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Important news for important people
www.dedicatedpress.com Volume 2992 Monday November 06, 2017
International Business Sports
Catalonia’s deposed separatist leader US business schools are beefing up Shalane Flanagan became the first Cabo San Lucas
Carles Puigdemont and four of his al- training in the software that underlies American woman in 40 years to win Sunny
lies turned themselves in to Belgian digital currency bitcoin, a technol- the New York City Marathon on Sun- Sunrise: 6:27 AM
police on Sunday ahead of a court ap- ogy expected to be a game changer in day, joining Kenya’s Geoffrey Kam- Sunset: 5:40 PM
pearance to decide... P.2 many industries... P.3 woror in winning... P.5 Humidity: 70% 78-82 F

“Every once in a while in the past, they underestimated us. It was not pleasant for them, was it?” The sheriff said
Don’t ‘underestimate’ US, warns Trump as he kicks off Asia tour 25 dead after gunman opens
fire on Texas church service
everybody,” he said. The next stop A gunman went into a Baptist church
was a golfing date with his “friend” in Texas during Sunday morning ser-
Shinzo Abe, prime minister of Japan, vices and shot dead some two dozen
with whom he enjoys a close per- worshippers, the sheriff said, in the
sonal relationship. Trump joked with latest mass shooting to shock the
reporters on Air Force One that they United States.
should not believe him if he claims to “Approximately 25 people” were
outhit Hideki Matsuyama, one of the dead, including the shooter, Wil-
world’s best players who joined the son County Sheriff Joe Tackitt told
leaders on the course. NBC News. At least 10 people were
Abe also appeared to have enjoyed wounded.
his nine holes, tweeting: “A round of The motive was not immediately
golf with a marvellous friend (Presi- known, he added.
dent Donald J. Trump), full of spir- Exactly five weeks after the worst
ited conversation.” shooting in modern US history, the
A senior administration official latest tragedy prompted an outpour-
said they chatted about trade and ing of condolences, led by US Presi-
North Korea on the course but was dent Donald Trump.
diplomatically coy over the key The worshippers were gunned
question of who won, saying only: down at First Baptist Church in
“I am told the three of them did not Sutherland Springs, a small rural
US President Donald Trump (Photo AFP) keep score.” The Japanese leader has community about 30 miles (50 kilo-
President Donald Trump Sunday is- Rodong Sinmun, warning a “spiritu- emerged strengthened from a crush- meters) southeast of San Antonio.
sued a stern warning that “no dicta- ally instable” president against mak- ing victory in a snap election and has With details rapidly unfolding,
tor” should underestimate the United ing “reckless remarks”. firmly supported Trump in his policy some unnamed officials were quoted
States as he kicked off an Asian tour The president’s first stops are Ja- of exerting maximum pressure on as citing tolls as high as 27 dead and
dominated by the North Korea nucle- pan and South Korea -- frontline US Kim, backed up with the threat of 20 or more wounded.
ar crisis. allies in the effort to force Pyongyang military force. The gunman reportedly walked
Speaking to cheering military per- to abandon its nuclear programme, “I want to further cement the bond into the church shortly before noon
sonnel at Yokota Air Base just west of and the two countries with most to of the Japan-US alliance, based on -- at a morning service that witnesses
Tokyo minutes after landing, Trump fear should a full-scale conflict break our relations of trust and friendship said was normally attended by some
donned a bomber jacket and said “no out. Trump touched down under clear with President Trump,” Abe said as 50 people -- and opened fire.
one, no dictator, no regime and no na- blue Tokyo skies and stepped out Trump arrived. The dead included the 14-year-old
tion should underestimate... Ameri- with his wife Melania in bright sun- Trump for his part described Japan daughter of pastor Frank Pomeroy,
can resolve”. shine to greet the crowds. as a “treasured partner and crucial the church leader told ABC News.
“Every once in a while in the past, Speaking to reporters on the plane, ally of the US”. Annabelle Renee Pomeroy “was
they underestimated us. It was not he announced he would likely be The pair later dined at a swanky one very beautiful, special child,” her
pleasant for them, was it?” roared meeting Russian President Vladimir restaurant in upmarket Ginza, with father said. Frank Pomeroy had been
Trump. “We will never yield, never Putin during the tour, as the interna- Trump telling reporters: “I don’t in the neighboring state of Oklahoma
waver and never falter in defence of tional community scrambles for a so- think we’ve ever been closer to Japan at the time of the shooting, and was
our people, our freedom and our great lution to the North Korean crisis. than we are right now.” driving back to Texas after the trage-
American flag.” “I think it’s expected we’ll meet “Our relationship is really extraor- dy. Other victims included a six-year-
Trump’s marathon trip comes with with Putin, yeah. We want Putin’s dinary.” After Japan, Trump travels old boy named Rylan who was in sur-
the North Korea crisis at fever pitch, help on North Korea, and we’ll be to Seoul, where his relationship with gery after being shot four times, his
as US bombers fly sorties over the meeting with a lot of different lead- President Moon Jae-In is noticeably uncle told CBS News. A two-year-old
Korean peninsula and fears mount of ers,” said Trump. cooler. Trump labelled Moon’s dov- was also shot and wounded, The Dal-
another Pyongyang missile test. He added that North Korea was ish approach to North Korea as “ap- las Morning News reported.
According to the Washington Post, a “big problem for our country and peasement” on Twitter, a comment It was unclear how the shooter
Pentagon officials have warned that for the world, and we want to get it that did not go down well in Seoul’s died. “There was no police chase,”
the only way to locate and secure solved” but had kind words for its presidential Blue House. Trump will sheriff’s spokesman Sergeant Robert
North Korea’s nuclear weapons sites people. “I think they’re great people. speak to South Korean MPs but not Murphy in neighboring Guadalupe
would be via a ground invasion. They’re industrious. They’re warm, follow the well-trodden path to the County told AFP, denying earlier
North Korea itself welcomed much warmer than the world really Demilitarized Zone dividing the Ko- media reports that the gunman was
Trump to the region with a rhetorical knows or understands. They’re great rean peninsula -- a visit derided in killed after a pursuit. “He was in his
volley via the ruling party newspaper people. And I hope it all works out for Washington as a bit of a “cliche”. vehicle.”

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Puigdemont has denounced the Spanish legal proceedings as a “political trial” seeking to “punish ideas”
What now for Puigdemont in Belgium?


Catalonia’s deposed separatist leader she said. “It would be necessary for
Carles Puigdemont and four of his al- Puigdemont and his lawyer to show
lies turned themselves in to Belgian that there was a genuine threat to his
police on Sunday ahead of a court fundamental rights.”
appearance to decide whether they Puigdemont’s Belgian lawyer Paul
should be extradited to Spain. Bekaert has said his client will not go
A judge will decide whether to de- to Spain and suggested the Spanish
tain or release them after warrants were authorities question him in Belgium
issued for their arrest on charges of re- instead.
bellion, sedition and misuse of public This can be done if a Spanish judge
funds following the Catalan separat- makes a formal request -- either by
ists’ push to break away from Spain. Madrid providing a list of questions
European arrest warrants were in- to be put by a Belgian police officer
troduced in 2004 to replace lengthy or by sending a judge to ask the ques-
extradition processes within the EU, tions in person.
making it easier to return fugitives EU citizens can claim asylum in
suspected of serious crimes. Belgium, according to the country’s
They can be issued for crimes GRA refugee agency.
where the maximum penalty is at But Puigdemont has denied plan-
least one year in prison or where the ning to do so, and even if he did, the
fugitive has already been sentenced chances of success would seem to be
to at least four months in prison. Catalonia’s deposed separatist leader Carles Puigdemont (Photo AFP) very slight. “It’s quite exceptional to
The judicial authority and police three-quarters were sent back, official Spain, you’re not talking about a obtain asylum for a citizen of a Euro-
in the receiving country, in this case EU figures show. country that practises torture,” Home pean Union country,” Dirk Van Den
Belgium, are sent the warrant and In Puigdemont’s case, the rebellion said. Bulck of the GRA told FORT televi-
tasked with arresting and returning charge can bring a 30-year sentence, Puigdemont has denounced the sion. Belgium will consider asylum
the suspect. and Belgian lawyer Maxime Home Spanish legal proceedings as a “polit- applications from other EU countries,
After arresting the suspect, the said that if the warrant was issued ical trial” seeking to “punish ideas”. but works on the principle that mem-
country has a maximum of 60 days “there would be very little room for Anne Weyembergh, an expert in bers of the bloc are safe and respect
to send him or her back, though in Belgium to refuse it.” European law at the Free University human rights. In the last five years
practice most people held under Eu- There are avenues of appeal but of Brussels, said an arrest warrant Belgium has not granted asylum to
ropean arrest warrants are returned they succeed “extremely rarely”, could in theory be refused on the any EU citizens.
much more quickly. Home told AFP. grounds that it would go against fun- Puigdemont would have to prove a
Of the 140,000 such arrest war- “The basic idea with the Euro- damental rights, but cautioned that “threat of persecution” in his country
rants issued around Europe between pean arrest warrant is that you have such cases were very rare. of origin and an impossibility of be-
2005 and 2014, 38 percent of sus- confidence in the fundamental rights “These are really exceptional cas- ing protected there, Van Den Bulck
pects were found, of whom nearly situation in the issuing country. With es. I only know of one in Belgium,” said.

“We are indeed in possession of those bodies of five terrorists” Final results showed on Sunday
Israel holds bodies of 5 Gaza militants after tunnel blast Neo-Nazi leader loses top regional post in Slovak vote
Israel’s army said Sunday it was Friday that the bodies of five of them Slovak’s neo-Nazi politician Marian ties which joined forces against the
holding the bodies of five Palestin- remained trapped in the tunnel. Kotleba lost his job of regional gov- far-right governor. Only two of 336
ian militants found after it blew up a Israeli public radio’s veteran mili- ernor while the ruling leftwing Smer LSNS candidates have been elected
tunnel last week stretching from the tary affairs reporter, Carmela Me- party also took a thrashing in the Slo- into regional assemblies in Slovakia,
Gaza Strip into its territory. nashe, said Sunday evening that the vak regional election this weekend, a eurozone member with 5.4 mil-
Israeli media said they would most bodies held by the army “are indeed final results showed on Sunday. lion inhabitants. “The fascist party
likely be retained as bargaining chips the missing which Islamic Jihad Rightwing and centrist parties was defeated and it is also important
to retrieve the bodies of soldiers be- spoke of and wanted returned”. emerged as the winners in Saturday’s that the political map of Slovakia has
lieved to held by the strip’s Hamas Defence Minister Avigdor Lieber- vote, the Slovak statistics office said, changed,” Grigorij Meseznikov, head
rulers. man brushed off arguments that hu- and they will now govern in five out of the Bratislava-based Institute for
The military stressed that the Pal- manitarian law demanded that an of seven Slovak regions. Public Affairs, a think-tank, told AFP.
estinian bodies were found in Israeli enemy should be allowed to bury its Smer, led by Prime Minister Rob- Hostile to both the Roma minority
territory following the operation to dead. He said the decision on what ert Fico, will have regional governors and the established elite, Kotleba has
blow up the tunnel that left at least 12 to do with the bodies would be taken in the remaining two regions, having spoken warmly about former Slovak
militants dead. by Israel’s security cabinet, on which lost four governor’s seats in the vote, president Jozef Tiso, who agreed to
It did not say what conditions it he sits. “This is not a legal issue, this in which turnout was just 30 percent. deport tens of thousands of Jews to
would place on their return. is a political and security issue, and Kotleba, head of the LSNS party, Nazi Germany during World War II.
“We are indeed in possession of if there is disagreement it will be re- lost in his native central region of He attributed his defeat to a media
those bodies of five terrorists,” mili- solved in the security cabinet and not Banska Bystrica to independent can- campaign which “voters preferred to
tary spokesman Jonathan Conricus in any other forum,” he said on Israeli didate Jan Lunter, who was backed real achievements”, he told reporters
told AFP. television. by coalition and opposition par- on Sunday.
“All were killed or died inside Is- “Our position is that this is a bunch
raeli territory, not in the Gaza Strip.” of terrorists which came to murder
Israel blew up the tunnel on Octo- and slaughter Jews and we don’t owe
ber 30 after monitoring it for some them anything, especially when they
time, saying it had no choice but to are holding the bodies of our citi-
act after “the grave and unacceptable zens.”
violation of Israeli sovereignty”. The remains of two Israeli sol-
Hamas, the Islamist movement diers killed in the 2014 Gaza war are
that runs the Gaza Strip, has used thought to still be in the coastal ter-
such tunnels to carry out attacks in ritory.
the past. Three Israeli civilians, all said to
Two of the 12 dead belonged to the be mentally unstable, are also be-
military wing of Hamas, with the oth- lieved to have entered Gaza and to be
er 10 from Islamic Jihad, which said held by Hamas.

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“When people think about blockchain they think about cryptocurrencies” Wall Street Indexes
Blockchain becoming the rage at US business schools Dow Jones 23,539.19 + 0.10%
Nasdaq
+ 0.74%
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S&P 2,587.84 + 0.31%
International Stock Indexes
US business schools are beefing up Blockchain runs by recording programs. Students who wish to work Australia 5,959.876 + 0.47%
training in the software that underlies transactions as “blocks” that are up- in trading must learn how to code, Frankfurt 13,478.86 + 0.28%
digital currency bitcoin, a technol- dated in real time on a digitized led- while bankers need to understand al- Italy 23,014.13 - 0.14%
ogy expected to be a game changer in ger that can be read from anywhere gorithms and big data to be able to at- London 7,560.35 + 0.07%
many industries. and does not have a central record- tract new clients and devise strategies Madrid 10,357.80 - 0.96%
The move makes sense as more keeper. for fast-changing markets. Paris 5,517.97 + 0.14%
students seek careers in financial It was originally developed as the “Anyone who is coming into the Tokyo 22,539.12 + 0.53%
technology, or “fintech,” which has accounting method for bitcoin. But financial industry is expected to have Toronto 16,020.16 + 0.03%
captivated leading Wall Street banks while that cryptocurrency remains some skills in technology,” said Ste- Latin-American Stock Indexes
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The Haas school, which is near anne Lake said on a conference call probably be a good fit for us,” said Sao Paulo 73,915.42 + 0.12%
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“Our mothers and our grandmothers worked at home to weave”
Traditional carpet weaving in central Iraq unravels
In the shadow of the Imam Hamza reception room where visitors sip tea that are now unfamiliar to younger small house on the verge of a dusty
mosque in the region of the ancient and chat, without the long rectangular Iraqis. Inherited from the Turkish road. By “before”, Saheb means be-
kingdom of Babylon, a carpet market carpets adorned with geometric pat- used during Ottoman domination fore the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq
that was once bustling is now almost terns. “It is by the beauty of its car- more than a century ago, they de- that sparked chaos and bloodshed
empty. pets that one can judge a room,” he scribe the different colours and types which still roils the country.
The only visitor to Hamad al- tells AFP, running ring-covered fin- of wool used in this agricultural area “Every day, some twenty groups of
Soltani’s small shop in the city of Al- gers across the merchandise hanging where keeping livestock is wide- tourists would come to visit the an-
Hamza in central Iraq, some 175 kilo- on the walls of the shop. spread. “Before, people came from cient sites” of Babylonia and other ar-
metres (110 miles) south of Baghdad, “Our mothers and our grandmoth- abroad to place orders,” he says, chaeological treasures, recalls former
is a local tribal chief. ers worked at home to weave” these wearing a beige robe as he sits in his antiquities official Fallah al-Jabbawi.
Nothing in the world can convince carpets, says the tribal leader, his
Sheikh Hazem al-Hiyali -- a Bedouin beard speckled with grey. Soltani,
scarf on his head, hooded cloak over 32, inherited his carpet shop from his Foreign Exchange
his shoulders and shawl on his neck father. He says older generations of
-- to replace the traditional carpets he women also embroidered saddles for EURO USA CAN UK AUS SWISS H.KONG JAP
receives his guests on for imported camels and wove covers for their har- EURO - 1.17 1.49 .89 1.52 1.16 9.10 133.00
versions. nesses, but such items are sold nowa- USA .85 - 1.28 .76 1.30 1.00 7.81 113.64
Over the past few years, Iraq has days only as decorations. CAN .67 .78 - .60 1.01 .80 6.10 89.00
been flooded with carpets from Mehdi Saheb spent 50 years work- UK 1.12 1.31 1.67 - 1.69 1.32 10.20 149.00
abroad -- but although they may well ing at a loom and can speak for hours AUS .66 .77 .99 .59 - .75 6.00 88.00
be much cheaper they are of a far about the rich history and intricacies SWISS .86 1.00 1.25 .76 1.33 - 7.80 114.00
lower quality, he insists. of carpet manufacturing in Iraq. H.KONG .11 .13 .16 .10 .17 .13 - 14.60
Hiyali says he cannot bear to even As he talks, Saheb, 70, weaves in JAP .01 .01 .01 .01 .01 .01 .07 -
imagine his “diwan”, the traditional long-forgotten words from the past

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The site holds reserves estimated at 2.5 billion tonnes Football
Protest at open-pit coal mine near Bonn ahead of UN climate talks FIFA corruption trial opens
Environmental activists wearing haz- a 30-storey high bucket-wheel ex- low sea level. The company extracts
ard suits marched onto one of the cavator, the protesters unfurled ban- 40 million tonnes of lignite every in New York
world’s largest open-pit coal mines, ners reading, “Welcome to COP23”, year, according to its website. It was the raid that changed the face
near Bonn, on Sunday, the eve of “Burn borders, not coal” and “Cli- The site holds reserves estimated at of the world’s most popular sport.
196-nation UN climate talks in the mate Justice”. 2.5 billion tonnes. Swiss police swooped in on a five-
west German city. COP23 refers to the 23rd “Confer- Coal is responsible for 45 percent star Zurich hotel at dawn, arresting
Some two hundred protesters ence of the Parties,” the formal name of global CO2 emissions from the seven soccer officials at US request.
crossed a denuded no-man’s land and for the annual UN climate summit. energy sector, as well as other green- Two and a half years later, the only
lined up like guards at the edge of the “On the international stage, politi- house gas pollutants and small par- defendants detained in the United
40-square kilometre (15 square mile) cians and corporations present them- ticles hazardous to health, according States who continue to profess their
Hambach opencast coal mine, the selves as climate saviours, while a to the International Energy Agency. innocence will go on trial.
biggest manmade hole in Europe. few miles away the climate is liter- The world is today burning more When US prosecutors unveiled a
Operated by German electricity ally being burned,” said Janna Al- coal than it ever has, with global de- years’ long investigation on May 27,
producer RWE Power AG, the Ham- jets, spokesperson for climate justice mand increasing an average of four 2015, the allegations were dumb-
bach operation mines lgnite, a brown- group Ende Gelande. percent between 2000 and 2013. Un- founding: a quarter of a century of
ish, low-grade coal. So far, RWE have broken ground der current policies, growth in use is endemic corruption in the heart of
Its high carbon content makes it on about half of the area designated expected to taper off over the next FIFA, soccer’s governing body.
one of the most polluting of fossil for mining, and dug to a depth of five years, but not peak until about Forty-two officials and market-
fuels. As dozens of police encircled more than 300 metres (1,000 feet) be- 2030. ing executives, and three companies
were indicted in an exhaustive 236-
Kingdom Holding has lost around 15 percent of its market value page complaint detailing 92 separate
Shares of ‘arrested’ Saudi billionaire’s company dive 9.9% crimes and 15 corruption schemes to
the tune of $200 million.
Shares in Kingdom Holding, 95 per- only allowed to fall a maximum of in banks at home and abroad, as well It was the biggest corruption scan-
cent of which is owned by billionaire 10 percent in a single trading session. as a number of investment, media and dal in the history of soccer.
Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, dived 9.9 Since the start of 2017, Kingdom agricultural companies. “Two generations of soccer offi-
percent as the Saudi stock exchange Holding has lost around 15 percent of Saudi Arabia reportedly arrested cials,” then attorney general Loretta
opened Sunday after reports of his its market value. 11 princes, including Prince Al- Lynch said at the time, “used their po-
arrest. The latest fall came despite the Waleed, and dozens of current and sitions of trust within their respective
The Saudi Tadawul All-Shares In- company announcing earlier on Sun- former ministers, reports said late organizations to solicit bribes from
dex (TASI) also dropped 1.6 percent day that its profit for the third quarter Saturday, in a sweeping crackdown sports marketers in exchange for the
only a minute after the start of trading and the first nine months of the year as the kingdom’s young crown prince commercial rights to their soccer
on the Arab world’s largest stock mar- increased. consolidates power. Head of the tournaments. They did this over and
ket following a sweeping crackdown Kingdom Holding is one of Saudi Saudi National Guard, once a leading over, year after year, tournament after
on corruption that saw the arrest of Arabia’s most important investors contender to the throne, as well as the tournament.” Tens of millions of dol-
leading royals and businessmen. The with shares in the Euro Disney theme navy chief and the economy minister lars was hidden in offshore accounts
Kingdom Holding share price did not park, US tech giant Apple and Ru- were replaced in a series of high-pro- in Hong Kong, the Cayman Islands
slide further because, under the rules pert Murdoch’s News Corporation, file sackings that sent shock waves in and Switzerland, US officials said.
of the Saudi exchange, stocks are among others. It also has key stakes the oil-rich Gulf country. The charges included racketeer-
ing, wire fraud and money laundering
“The dual nationals angle will of course be really difficult for us” conspiracies.
But only three people are actu-
A year on, Trump tests limit of UK ‘special relationship’ ally going on trial -- three fabulously
Donald Trump’s election was expect- fix all of Britain’s trade problems is a lost.” British Prime Minister Theresa wealthy and once formidably power-
ed to hand Britain a secret weapon in myth,” London School of Economics May was the first world leader to visit ful South American soccer officials.
forging a post-Brexit future, but his fellow Brian Klaas told AFP. Trump’s White House, and appeared Jury selection is scheduled to begin
interventions in British politics and “It’s a misplaced optimism because to develop a bond, inviting the US Monday at the federal court in Brook-
controversial foreign policy have trade negotiations will take years to leader for a state visit to stay with the lyn. Opening statements could begin
strained the so-called “special rela- complete and Trump says things all Queen. But hours after the meeting, on November 13.
tionship”. the time that he doesn’t mean and will Trump unexpectedly announced a It will be a hugely complicated
The bond between Britain and the never follow through on. travel ban from seven Muslim-ma- trial, expected to last weeks if not
United States has been the backbone “Trump might not win in 2020, he jority countries, affecting dual British months, with prosecutors expected
of the post-war geopolitical order, might not be the person that the UK is citizens and wrong-footing British to present 350,000 pages of evidence
but after huge political upheaval in dealing with,” he added. officials, according to emails released and dozens of witnesses.
both countries, a status update on the Relations took a severe blow in by the BBC last week. The most high-profile defendant is
special relationship might now read: September when the US imposed stiff “The dual nationals angle will of Jose Maria Marin, 85, former presi-
“It’s complicated”. tariffs on Canadian aerospace firm course be really difficult for us,” read dent of Brazil’s Football Confedera-
Trump rode to the White House on Bombardier, which employs thou- one Foreign Office email. tion -- the sport’s organizing body in
a populist wave also seen in the Brex- sands of people in Northern Ireland, “Not great after the PM visit,” said one of the premier soccer-playing na-
it vote. He appeared keen to help the following a complaint from Boeing. another. tions in the world.
UK by promising a swift trade deal Former defence secretary Michael The offer of a state visit has report- Since his arrest in Zurich and ex-
once it left the European Union, in Fallon warned the move “could in- edly been downgraded following a tradition, he has been out on bail,
stark contrast to predecessor Barack deed jeopardise our future relation- backlash to Trump’s executive order. living in luxury at Trump Tower, the
Obama who had warned Britain ship with Boeing,” dashing hopes There were threats of boycotts and Fifth Avenue skyscraper best known
would be “at the back of the queue”. that the US would offer favourable mass protests, while speaker John for housing the penthouse and com-
Brexit supporters hailed Trump as terms in a future deal, which can only Bercow declared the US president pany headquarters of the current US
“the tooth fairy”, giving Britain an be officially negotiated after Britain would not be allowed to address the president.
unexpected card in their negotiations leaves the EU in 2019. House of Commons. Also in the dock is former FIFA
with the EU. “There is still the possibility of a The row also strained personal re- vice president Juan Angel Napout,
But the US president’s split with trade deal, but at the moment we can’t lations between the two leaders. 59, and Manuel Burga, who led soc-
the international community over the foresee what that will look like,” “It’s in Britain and America’s in- cer in Peru until 2014 and a one-time
Iran nuclear deal, his war-of-words Russell Foster, foreign policy expert terest to have close relations, but the FIFA development committee mem-
with North Korea and his withdrawal at King’s College London, told AFP. political peril of that is huge,” said ber.
from the Paris climate accord have “The only indication we have got is Klaas. Trump has also infuriated A US jury will now decide their
strained relations and left Britain in a what’s happened in Northern Ireland British authorities with his tweets on fate. If convicted they will be sen-
diplomatic fix. with Boeing and Bombardier, where terrorism in Britain, including highly tenced by Judge Pamela Chen. The
“The idea that Donald Trump is yet again Trump’s unpredictable na- publicised run-ins with London may- worst counts against them carry a
going to come in on a white horse and ture means 4,000 jobs are going to be or Sadiq Khan. maximum sentence of 20 years in jail.

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“It’s indescribable. These are the moments we dream of to realize our potential and see how incredible we can be”
Flanagan, Kamworor win New York Marathon


Shalane Flanagan became the first off the fast-closing Kipsang at the
American woman in 40 years to win line in Central Park. “New York is
the New York City Marathon on very amazing. The course is fantas-
Sunday, joining Kenya’s Geoffrey tic,” Kamworor said. “I’m looking
Kamworor in winning a first major forward to coming back next year.”
marathon crown just five days after Flanagan, the 2010 New York
a deadly Manhattan truck attack that marathon runner-up, was sixth in last
left eight people dead. year’s Rio Olympic marathon. She
Flanagan, coming off a back injury was the 10,000m runner-up at the
that kept her from racing at Boston, 2008 Beijing Olympics.
captured her breakthrough title at age Kenya’s Mary Keitany, who was
36 in 2hrs 26mins 53secs and was in chasing her fourth consecutive New
tears on the podium. York women’s victory, settled for
“This is a moment I’ve dreamed second, 61 seconds behind Flangan,
of since I was a little girl,” Flanagan with Ethiopia’s Mamitu Daska third
said. “It’s indescribable. These are in 2:28:08.
the moments we dream of to realize After a slow pace in the first half
our potential and see how incred- of the race, Keitany took the lead
ible we can be.” Expanded security just after the midpoint and surged at
lined the route of the world-famous 15 miles, shrinking the front pack to
race, which saw an estimated 50,000 nine before slowing the pace once
runners from more than 125 nations Shalane Flanagan of the United States celebrates winning (Photo AFP) again.
compete over 26.2 miles (42.1km) a US woman won on the “Big Apple” was three seconds back with Ethio- At 21 miles, Keitany, Flanagan
across the city streets. streets. Kamworor took his first vic- pia’s Lelisa Desisa third in 2:11:32. and Daska pulled away and at mile
New York’s recent tragedy revived tory at the distance in his seventh Kamworor, 24, settled for second in 23, Flanagan grabbed the lead for
memories of the 2013 Boston Mara- marathon start. 2015 to Kenyan Stanley Biwott after good.
thon that was targeted by bombers, Two years after losing the lead late being overtaken late in the race. New York City Mayor Bill de
but the carnage also helped inspire in the 26.2-mile race, Kamworor held Kipsang, 35, won in Tokyo earlier Blasio said the event being staged
Flanagan’s triumphant run. off compatriot Wilson Kipsang to win this year but quit after 30km in Sep- as planned was “a terrorist’s worst
“It has been a tough week for New in an unofficial time of 2hrs 10mins tember’s Berlin Marathon. nightmare” for bringing together
Yorkers and a tough week for our 53secs. Eritrea’s Ghirmay Ghebreslassie, people from a variety of cultures with
nation and I thought what better gift “I’m so happy. I feel so great to the 2016 winner, started strong in resiliency despite the deadly attack.
than to make our nation and our peo- be the champion,” Kamworor said. defending his crown, surging ahead “This day is incredibly important
ple smile,” Flanagan said. “I thought “This is my first marathon victory. twice but being overtaken quickly for New York and the entire country,”
of that when I began to feel the pain.” I’m so happy and so delighted.” Kip- by the pack each time. Kamworor De Blasio said. “We’re standing up to
Not since Miki Gorman in 1977 had sang, the 2014 New York champion, made his move at mile 21 and held terrorists.

Back-to-back “Incredible week. Hard to describe honestly. I don’t think it’s really hit or soaked in yet”
Rose wins in Turkey, closes Sock wins Paris Masters, makes Tour Finals
on European No.1 spot American Jack Sock battled back to the brink of becoming the first hit Krajinovic at the start of the sec-
ond set and Sock broke in the open-
from a set down to beat qualifier Filip
qualifier to win a Masters title since
Justin Rose moved closer to a second Krajinovic 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 and win the Albert Portas in 2001, but ultimately ing game.
European Tour No. 1 title when suc- Paris Masters title on Sunday, snatch- he failed to become only the second The top-spin on Sock’s forehand
cess in the Turkish Airlines Open at ing a place at the World Tour Finals. Serb after Novak Djokovic to tri- was causing all sorts of problems,
Antalya on Sunday earned the Eng- The 16th seed ended his Serbian umph at this level. helping secure a double-break as he
lishman back-to-back victories for opponent’s fairytale run in the French “This was the best week in my looked set to take the match to a de-
the first time. capital to break into the world’s top life,” Krajinovic said. “I will never cider.
Rose birdied three of his closing 10 for the first time and take the last forget this moment in my life. Com- He took his foot off the pedal to
four holes in a final round six-under place for London from Spaniard Pab- ing from qualifying to the final was a give one of the breaks straight back,
par 65 for a one stroke win at 18-un- lo Carreno Busta. dream come true.” but closed out the set with a confident
der par tally on the Regnum Carya Despite dropping a tight opening Any worries that the world num- hold to love.
course. set, the 25-year-old upped his game ber 77 would struggle with nerves Sock had come from a set down to
The Rio Olympic champion and and stormed through the decider to were quickly put to bed as he held win the pair’s only previous meeting
world No.6 went into the final day claim the biggest title of his career. his opening service game with an ex- at a Challenger in the United States
trailing by two shots but after a third “Incredible week. Hard to describe quisite drop shot. Sock had dropped three years ago, but he failed to strike
birdie of his round at the ninth, Rose honestly. I don’t think it’s really hit or serve eight times going into the final another early blow in the third set as
found himself among three sharing soaked in yet,” Sock, who trailed 5-1 and Krajinovic brought up the first Krajinovic held after a lengthy first
the lead at 14-under par. in the third set of his opener against break point of the match in game five. game.
South African Dylan Frittelli Briton Kyle Edmund, told a press The world number 22 saved it The vital breakthrough came
seized the clubhouse lead at 17-under conference. with a drop volley, but the underdog shortly afterwards though when Sock
par after a round of a seven-under par “Coming in this week I had no idea quickly created another opportunity crunched two magnificent passing
64 that included seven birdies and I could even make London. and Sock gifted him the break with a shots from well behind the baseline
with three of those at the 5th, 6th and “To come back from the deficit I double fault. to leave Krajinovic stunned.
8th holes resulting from chip-in’s. was down in my first match here, and Sock immediately hit back as Kra-
Rose then tied Frittelli with a four- to have this trophy next to me now jinovic, also 25, produced a sloppy
metre birdie at 16 ahead of holing a and talking to you guys has been an game, finished off with a wild fore-
three-metre birdie at the last. incredible achievement.” hand into the tramlines.
The win is Rose’s 10th European Sock, who was 24th in the ‘Race But Krajinovic, who will rise to
Tour success and comes just a week to London’ standings before arriving 33 in the world rankings on Mon-
after he captured the WGC–HSBC at Bercy, will become the American day, brought up a set point in the
Champions in Shanghai. number one for the first time, after 12th game as he made the most of
“This is an incredibly sweet mo- beating the man who knocked out his his freedom to attack the Sock serve
ment and it is like a bus as you wait compatriots Sam Querrey and John at 6-5 ahead, and the American
ages for one and two turn-up at once,” Isner earlier in the week. Krajinovic dumped a forehand into the net. The
he said smiling. showcased the game that took him enormity of the situation appeared to Jack Sock (Photo AFP)

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Sudokumania
The aim of the game is to fill a 9x9 grid (81 squares) that is subdivided into 3x3 “sub-squares, with each of the numbers one through nine, besides
the ones that are already filled with numbers.
The rule is that each number appear only once per row, once per column, and only once per sub-square. It is rather easy to solve, in fact no math-
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