they advise to get the flu shot now. multiple sectors, especially human called for better use of existing, more than 15,000 people who had ter five years your health is most- health, animal health and agricul- cost-effective tools for preventing provided blood samples that were ly back to that of a nonsmoker, ture. This is only the fourth time a infections in humans and animals, analyzed for a type of DNA change but that may not be the case,” Joe- health issue has been taken up by including immunization, safe wa- known as methylation. hanes told Reuters Health. the UN General Assembly (the ter and sanitation, and good hy- The DNA molecule contains “Stop smoking now because instructions for growth and devel- many, many, many of the effects others were HIV, non-communica- giene in hospitals and animal hus- opment in the form of genes, and of smoking will go away,” London ble diseases, and Ebola). bandry. so-called methyl groups along the said. Seen as a collective effort to “Putting in place systems to address a challenge to health, food ensure more appropriate use of security, and development, coun- existing and new antibiotics is also tries reaffirmed their commitment essential,” noted a joint statement Stressed out? It may be to develop national action plans from the joint organizers of the on AMR, based on the Global Ac- meeting. tion Plan on Antimicrobial Resis- Highlighting market failures, undermining your diet tance — the blueprint for tackling they called for new incentives for Stress could undo some of your healthy food choices, a new study AMR, developed in 2015 by investment in research, and devel- suggests. WHO, in coordination with FAO opment of new, effective and af- Stressful events from the day before appear to eradicate any health and OIE. fordable medicines, rapid diagnos- benefits a person might have gained from choosing a breakfast rich in In a joint statement issued dur- tic tests, and other important ther- “good” monounsaturated fats, as opposed to a breakfast loaded with ing the meeting, WHO, FAO and apies to replace those that are los- “bad” saturated fats, Ohio State University researchers found. OIE noted that “such plans are ing their power. “They physiologically looked like they’d eaten the high saturated needed to understand the full scale They also stressed that afford- fat meal,” lead researcher Janice Kiecolt-Glaser said of stressed-out of the problem and stop the mis- ability and access to existing and healthy eaters in the study. “Their advantage in eating the healthier meal use of antimicrobial medicines in new antibiotics, vaccines and oth- disappeared.” Previous research has shown that saturated fats increase human health, animal health and er medical tools, should be a global inflammation in the body, which has been linked with heart disease, agriculture.” priority, while taking into account arthritis, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis and a host of other health prob- Margaret Chan (left), Direc- the needs of all countries. lems, said Kiecolt-Glaser. She’s director of the Institute for Behavioral Medicine at Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center. FRIDAY .SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 AFGHANISTAN TIMES 3D-printed Single exodus from Africa led to modern man acoustic populating the whole world, scientists say holograms In the 1980s, a group of scientists nous populations including put forth a hypothesis stating that Basques, African pygmies, May- could move around 50,000 years ago, a single ans, Bedouins, Sherpas and Cree exodus from Africa resulted in Indians. objects in modern man populating the whole The human DNA undergoes world. Scientists led by Harvard changes over time and analyzing Medical School geneticists ana- these changes can give an estimate midair lyzed DNA cultures from around of when two populations split the world and concluded that the from each other. The underwater acoustic hologram hypothesis stands true. One of the studies found that seen in the image projects a sound The modern Homo sapiens the ancestry of the natives of Pap- field towards a water surface. A evolved in Africa nearly 200,000 ua New Guinea, north of Austra- paper boat is propelled and pushed years ago. How they populated the lia, could be traced back to an ear- along the track that is generated rest of the world had always in- lier migration that occurred by the hologram. trigued scientists. A series of stud- 120,000 years ago. The study an- 3D-printed plastic blocks can ies published Wednesday in the alyzed DNA samples of 483 peo- journal Nature analyzed hundreds ple belonging to 148 populations now be turned into acoustic holo- of DNA samples and found that from around the world. grams that generate 3D shapes though the genetic ancestry of peo- The researchers from the Es- made of sound, which could func- ple living outside Africa was a re- tonian Biocenter concluded that all tion like sonic "tractor beams," sult of the one exodus that occurred people in Papua New Guinea car- according to a new study. This 40,000 to 80,000 years ago, some ry a trace of DNA from the earlier could lead to innovative ways to native islanders in the southwest- exodus. However, the researchers manipulate objects in midair with- ern Pacific Ocean can be traced to found that when the last wave of out touching them, the researchers an earlier exodus. humans emerged from Africa, the said. “I think all three studies are descendants from the first had van- basically saying the same thing,” ished. The other two papers found This finding could also help Joshua M. Akey from the Univer- that the genetic contribution of scientists develop ultrasound ther- sity of Washington, who co-wrote early migrations would be tiny. apies with sound fields sculpted a commentary accompanying the “They may have not been to destroy unhealthy tissues in the findings, said. “We know there technologically advanced, living in body while leaving neighboring were multiple dispersals out of small groups,” Luca Pagani, co- healthy cells intact, the research- Africa, but we can trace our ances- author of one of the studies from ers added. try back to a single one.” the University of Cambridge and Conventional holograms are a The three studies by three dif- the Estonian Biocenter, reported- special kind of 2D photograph ferent international teams se- ly said. “Maybe it was easy for a quenced the genomes of nearly 787 major later wave that was more that, when lit up, essentially turn people from hundreds of indige- successful to wipe them out.” into windows onto 3D scenes. The pixels making up each hologram scatter light falling onto them in NASA spots a seemingly very specific ways, causing these Modern technology unlocks secrets light waves to interact with each other to generate an image with the impossible cloud on Titan illusion of depth. [10 Futuristic of a damaged Biblical scroll Technologies 'Star Trek' Fans — for the second time Would Love to See] Nearly half a century ago, archae- carbonized ones from Herculane- findings. though some text has previously The new acoustic holograms Saturn's moon Titan has been know about the way clouds form ologists found a charred ancient um, which were destroyed by the He asked Dr. Shor to scan the been identified in ancient artifacts, are plastic blocks with complex called the most Earthlike world on Titan," lead study author Car- scroll in the ark of a synagogue on volcanic eruption of Mount Vesu- scroll and other artifacts as part of “the En-Gedi manuscript repre- structures that scientists created found to date. It's the only other rie Anderson of NASA's Goddard the western shore of the Dead Sea. vius in A.D. 79. a project to create images of all sents the first severely damaged, using 3D printers. These printers place in the solar system where Space Flight Center said in a state- The lump of carbonized The date of the En-Gedi scroll Dead Sea scroll material, and ink-based scroll to be unrolled and stable liquid sits on the surface — ment. form 3D structures by placing lay- parchment could not be opened or is the subject of conflicting evi- showed her a box full of lumps of identified noninvasively,” Dr. ers of material onto surfaces, much seas of liquid methane flow into But Anderson and her col- read. Its curators did nothing but dence. A carbon-14 measurement charcoal. Seales and his colleagues write in channels that have created magnif- leagues think they've found an an- conserve it, hoping that new tech- indicates that the scroll was cop- “I said, ‘There is nothing we the Thursday issue of Science. like how regular printers deposit icent canyons — and scientists swer — in the clouds that damage nology might one day emerge to ied around A.D. 300. But the style can do because our system isn’t Richard Janko, a classical layers of ink. When an acoustic have suggested that the icy world Earth's ozone layer. make the scroll legible. of the ancient script suggests a date geared toward these chunks,’ ” she scholar at the University of Mich- hologram the researchers devel- might be able to support some kind [Why NASA’s top scientist is Just such a technology has nearer to A.D. 100. “We may safe- said. But because she was submit- igan, said the carbonized scrolls oped is placed in front of an audio of alien life. sure that we’ll find signs of alien now been perfected by computer ly date this scroll” to between A.D. ting other objects for a high-reso- from Herculaneum were a small speaker or a transducer, the 15,000 Now researchers think they life in the next decade] scientists at the University of Ken- 50 and 100, wrote Ada Yardeni, an lution scan, she put one of the section of a much larger library at pixels within it can scatter sound can add yet another "Earthlike" Earth has certain clouds that tucky. Working with biblical schol- expert on Hebrew paleography, in lumps in with other items. a grand villa probably owned by waves to generate complex 3D quality to Titan's extensive list: forego condensation altogether, ars in Jerusalem, they have used a an article in the journal Textus. Dr. Dr. Shor had the lump scanned Julius Caesar’s father-in-law, Lu- According to a study in Geophys- forming instead through a kind of fields of sound. computer to unfurl a digital image Tov said he was “inclined toward by a commercially available, X-ray cius Calpurnius Piso. Sound waves apply pressure ical Research Letters, a seemingly "solid-state" chemistry based on of the scroll. a first-century date, based on pa- based, micro-computed tomogra- Much of the villa is still unex- impossible cloud on Titan may be the interactions of ice particles. On It turns out to hold a fragment leography.” phy machine, of the kind used for cavated, and its library could con- on matter, and previous research created by weather processes Earth, these guys are bad news: identical to the Masoretic text of The feat of recovering the text fine-resolution scanning of biolog- tain long-lost works of Latin and found that "acoustic tweezers" and we've seen before at home. Chlorine-based chemicals enter the the Hebrew Bible and, at nearly was made possible by software ical tissues. Knowing of Dr. Seales’s Greek literature. Successful read- "acoustic tractor beams" could gen- The unlikely cloud type was air by way of pollution on the 2,000 years old, is the earliest in- programs developed by W. Brent work, she sent him the scan and ing of even a single scroll from erate complex 3D sound fields in first spotted decades ago by ground, then meet up with icy stance of the text. Seales, a computer scientist at the asked him to analyze it. Herculaneum with Dr. Seales’s air or liquids to push, pull and spin NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft. It water crystals in the dry strato- The writing retrieved by the University of Kentucky. Inspired Both were surprised when, method would spur excavation of objects such as small animals. was made of a carbon- and nitro- sphere. The chemical reactions that computer from the digital image of by the hope of reading the many after several refinements, an image the rest of Piso’s villa, Dr. Janko However, these devices usually gen-based compound called dicy- occur in these wispy clouds release the unopened scroll is amazingly charred and unopenable scrolls emerged with clear and legible said. Both Dr. Tov and Dr. Segal anoacetylene (C4N2). C4N2 is chlorine molecules, which eat require elaborate arrays of multi- clear and legible, in contrast to the found at Herculaneum, near script. “We were amazed at the said that scholars might come to ple transducers, whereas this new part of the chemical cocktail that away at the ozone layer. scroll’s blackened and beaten-up Pompeii in Italy, Dr. Seales has been quality of the images — much of consider the En-Gedi manuscript cloaks Titan in an orange-colored On Titan, a similar process exterior. “Never in our wildest working for the last 13 years on the text is as readable as that of as a Dead Sea scroll, especially if acoustic hologram requires only haze. But high up in the strato- could create the mysterious ice dreams did we think anything ways to read the text inside an an- unharmed Dead Sea scrolls,” said the early date indicated by paleog- one ultrasonic transducer to gen- sphere where this particular cloud clouds: Anderson and her col- would come of it,” said Pnina Shor, cient scroll. Michael Segal, a biblical scholar at raphy is confirmed. erate a complex 3D acoustic field. sat, the compound was scarce. Sci- leagues suggest that cyanoacety- the head of the Dead Sea Scrolls Methods like CT scans can the Hebrew University of Jerusa- “It doesn’t tell us what was "Instead of using a rather com- entists could find just 1 percent of lene, a more common compound Project at the Israel Antiquities pick out blobs of ink inside a lem, who helped analyze the text. the original text, only that the plex and cumbersome set of trans- the amount of C4N2 that should containing hydrogen, carbon and Authority. charred scroll, but the jumble of The surviving content of the Masoretic text is a very ancient ducers, we use a piece of plastic have been needed to create the nitrogen, could become coated Scholars say this remarkable letters is unreadable unless each En-Gedi scroll, the first two chap- text in all of its details,” Dr. Segal that cost a few dollars from a 3D cloud. with hydrogen cyanide as it moved new technique may make it possi- letter can be assigned to the sur- ters of Leviticus, is part of a list- said. “And we now have evidence NASA's Cassini mission re- down the stratosphere in the form printer," said study senior author ble to read other scrolls too brittle face on which it is written. Dr. ing of the various sacrifices that that this text was being used from Peer Fischer, a physical chemist cently spotted a second example of icy crystals. If ultraviolet rays to be unrolled. Seales realized that the writing sur- were performed in biblical times a very early date by Jews in the of this crazy kind of cloud. When from the sun struck one of these The scroll’s content, the first face of the scroll had first to be at the temple in Jerusalem. Al- land of Israel.” at the Max Planck Institute for they used Cassini's instruments to dual-layer ice crystals, the result- two chapters of the Book of Lev- reconstructed and the letters then Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, puzzle out the chemical composi- ing chemical reaction would release iticus, has consonants — early stuck back to it. Germany. In addition, the acous- tion of the ice cloud and its sur- dicyanoacetylene and hydrogen. Hebrew texts didn’t specify vow- He succeeded in 2009 in work- tic hologram could generate 3D roundings, scientists came up with Voila, a cloud! els — that are identical to those of ing out the physical structure of sound fields about 100 times more the same impossible answer: The "The compositions of the po- the Masoretic text, the authorita- the ruffled layers of papyrus in a detailed than ones produced by stratosphere-dwelling ice cloud is lar stratospheres of Titan and Earth tive version of the Hebrew Bible Herculaneum scroll. other techniques, the researchers made of dicyanoacetylene, but the could not differ more," Goddard's and the one often used as the basis He has since developed a meth- stratosphere is sorely lacking in Michael Flasar said in a statement. said. For instance, they could use for translations of the Old Testa- od, called virtual unwrapping, to an acoustic hologram to assemble that particular compound. "It is amazing to see how well the ment in Protestant Bibles. model the surface of an ancient [NASA’s Cassini spacecraft underlying physics of both atmo- The Dead Sea scrolls, those scroll in the form of a mesh of tiny microparticles of silicone rubber captures stunning shots of Saturn’s spheres has led to analogous cloud found at Qumran and elsewhere triangles. Each triangle can be re- suspended in water into a "dove moon and rings] chemistry." The Cassini orbiter around the Dead Sea, contain ver- sized by the computer until the of peace," as well as suspend drops Clouds aren't unusual on Ti- has been studying Saturn and its sions quite similar to the Masoretic virtual surface makes the best fit of water in midair. "With an in- tan — they form when methane wonderful moons for over a de- text but with many small differ- to the internal structure of the credibly simple approach, we can cools and condenses, just as clouds cade, but the mission is coming to ences. The text in the scroll found scroll, as revealed by the scanning create extremely complex, sophis- made of water form on Earth. a close. The mission will end in at the En-Gedi excavation site in method. The blobs of ink are as- ticated acoustic fields that would Things are a little different when September 2017, but first NASA Israel decades ago has none, ac- signed to their right place on the they form in the stratosphere — is undertaking a "Grand Finale" in be difficult to achieve otherwise," cording to Emanuel Tov, an expert structure, and the computer then Fischer told Live Science. Acous- at the moon's poles, circulation April. Cassini will dive into the on the Dead Sea scrolls at the He- unfolds the whole 3-D structure patterns force warm gasses down space between Saturn and its rings brew University of Jerusalem. into a 2-D sheet. tic holograms could help doctors until they sink, cool and condense — an area never before visited — “We have never found some- The suite of software pro- sculpt powerful ultrasonic fields — but in both cases, the clouds 22 times. On Sept. 15, 2017, thing as striking as this,” Dr. Tov grams, called Volume Cartography, to get rid of unhealthy tissue while form when ice and vapor reach a Cassini will dive for the last time, said. will become open source when Dr. avoiding healthy areas, Fischer state of equilibrium. plunging into Saturn's atmosphere “This is the earliest evidence Seales’s current government grant said. Acoustic holograms could also In the case of these strange ice to send home unprecedented data of the exact form of the medieval ends, he said. help improve the resolution of ul- clouds on Titan, the amount of di- on the planet's composition. text,” he said, referring to the Ma- The En-Gedi scroll was trasonic imaging, he added. cyanoacetylene vapor present in "We may be counting down, soretic text. brought to Dr. Seales’s attention the area shouldn't be enough to but no one should count Cassini The scientists are now explor- The experts say this new meth- by Dr. Shor. A colleague, Sefi Po- ing ways to use acoustic holograms keep the ice trapped in the cloud out yet," Cassini program scien- od may make it possible to read rat, who had helped excavate the in equilibrium. tist Curt Niebur said in a state- other ancient scrolls, including sev- En-Gedi synagogue in 1970, was to generate sophisticated 3D sound "The appearance of this ice ment. 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Still others will our closest friends, we've learned to Macintosh owners yesterday. day are experiencing a level of free based on Linux, just like Android complete with a free-of-charge to keep in mind when looking at keep using Windows because there its quirks, its annoyances, and its And, like all macOS (or OS X as it fall unheard of outside the worlds is based on Linux, and macOS, the Windows 10 license. As existing the market overall. We can all pret- are important, deep, capable ap- odd twitchy behaviors. We also used to be called) releases since of bookstores, malls, newspapers, former OS X, is based on Mach Windows PCs age, they will like- ty much agree that Windows has plications that run only on Win- know we can count on it when the 2013, it's free. cab drivers, land lines, and, every- and BSD. With the exception of ly be replaced. When they're re- some staying power. That said, dows. I run Windows in Parallels chips are down, and it will get the Let's take a quick moment to thing else the internet has touched Windows, all modern mainstream placed, assuming they're not re- when I asked our resident Win- on my iMac specifically because job done. We know how to use it, look at the big OS platforms. On and killed. The big four desktop operating systems can trace their placed with a tablet, a Chrome- dows soothsayer Ed Bott about there are applications (like Au- install it, tweak it, customize it, mobile devices, there's iOS and operating systems are macOS parentage to some form of *NIX. book, a Mac, or even a Raspberry actual numbers of users, he told todesk Inventor) that only run on fix it, and push it to its limits and Android. Updates to those (when (once called OS X), Linux, Chrome Windows is now the exception Pi, they'll include Windows 10 on me, "Given that PC sales are flat Windows. Some people need both. beyond. As long as there's hard- they're available -- I'm talking to OS, and, of course, Windows. in one other way. It's the only major them. That's probably how most or down in recent years and are I adopted the iMac because I need ware to run it, and Microsoft keeps you, Android), are free. Then For those of you who don't operating system you still have to new Windows licenses will get out probably close to the replacement to use applications that only run it updated and safe, we'll keep us- there's Windows mobile. Since its think Chrome OS should be includ- pay for. Windows 8.1 was a free in the world. There are also, of rate, it's likely that the very large on the Mac, and others that only ing it. After all, a hundred or so adoption is a mere rounding error ed in that list, let me remind you Hail Mary upgrade for Windows course, all the corporate licensing Windows installed base is shrink- run on Windows, to do my job. I bucks every few years is a small compared to the others, when I talk that Chromebook sales have been 8. Windows 10 was free for a year. agreements. Those organizations - ing slowly." The operative word used to have two machines with a price to pay for maintaining a rela- about Windows in this article, I'm growing in certain segments, most But now, if you want to use - again assuming they haven't here isn't "shrinking," it's "slow- KVM, but with enough RAM, rip- tionship with a trusted, loyal really talking about desktop Win- notably education, but the catego- Windows 10, you have to pay for found a better, cheaper, cloud- ly". There are millions of users out ping fast flash storage, and a good friend. Personally, just because I dows -- even though I've previously ry is still a very small percentage it. Well, mostly. Sort of. As is al- based solution -- will purchase there who have good reason to VM engine, it's very practical to jump between macOS, Chrome OS, made the case that Microsoft is of the overall PC or tablet market. ways the case with Microsoft Windows 10 (except for the die- stick with Windows. Many of run both OSs on one machine. Be- Linux, and Windows for desktop actually ahead of the curve in mo- Everything, including my Aunt products, there are a host of ex- hards who refuse to buy anything them will continue using it because yond application requirements, work doesn't mean any one of them bile. Molly's Etsy store, has been out- ceptions, special cases, and enter- but Windows 7). When judging the learning curve for a different enterprise volume licensing agree- is a favorite. I choose the OS that Where do you draw the line selling non-laptop Windows desk- prise pricing models. First, of Windows staying power, the en- operating system is either too ments, and even learning curves, best fits my needs, and you on personal privacy? The right top machines for long enough that course, if you buy a new PC, it terprise channel is key. Many PC much work, or just simply unnec- there's one other factor that will should, too. Don't believe the nay- options are different for everyone. ZDNet UK's Editor-in-Chief Steve usually comes with a copy of Win- and Windows sales metrics are essary. Others will stay with it keep fueling Windows use for sayers. Windows isn't dying. It's Then there are the dead trees Ranger headlined an article this dows licensed to the hardware. So, based solely on retail sales num- because Chromebooks, tablets, many users: Windows is a friend. just not the only game in town of the computer industry, the old week "The PC is broken: Time to starting at roughly the price of a bers, but the corporate world buys and other "appliance-like" ma- For many of us, Windows has anymore. FRIDAY .SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 AFGHANISTANTIMES

Money has not diverted Saieen Zahoor’s attention from Sufism

French actress Marion Cotillard on Wednesday denied any involvement in the sudden split between Hollywood power couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, wishing that the two will “find peace,” and confirming her pregnancy with her long-time partner. Cotillard, 40, posted a statement on her verified Instagram page a day after Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt, amid some media reports that Cotillard and Pitt may have been romantically involved. This is going to be my first and only reaction to the whirlwind news that broke 24 hours ago and that I was swept up into. I am not used to commenting on things like this nor taking them seriously but as this situation is spiraling and affecting people I love, I have to speak up. Firstly, many years ago, I met the man of my life, father of our son and of the baby we are expecting. He is my love, my best friend, the only one that I need. Secondly to those who have indicated that I am devas- tated, I am very well thank you. This crafted conversation isn't distress- ing. And to all the media and the haters who are quick to pass judgment, I sincerely wish you a swift recovery. Finally, I do very much wish that As a veteran of what is arguably Angelina and Brad, both whom I deeply respect, will find peace in this Pakistan’s most prolific music plat- very tumultuous moment. With all my love Marion Ceci sera la première form, Saieen Zahoor barely needs et seule réaction que j'aurai concernant la déferlante inouïe qui à com- an introduction. The legendary Sufi mencé il y a de ça 24 heures et à laquelle je suis mêlée malgré moi. Je n'ai singer recently marked his fourth pas pour habitude de commenter ni de prendre au sérieux le tas stint on Coke Studio in the form d'absurdités déversées à mon sujet mais la situation prenant une telle of a duet with Sanam Marvi, titled tournure et affectant des gens que j'aime, je me dois de m'exprimer. Pour Chal Mele Noon Challiye. commencer, j'ai rencontré il y a quelques années l'homme de ma vie , le He has been riding high on the père de notre fils et du bébé que nous attendons aujourd'hui. Il est mon success of the song and plans to amour, mon meilleur ami et le seul homme dont j'ai besoin. Ensuite, à keep the momentum going. “I al- ceux qui me prétendent dévastée, je vais très bien merci. Ce genre ways give my very best to every d'inventions aberrantes ne m'affectent en aucun cas. Et pour finir, à la performance but this song is par- "presse", à tous les haters, trolls et consorts qui ont le jugement si rapide ticularly special to me,” says je vous souhaite sincèrement… un prompt rétablissement. Ceci dit et un Zahoor. “This time around, I have peu plus sérieusement, je souhaite à Angelina et Brad, deux personnes received appreciation from not just pour qui j'ai un profond respect, de trouver la paix dans ce moment a specific class of Sufi music fans tumultueux. Avec tout mon amour. Marion but even from those residing in re- The Oscar-winning French actress said the statement would be her mote villages of Pakistan. That is only comment on the “whirlwind news that broke 24 hours ago and that testament to the reach of Coke Stu- I was swept up into.” “As this situation is spiraling and affecting peo- dio. I would surely love to be on ple I love, I have to speak up. Firstly, many years ago, I met the man of the show again, as long as I have to my life, father of our son and of the baby we are expecting. He is my sing Sufi poetry only.” love, my best friend, the only one that I need,” Cotillard said, referring A resident of Chungi Amar to French actor Guillaume Canet. She signed off by saying: “I do very Sadhu area of Lahore, Zahoor much wish that Angelina and Brad, both whom I deeply respect, will keeps himself busy with his own find peace in this very tumultuous moment.” Cotillard’s name was men- musical group that includes vari- tioned in some reports as media outlets and fans tried to understand ous folk instrumentalists. Despite what led to the sudden divorce of one of Hollywood’s most visible his age and pressing health issues, couples, known for their good looks, successful films and activism. the Aik Alif singer feels at peace, knowing his work is being received well. “What I am happiest about Big Secret: Is is that not only does Coke Studio Mah-e-Mir selected as SHAHRUKH KHAN LOSES promote local talent, it also gives Sunny trying to priority to Sufi music. For in- Pakistan's official stance, the instruments they use HIS COOL, SNAPS AT FAN hide something are mostly modern but I am also allowed to use the ektara, which is submission to 2017 Oscars from her Indian my identity,” states Zahoor. His tours have given him ex- fans? posure to music from around the Bollywood actress Sunny Leone world and helped improve his un- is against the release of the upcom- derstanding of world music. “I have ing documentary on her life, Most- learnt from my travels that coun- ly Sunny in India, as she feels it tries across the globe have proper does not do justice to her story. departments and societies focused Mostly Sunny charts the life on reaping fresh talent and creat- of Leone, born Karenjit Kaur Vo- ing opportunities for their artists.” hra in Sarnia, Ontario, from her Unfortunately, things are still childhood in a conservative Sikh a tad bit slow, here in Pakistan. family to her shift to Los Angeles, “In our country, I have noticed that people are very quick to crit- icise without looking into a matter properly. Yes, I have been singing since childhood but it would be wrong to say Coke Studio did not propel me into the limelight.” Interestingly, Zahoor did not choose to pursue music himself. On the contrary, it was an order bestowed upon him by a venerat- Pakistan’s Academy Selection mitted for Oscar consideration in her emergence as one of the big- ed figure, through a dream he had Committee has shortlisted Mah- the Foreign Language Film Award in his childhood. “He ordered me e-Mir as the nation’s official sub- category, followed by Dukhtar in gest adult movie stars in the world and her subsequent mainstream to take up the ektara and start sing- mission for consideration in the 2014 and Moor in 2015. The Acad- ing. I have dedicated my whole life Best Foreign Language Film Award emy of Motion Picture Arts and movie career breakthrough in Bol- lywood. to following that order. Even now, category at the 89th Academy Sciences will choose the final nom- when my health is not in the best Awards. inees for all award categories in I hope Mostly Sunny doesn't come to India. Because it's not my of conditions, I still visit shrines Although the film failed to January 2016. and play at events as it is part of flourish at the local box office, it Janisaar would’ve been as well The king of Bollywood Shahrukh Khan is known for being extremely friendly with fans. story. It is somebody else's opin- ion, somebody else's vision. my duty.” won critical acclaim from not be- received as Mah-e-Mir: Imran Ab- However, everyone was in for a rude shock when footage of the superstar snapping at a fan surfaced on Despite Zahoor’s dedication, ing a run-of-the-mill Pakistani film. bas social media. Seems like the man got a little too close to Khan, who has been shooting for Imtiaz Ali’s The Ring Leone said she doesn't want the documentary to release in In- there are many who criticise the Mah-e-Mir also stars Iman “I am thrilled by the news. For alongside Anushka Sharma in Amsterdam. musician for having compromised Ali, Sanam Saeed, Alyy Khan and an ensemble of extremely creative Shah Rukh Khan reveals the styling rules he swears by dia as it is less of a film on her life and more of "somebody else's on the spiritual side of music fol- Manzar Sehbai in key roles. Writ- cast and crew this film is a labor of The man apparently managed to irk the superstar when he tried to reach for the nape of his neck. Khan is lowing his Coke Studio appearanc- ten by Sarmad Sehbai, Mah-e-Mir love. Each one of us is proud to be then seen shoving the fan before security guards intervene. opinion". "I hope it doesn't come to In- es. “Contrary to what people have is set in contemporary times. The a part of it. I would like to thank Must watch: SRK releases first movie on Instagram been saying, popularity and com- film chronicles the life of a young the committee for considering our Khan then proceeds to click selfies with another fan. Surprising, we say, as the actor has always been dia. Because that's not the story that is mine. mercial music ventures have not anarchist poet who experiences the effort worthy of representation extremely accommodating when it comes to admirers. changed me. My fellow musicians suffering that accompanies love, and would like to take this oppor- and I still pour heart and soul into separation and poverty while de- tunity to thank the media, cinema our work and seek no rewards,” nouncing tradition. Driven to mad- owners and above all the audienc- says Zahoor. “Besides, I have never ness, he discovers celebrated 18th es for supporting us,” Mah-e-Mir Time ripe for women to start speaking shied away from imparting my century Urdu poet Mir Taqi Mir. director Anjum Shehzad said in a wisdom. A number of people who Mah-e-Mir was shortlisted statement. “I am very pleased to came to join the group — includ- through secret balloting by com- see that we are sending a quality up irrespective of odds, Urwa says ing my own sons — were taught mittee members including Iram film to the Academy Awards for the craft by me.” Parveen Bilal, Zeba Bakhtiar, Ad- consideration in the Best Foreign Hit TV serial Udaari has proved nan Siddiqui, Hasan Zaidi, Shee- Language Film category for the immensely popular with the audi- ma Kermani, Sarmad Khoosat, fourth consecutive year. After de- ence. Moreover, the drama has re- Priyanka's special Jamshed Mahmood Raza, Jamil cades of neglect, it is a matter of ceived critical acclaim for its com- video for Quantico Dehlavi and Adnan Sarwar and great pride that the Pakistani film pelling premise. two-time Academy Award winner industry has achieved so much in The Express Tribune went live Season 2 filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chi- such brief time and speaks volumes with Udaari actor Urwa Hocane International star and global icon noy. Chinoy chairs over the com- for the inherent artistic talent of on Tuesday and discussed the im- mittee. our people. I wish the makers of Priyanka Chopra reveals some in- portance of the drama and talking teresting tit-bits about her favor- Box office report: ‘Mah-e- Mah-e-Mir the best of luck in their about social taboos like child abuse Mir’ makes over Rs15m journey through the shortlisting ite city New York in a special vid- and rape. “I felt that I am meant to eo with Star World. The actress In 2013, the Pakistani Acade- process and thank them for their be a part of the change. It is very my Selection Committee selected contribution to Pakistani cinema,” shares the five things she absolute- important to talk about the taboos ly loves about New York with her Zinda Bhaag as the first Pakistani the committee’s charge d’affaires and the complexes this society film in over fifty years to be sub- said in a statement. fans. possesses,” Urwa shared. Priyanka Chopra returns as On the current mindset of peo- Alex Parrish in Quantico Season 2 ple with respect to being called a only on Star World and Star World miraasi, she said, “I want to change HD, with new challenges, new the mindset of people. Bushra jee friends, new romances and a new told me that the word miraasi enemy. comes from miraas. You should be proud of it rather than feel horri- ble about it.” She further shared how it is essential for women to step up and talk about issues that were not being highlighted. “Its about time for women to talk about this. I think Udaari has brought a change. The people who wanted to ban it couldn’t because of the people who wanted the drama to bring about a change. Girls don’t speak about such things. I am prob- negative criticism saying, “I don’t is worried about except for us. We out Mawra,” the actor said. ably destined to change that mind- feel like there are as many haters. I are both busy doing some great She also gave out a message set.” Urwa also spoke about how am in a happy zone.” work for you guys. Let us get done for her fans saying, “A special people tend to dwell on problems Dating an encouraging person with all of that and we will talk message would be for the girls, I rather than finding solutions. She like Farhan makes working with about it.” want girls to follow their dreams. feels Udaari has absolutely helped him a lot more fun: Urwa Hocane She shared how Mawra and her Don’t judge people. Rather, you in presenting a solution to the ex- On getting married to Farhan, can sit over endless cups of chai should put the spotlight on your- isting issue. Urwa talked about Urwa said, “This is the most cli- for hours and talk about literally self to become a better person and ched question everyone asks and everything. “I cannot operate with- you’ll see how far that takes you.” FRIDAY .SEPTEMBER 23, 2016S AFGHANISTANTIMES

Aston Villa boss Roberto di Mat- teo says Jack Grealish must "grow up" after confirming the club is conducting an internal investigation over reports of an alleged breach of club discipline by the midfield- er. Grealish, who signed a new four-year deal at Villa Park earlier this month, is alleged to have held a party in a Birmingham hotel hours after the club's goalless draw at Ipswich on Saturday. The 21-year-old was forced to apologise to then-manager Tim Sherwood last year after pictures emerged of him inhaling nitrous oxide, also known as hippy crack. It is claimed the party at the weekend also included balloons filled nitrous oxide - although there is no suggestion Grealish himself used the legal high - while West Midlands Police have confirmed officers attended the Park Regis Hotel at 7.45am on Sunday morn- ing after other guests complained about "rowdy party", although no arrests were made. Grealish is yet to be fined or disciplined, but Di Matteo refused to say if the play- er would be involved when Villa host Newcastle in the Sky Bet Championship on Saturday. He said: "It's still on-going, I cannot confirm or deny if he will be available. It's a timing issue and we want to get it right. McLaren Dustin Johnson offers to partner with anyone at Leo Santa Cruz v 2016 Ryder Cup – except Phil Mickelson Carl Frampton approached by There are endless possibilities re- tors. At one point a few years ago, raig Harrington and Ross Fisher in garding possible pairings for next Johnson was told that Mickelson foursomes, the experiment was week’s U.S. Ryder Cup team, but figured he and Johnson had pretty over. Apple but denies it here’s one that you’re unlikely to much split their games evenly. “Didn’t play worth a damn,” rematch 'close' to see: Dustin Johnson and Phil Johnson smiled, shook his head and Johnson said. “Played like crap.” Mickelson. said he figured he had won more Since then, Johnson has paired is in talks “I love Phil and we’re great like 75 percent of them. nicely with Matt Kuchar in the being agreed friends, but we have a lot more fun Yet there was a time when Ryder Cup and Jordan Spieth in when we’re playing against each Johnson lobbied for the chance to the Presidents Cup, so he’s look- Leo Santa Cruz is back in the gym "Leo has not signed anything other, not as partners,” Johnson play alongside Mickelson. “We ing for a little more of that next because a rematch with Carl but they have already said yes to said Wednesday on the eve of the wanted it (at the 2010 Ryder Cup). week at Hazeltine National, and Frampton is close, according to the doing the fight, which will be a di- $8.5 million Tour Championship. We thought it would be great,” nothing alongside Mickelson. Mexican's father. rect rematch. We are just missing Indeed, Johnson and Mickel- Johnson said. But after getting “I think I can partner well with Northern Ireland's Frampton the date and venue but it would be son have engaged in a great many trounced, 3 and 2, by Lee West- pretty much anyone,” Johnson (23-0-KO14) relieved Santa Cruz the end of the year in one of those “Tuesday games” at PGA Tour wood and Martin Kaymer in four- said. (32-1-1-KO18) of the WBA Su- two locations. tournaments, always as competi- ball, then losing, 3 and 2, to Pad- “Except for Phil.” per world featherweight title with "Truthfully, it's very impor- a majority decision back in July tant to me that the fight is going to and a rematch clause was subse- be in either Las Vegas or Los An- quently activated. geles." The deposed champion's fa- Santa Cruz, who suffered the ther, Jose Santa Cruz, told ESPN first defeat of his career to 'The Deportes: "Well it seems that the Jackal', is already a three-weight plans are going well and [Framp- world champion. ton] will provide a direct rematch Frampton, who was previous- as my son wanted. ly IBF and WBA world super-ban- "My son has returned to the tamweight king, is also being gym. He said it could be in Las chased by IBF world feather- Vegas or Los Angeles. Let's hope weight king Lee Selby and previ- McLaren says it is not in discus- company, Apple appears to want so. ous opponent Scott Quigg. sions but adds that it regularly to be at the high, cutting-edge end holds "confidential conversations" of the car industry too." with a range of parties. Apple has hired dozens of ex- Apple has reportedly ap- perts from the sector over the past proached McLaren about an in- year and is exploring making charg- vestment or potential takeover. ing stations for electric cars. The Financial Times - which It also invested $1bn (£800m) cites three sources it says have in Chinese ride-hailing service Didi knowledge of the negotiations - Chuxing earlier this year. said the loss-making Formula One Two years ago it paid $3bn team owner could be valued at be- (£2.3bn) for rapper Dr Dre's head- tween £1bn and £1.5bn. phone and music streaming com- McLaren said it was "not in pany Beats Electronics. discussion" with the US firm but Following the report that it that it regularly held "confidential had approached McLaren, Apple conversations with a wide range said it "does not comment on ru- of parties". mours or speculation". The statement did not deny The tech company's stock that there had been an approach. market value has recently been A deal could give Apple access buoyed by promising sales of its to key automotive technology amid latest iPhone 7 handset. reports that it is working on a self- McLaren's 2016 on-track re- driving car. sults A McLaren spokesman said: It comes a couple of weeks "We can confirm that McLaren is after US firm Liberty Media agreed not in discussion with Apple in to buy Formula 1 in a £6bn deal. respect of any potential invest- Jasper Lawler, market analyst ment. at CMC Markets, said: "Owning "As you would expect, the McLaren would be Apple waving nature of our brand means we reg- a big flag over its intention to enter ularly have confidential conversa- the car industry. tions with a wide range of parties, "As a high-end technology but we keep them confidential."

Mark Cavendish and Lizzie Deig- monds. nan (nee Armitstead) have been British Cycling's head coach named in the Great Britain squads Iain Dyer said: "The depth of tal- for next month's UCI Road World ent available to us on the road this Championships in Doha, Qatar. year has been exceptional and I The event takes place between believe we have picked strong October 9-16 and Cavendish will squads for all the races we are en- be in the field for the elite men's tering. road race, which he won in 2011. Lizzie Deignan sporting the He is joined in the British world champion's rainbow jersey squad by fellow Rio Olympians Lizzie Deignan sporting the Steve Cummings, Ian Stannard and world champion's rainbow jersey Geraint Thomas, plus the current "In the men's race, Mark heads national champion Adam Blythe. to Doha as one of the clear favou- Deignan is the reigning wom- rites given the nature of the course, en's world champion and has been and he will have a strong team selected once again, as has nation- around him. al champion Hannah Barnes, along "In the women's squad, we've with her sister and U23 national got some real high-calibre contend- champion Alice. ers, with a couple of riders having Three months' half-price Sky the capability to be competitive in Sports a sprint finish scenario. Watch the Premier League, "I'm really pleased to see a Ryder Cup and the EFL Cup number of U23 category riders se- Hannah Barnes will also rep- lected for this squad too, I think resent Great Britain in the time trial they will benefit from the experi- event, along with current national ence of riding alongside elite rid- time trial champion Hayley Sim- ers." FRIDAY . SEPTEMBER 23. 2016 -Mizan 02, 1395 H.S Vol:XI Issue No:54 Price: Afs.15

President Barack Obama and Is- lief. Washington, meanwhile, has support of the American people.” raeli Prime Minister Benjamin criticized Israel’s ongoing and ac- But the disagreements be- Netanyahu put aside past differ- celerating building of settler homes tween the men were not entirely ences Wednesday in their first on occupied Palestinian land, ar- absent. As a smiling Obama noted meeting since the United States guing that this could put hopes of that his guest “has always been promised its ally a $38 billion mil- a negotiated settlement to the dis- candid with us.” “We do have con- itary aid package. The pair’s rela- pute beyond reach. But both sides cerns around settlement activity as tionship has often been frosty, but still recognize the other as a close well, and our hope is that we can they exchanged warm words as ally, and Obama’s offer of $38 bil- continue to be an effective partner they met for what may be the last lion over ten years is the biggest with Israel,” Obama said. time before Obama leaves office in military assistance pact in US his- Obama and Netanyahu came January. Netanyahu compliment- tory. “It allows the Israelis to have to power at the same time in 2009 ed his host on “what I hear is a some kind of certainty in a mo- and have had several spats over terrific golf game,” and invited ment when there’s enormous un- the years. Earlier this year, for ex- Obama to visit Israel after leaving certainty in the region. It’s a very ample, the White House learned the presidency to play a round. “I difficult and dangerous time in the from news reports that the Israeli want you to know Barack that you Middle East,” Obama said. leader had cancelled a visit and will always be a welcome guest in “It is important for America’s made little effort to hide its an- Israel,” Netanyahu said. “We’ll set national security to ensure we have noyance. up a tee time,” Obama joked. a safe and secure Israel, one that And in March 2015 during a Netanyahu’s government was can defend itself.” Netanyahu also re-election battle Netanyahu defied an angry opponent of Obama’s celebrated the “unbreakable bond,” decades of US Middle East policy outreach to Iran, which last year saying: “Our alliance has grown by rejecting the idea of a Palestin- delivered an accord to halt Tehran’s decade after decade, through suc- ian state, only to reverse his own ambition to develop nuclear weap- cessive presidents, bipartisan Con- position a few days later once he ons in exchange for sanctions re- gress and with the overwhelming was back in office. State of emergency declared in Charlotte after protests Racial tensions in the United States have reached boiling point after protests in Charlotte against police killings of black men turned increasingly violent, forcing the North Carolina governor to declare a state of emergency in the city. The protests began on Tuesday after a police officer killed Keith Lamont Scott, a 43-year-old black man. His death followed another police killing of a black man in Tulsa on Friday, Terence Crutcher. Protests are also ongoing in the Oklahoma city. The protests in Charlotte late on Wednesday saw one person critically injured after being shot. Police said that victim, who they did not identify, was shot by a civilian.

Pakistan PM says Kuwait looks forward to world ignores NTERNATIONAL YRIA CONTACT friendly ties with Iran: Premier South Asia Kuwait’s prime minister tells the UN that the Persian Gulf monar- tensions at its peril GROUP TO MEET IN EW ORK chy seeks friendly ties with Iran Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz based on “mutual respect.” Sharif accused nuclear-armed rival The United States and Russia are ers of failing to ensure that the US- credibility of the peace effort in But he added: “It’s going to be very “I look forward to relations of India on Wednesday of putting to chair a meeting in New York on backed opposition forces fighting the eyes of the suspicious oppo- difficult. We'll see what people are friendship and cooperation with unacceptable conditions on dia- Iran with mutual respect and un- logue with Islamabad and said the Thursday bringing together world Assad respected the truce. Kerry sition. Lavrov has countered that willing to do.” rect negotiations” or the Interna- powers with a stake in Syria’s civ- and Lavrov sparred bitterly in the the UN Security Council should If either side is able to come derstanding,” Sheikh Jaber Mubar- world would ignore the dangers of ak al-Hamad al-Sabah said before tional Court of Justice. rising tensions in South Asia at its il war, officials told AFP. The 23- UN Security Council on Wednes- consider adding some more of the up with concrete measures to re- Tehran has repeatedly dis- own peril. nation International Syria Support day, but ministers agree the US- anti-Assad rebel groups to its list store the truce, they could be en- the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New missed Abu Dhabi’s baseless Sharif told the annual United Group (ISSG) was set up to push Russian effort is the only way of proscribed terrorist organiza- dorsed by the ISSG at the meeting claims of sovereignty to the Per- Nations General Assembly Paki- for a ceasefire and an eventual po- available to impose a ceasefire. tions. Asked whether the ceasefire and the peace process would con- York on Wednesday. stan could not ignore India’s “un- The Kuwaiti premier further sian Gulf islands of the Greater litical resolution to the bloody five- Kerry has demanded that Rus- could be salvaged, Kerry said he tinue. Failing that, Kerry has ad- Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa. precedented” arms build-up and year-old conflict. sia order Assad to ground his air would meet with Lavrov once again mitted that Syria’s future is “hang- called for “constructive dialogue” would “take whatever measures between the two sides based on The three Persian Gulf islands are necessary to maintain credible A US official confirmed a meet- force in order to re-establish the to try to narrow their differences. ing by a thread.” have always been part of Iran his- ing was being set up, and diplo- international regulations and the deterrence.” principles of “good neighborly” torically, the proof of which can India has accused Pakistan of mats said it would take place at 2 be found in and corroborated by being behind a deadly attack on an pm (1800 GMT) in a New York relations, according to the state- run Kuwait News Agency countless historical, legal, and geo- army base in the disputed Kash- hotel. Foreign ministers, already graphical documents in Iran and mir region on Sunday in which 18 gathered in New York for the UN (KUNA). soldiers were killed and said it had It is important to create “the other parts of the world. General Assembly, held an emer- Sheikh Jaber further said the the right to respond when and gency meeting of the ISSG on appropriate conditions for any where it chose. constructive dialog to take place “practices that contravene inter- Pakistan has rejected the alle- Tuesday after a week-old truce national conventions and norms” broke down. in accordance with the rules and gation and accused India of appor- norms of international law relating pose a real threat to peace and sta- tioning blame before the incident But they made little progress bility in the Persian Gulf region. had been investigated properly. amid bitter recriminations between to the principle of good neighbor- ly relations and respect [for] sov- Kuwait has been part of a Sau- Sharif said Pakistan wanted peace the ISSG co-chairs, US Secretary di-led coalition which has been in- with India and had repeatedly of- of State John Kerry and Russia's ereignty of states and non-inter- fered dialogue. ference in their internal affairs,” volved in a deadly military cam- Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. paign against Yemen with no UN Washington blames Russia for car- KUNA quoted the official as say- Long awaited ing. mandate since March 2015. rying out a deadly air strike on a The country has sent fighter UN aid convoy in northern Syria However, the Kuwaiti official peace deal signed defended the United Arab Emir- jets to take part in the almost dai- after Bashar al-Assad’s military ly bombing of Yemen in an offen- with Hezb-e-Islami declared the ceasefire over. ates’ claims to three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf, urging Tehran sive aimed at restoring power to Moscow denies any role in the Riyadh-backed elements there. FROM P1 attack and in turn accuses US lead- to address the issue through “di- that his party would work togeth- er with the government for “a na- tionwide peace”. Landslides, floods in Indonesia leave 26 dead, 19 missing Asking other insurgent groups The death toll from devastating through the region, the national fied, the agency said. Relief teams STRIKES TARGET HOUTHI to join the reconciliation drive, floods and landslides in Indonesia disaster agency said. Receding and army personnel have moved Karim said the HIA had insisted has risen to 26, an official said flood waters revealed scenes of into Garut to search for those still LEADERS IN YEMEN’S HODEIDAH over Afghan-owned and Afghan- Thursday, with hopes fading for destruction, with houses reduced missing, while drones are assess- led peace process which yielded 19 others still missing. Aid has to rubble and upturned cars and ing the scale of destruction from Saudi-led Arab coalition forces positive results. begun pouring into Garut in the debris strewn throughout muddy the air, disaster agency head have targeted a meeting of the lead- He sought removal of the HIA Willem Rampangilei said in a state- ers of Houthi militias inside the members’ names from the UN and ment. “There is plenty of food and presidential palace in the city of US blacklists; release of HIA mem- clean water available. The commu- al-Hodeidahin western Yemen. bers from prisons; and return of nity is also helping out,” Rampang- The forces also struck the cen- Afghan refugees from Pakistan. ilei said, adding that a disaster re- tral security headquarters in Ho- Head of the HIA delegation port had been sent to President deidahon Wednesday. Casualties in said that his party would continue Joko Widodo. Temporary shelters both strikes are still unknown. political fight against presence of and makeshift kitchens have been The Saudi-led coalition was the foreign troops in the country. established to assist the estimated formed early last year to fight the “We will continue our political 430 people left homeless, with Houthis after they took over the struggle till the last foreign troop blankets and clothing being trucked capital Sanaa, made gains in other leaves Afghanistan.” He also as- in by emergency crews. Elsewhere provinces and forced Yemeni Pres- sured of supporting women’s in West Java, emergency crews ident Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi's rights. were still searching for one person government to flee into exile. Meanwhile, the United King- missing in the wake of a massive UN-sponsored talks to try to dom and the US embassies in Kab- west of Indonesia’s main island of streets. Among the dead or miss- landslide in Sumedang district that end the fighting that collapsed in ul and UN Assistance Mission in Java, where 23 people died and 18 ing are more than a dozen children killed three others, disaster agen- failure last month and the Houthi Afghanistan welcomed the peace remain missing after torrential rain under 12 years of age, though sev- cy spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nu- militias and allied forces loyal to deal. and fast-rising floods swept eral have yet to be formally identi- groho told AFP. former president Ali Abdullah Saleh resumed shelling into neighboring Saudi Arabia.

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