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Important news for important people
www.dedicatedpress.com Volume 3075 Sunday January 28, 2018
International Business Sports
Millions of tonnes of ash and rock President Donald Trump may have Michigan’s attorney general prom- Cabo San Lucas
from an erupting Philippine volcano realized his “America First” policy ised Saturday a “full and complete in- Sunny
could bury nearby communities due risks leaving the US alone on trade, vestigation” into how ex-USA Gym- Sunrise: 7:01 AM
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Choosing “Don’t Stop,” as his theme song when he won the White House in 1992 Diplomacy
Hail to Fleetwood Mac: Bill Clinton leads Grammy tribute UN will send Syria envoy to
Russia peace conference
2016 election, who was sitting in the UN Secretary-General Antonio
crowd at Radio City Music Hall. Guterres has decided to send his en-
The night’s performers included voy Staffan de Mistura to a peace
Lorde, who is in the running Sunday conference in Russia next week, a
for the most prestigious Grammy of UN spokesman said Saturday, despite
Album of the Year. The 21-year-old an opposition boycott.
New Zealander commanded the stage Russia had long sought UN partici-
with an impassioned cover of Fleet- pation in the Sochi conference aimed
wood Mac’s “Silver Springs.” at advancing toward an end to the six-
Miley Cyrus showed off her vo- year war in Syria.
cal range as she delivered a silkier Guterres “is confident that the con-
take of one of Fleetwood Mac’s best- gress in Sochi will be an important
loved songs, “Waterfall,” originally contribution” to reviving the peace
marked by Stevie Nicks’ sandy hue. talks held under UN auspices in Ge-
Fleetwood Mac, who went on a neva, said UN spokesman Stephane
major tour last year, took the stage for Dujarric.
five songs starting with “The Chain,” The decision came just hours after
MusiCares Person of the Year honoring Fleetwood Mac (Photo AFP) with a delighted Harry Styles, the Syria’s main opposition group an-
heartthrob of One Direction fame, nounced it was boycotting the talks
Bill Clinton has hobnobbed with His success managed to reunite the joining the rock elders. opening in the Black Sea resort of
plenty of musicians but, leading a notoriously turbulent band to play The annual pre-Grammy concert is Sochi on Monday.
tribute at the Grammys, he said he for his inauguration, and Clinton has known as MusiCares, which raises mon- Russia has invited more than 1,500
always had a special place for Fleet- since frequently taken stage to the ey for musicians who fall on hard times. delegates to the two-day conference
wood Mac. song. Neil Portnow, the president of Re- that the West views as a competing
The former president presented a “I also want to say how honored I cording Academy which administers peace track to the UN-led effort with
lifetime achievement award to the am to honor the band whose famous the Grammys, said the concert gener- the aim of carving out a settlement
rock legends late Friday ahead of the song, ‘Don’t Stop Thinking About ated $7 million. that will be favorable to Moscow’s
Grammy Awards at a star-studded Tomorrow,’ has been played for me Clinton, himself a saxophonist, ally Bashar al-Assad.
concert in New York that featured more often than ‘Hail to the Chief,’” said he saw firsthand as an aspiring The boycott by the opposition Syr-
Lorde, Harry Styles, Miley Cyrus, Clinton said, referring to the anthem young musician in Arkansas how dif- ian Negotiations Commission (SNC)
Keith Urban and Imagine Dragons. played by the US Marine Band for ficult the business can be. followed two days of UN talks in Vi-
Clinton chose Fleetwood Mac’s presidential appearances. “I learned a long time ago that mu- enna that failed to yield progress.
song “Don’t Stop,” with its hopeful On a night full of applause, Clinton sical gifts are widely shared -- and that The UN spokesman indicated that
message of progress, as his theme drew one of the biggest ovations as he a lot of devoted, loving musicians will Guterres had received assurances that
song when he won the White House introduced his “date” -- Hillary Clin- never make enough money to maybe the Sochi conference would not seek
in 1992. ton, the unsuccessful contender in the even support a retirement,” he said. to sideline the UN talks.
Guterres was briefed by De Mis-
“It seems the strike was a mistake,” the official said of the incident in the Euphrates Valley town tura on the outcome of the Vienna
talks and has taken into account a
Eight dead as US strike hits Iraq forces: provincial official statement from Russia that the re-
Eight Iraqis were killed on Saturday, The dead were travelling in a con- al-Samarmad”. It said it had requested sult of the Sochi conference “would
most of them security personnel, in a US voy which had been deployed to sup- “air support from the international be brought to Geneva as a contribu-
air strike that apparently targeted them port an operation against suspected Is- coalition”. “Once the terrorist was ar- tion to the intra-Syrian talks process
by mistake, a provincial official said. lamic State group militants in the area. rested and while troops were carrying under the auspices of the United Na-
“Eight people -- a senior intelli- The strike destroyed most of the ve- out searches, a grenade was thrown tions,” the spokesman said in a state-
gence official, five policemen and a hicles in the convoy and also wounded from an adjacent building.” ment.
woman -- were killed by a US strike 20 people, including the town’s police As the special forces troops re- The UN chief has “decided to ac-
on the centre of Al-Baghdadi,” a chief, who was in a serious condition, turned to base, they ran into a convoy cept the invitation of the Russian
town in western Iraq, the official said, the provincial official said. of police and paramilitaries of the Federation to send a representative to
asking not to be identified. Iraq’s Joint Operations Command, Hashed al-Shaabi auxiliary force that attend the Sochi Congress” and has
“It seems the strike was a mistake,” which coordinates the campaign had been sent to support them. asked De Mistura to go, he added.
the official said of the incident in the against IS, said it had ordered a special The convoy was composed of pick- More than 340,000 people have
Euphrates Valley town, adjacent to forces raid in the town after receiving up trucks and the returning forces died in the carnage, millions have fled
the Ain al-Asad airbase 250 kilome- intelligence of a “meeting to be at- mistook them for jihadists and called their homes and the fighting has left
tres (160 miles) west of the capital. tended by terrorist commander Karim in a coalition air strike, the JOC said. the country in ruins.

International
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“The important thing is to move out in case of heavy rains... this is a precautionary measure”
Deadly mudflows threaten residents near erupting Philippine volcano


Millions of tonnes of ash and rock Volcanic mudflows are a perennial
from an erupting Philippine volcano problem during and after volcanic erup-
could bury nearby communities due tions in the Philippines, which sits on the
to heavy rain, authorities said Satur- “Ring of Fire” -- islands in the Pacific
day, as tens of thousands flee over that were formed by volcanic activity.
fears of a deadly explosion. The government has already evac-
The official Philippine Institute of uated more than 84,000 people from
Volcanology and Seismology (Phi- a “danger zone” stretching as far as
volcs) issued the warning as heavy nine kilometres (six miles) around
rains lashed the area surrounding Mayon over fears of a possible dead-
the Mayon volcano, which has been ly eruption.
emitting flaming lava and giant Provincial disaster relief head Cedric
clouds of superheated ash for the Daep said he expects the number of peo-
past week. ple evacuated to increase as residents
Rainwater could combine with the flee from areas threatened by lahar.
volcanic ash and rock to form deadly, Mixed blessing
fast-moving mudflows -- called “la- However, the rains were also wash-
hars” -- that could sweep away entire ing away the thick, choking carpet of
settlements, it said. ash that has covered many communi-
“The important thing is to move ties in the shadow of Mayon in the
out in case of heavy rains... this is past week, Daep said.
a precautionary measure,” Phivolcs Cloud-covered Mayon volcano spews ash as it erupts near the Philippine city of Legazpi (AFP) “The rains also washed away the
chief Renato Solidum told AFP. avalanche of volcanic mud from its told AFP as rain poured outside her ashes on grasslands. That means that
The institute earlier said that 25 slopes that claimed 1,000 lives. home. cattle could now feed on the grasses
million cubic metres (about 883 Phivolcs said Mayon had emitted “Back in 2006 the lahar flow was so which they could not do in the past
million cubic feet) of ash and other fountains of lava on Friday but bad powerful it was like waves sweeping days,” he added.
volcanic material had recently been weather was preventing observation away even homes made of cement.” Mayon, located about 330 kilome-
emitted by Mayon, settling on its of the volcano’s activity on Saturday. The mother-of-three said she had tres (205 miles) southeast of the capi-
slopes and elsewhere nearby. Cement swept away packed her bags and was ready to tal Manila, is the most active of the
It warned that this could result in Residents living by a river in Dara- leave her home. country’s 22 volcanoes -- and one of
lahars flowing into waterways, and ga town in Albay province expressed Observers saw a shroud of steam the deadliest.
called on officials to move residents fear of a repeat of the 2006 incident. covering the entire mountain as Four foreign tourists and their lo-
near rivers to higher ground. “We are worried that lahar will heavy rain met the hot lava and vol- cal tour guide were killed when it last
An explosion of the 2,460-metre flow again. We cannot sleep sound- canic material on Mayon’s slopes. erupted in May 2013.
(8,070-foot) Mayon in August 2006 ly at night. We sleep like chickens, Steam could also be seen rising In 1814, more than 1,200 people
did not directly kill anyone but four waking up at the slightest rumble of from the volcano’s crater as rainwater were killed when lava flows buried
months later, a typhoon unleashed an the volcano,” Virginia Tuscano, 47, entered its interior. the nearby town of Cagsawa.

Germany Algeria “We will coordinate to see if we want to increase our sanctions”
Merkel warns of rising anti- Vatican recognises French Venezuela rejects ‘unacceptable’ Macron sanctions comments
Semitism on Holocaust Day monks killed as martyrs The Venezuelan government Satur- tions against Venezuelans linked to
the Maduro regime had been “lim-
day rejected what it considered “un-
German Chancellor Angela Merkel The Vatican on Saturday declared sev- acceptable statements” by French ited.”
warned of rising anti-Semitism in her en French Trappist monks beheaded President Emmanuel Macron indi- “It will be at the European level
country on International Holocaust by Islamists in Algeria in 1996 as mar- cating support for increased Euro- that we will coordinate to see if we
Remembrance Day, calling the need tyrs, paving the way for their beatifica- pean Union sanctions against Ven- want to increase our sanctions. I am
to protect Jewish buildings “shame- tion -- the first step towards sainthood. ezuela. in favor,” Macron said at a press con-
ful”. On the night of March 26-27 1996, Macron’s comments were “a hos- ference with visiting Argentine Presi-
It is important to remember the the monks were abducted from the Pri- tile and unfriendly act by a leader of a dent Mauricio Macri.
millions of Holocaust victims be- ory of Our Lady of Atlas in Tibehirine, nation with which Venezuela has cul- In response, an incensed Caracas
cause “anti-Semitism, racism and the about 80 kilometres (50 miles) south of tivated historical and brotherly ties,” accused France of “trying to become
hatred of others are more relevant” Algiers, by members of the insurgent a Venezuelan foreign ministry state- a copy of the supremacist govern-
recently, Merkel said in her weekly Armed Islamic Group of Algeria (GIA). ment read. ment of the United States,” which
podcast on Saturday. Their heads were discovered two Following a court decision to seeks “to cause distress ... and fuel
“It is inconceivable and shameful months later and their death was an- exclude the Venezuelan opposition conflict” in Venezuela.
that no Jewish institution can exist nounced by the GIA. from presidential elections in April, The angry reaction from Caracas
without police protection, whether it The monks are part of 19 clergy Macron on Friday denounced the follows EU sanctions on seven Ven-
is a school, a kindergarten or a syna- slain in Algeria between 1994 and “unacceptable authoritarian slide” ezuelan officials for “serious viola-
gogue,” she said. 1996, including Bishop Pierre Clav- of the oil-rich and once prosperous tions of human rights” this week, es-
The chancellor also reaffirmed her erie of Oran. country. Macron also said that the calated tensions between Venezuela
support of creating the position of an- The Tiberihine monks -- Dom impact of individual European sanc- and the bloc.
ti-Semitism commissioner in the next Christian de Cherge, Brother Luc
German government, if her party can (born Paul Dochier), Father Chris-
finalise tortuous negotiations to forge tophe (Lebreton), Brother Michel
a coalition. (Fleury), Father Bruno (born Christian
The commissioner would be ap- Lemarchand), Father Celestin (Ringe-
pointed to counter growing hate ard), and Brother Paul (Favre-Miville)
speech against Jews and Israel in -- were aged between 45 and 82.
German from both its home-grown The Vatican said the monks were
far-right and some recent migrants in murdered in odium fidei, or out of ha-
the Muslim community. tred for the faith.
Israeli flags were burnt in Berlin in Beatification is reserved for three cat-
December to protest the US decision egories of people: martyrs, those who
to recognise Jerusalem as the Israeli have lived a life of heroic values, and
capital. others with a clear saintly reputation.

Business
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A year after one of his first official acts was to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Wall Street Indexes
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Gregory Daco of Oxford Econom- Australia 6,050.023 - 0.08%
ics said he is not confident Trump is Frankfurt 13,340.17 + 0.31%
set to do “a 180 on trade.” Italy 23,856.99 + 0.58%
Just before going to Davos he “took London 7,665.54 + 0.65%
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a host of decisions looming on steel Latin-American Stock Indexes
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Edward Alden, of the New York- Santiago 5,855.67 + 0.76%
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told AFP that “the biggest story here
US President Donald Trump delivers a speech during the World Economic Forum (AFP) is he is under pressure from business Venezuela 3,662.120 + 27.01%
President Donald Trump may have vidually, or perhaps as a group, but not to embrace” a radically protec- 3M Co Most Active Stocks
realized his “America First” policy only “if it is in the interests of all.” tionist trade policy agenda. Alcoa
risks leaving the US alone on trade, A 180 on trade? “Trump clearly received this mes- Amex
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fer to rejoin a multilateral trade pact vague, was well received by the free- The business community certainly B. of America
will bear fruit. market loving audience, which in- has ramped up its efforts to convince Boeing
Trump went to the free-trade bas- cluded the who’s who of the world’s the administration to preserve the Caterpillar
tion World Economic Forum in Da- economic and political elite. North American Free Trade Agree- Chevron
vos, Switzerland and offered the pos- The TPP was initially a US-led ment (NAFTA), which Trump also Cisco Systems
sibility that the US would rejoin the project that, while deliberately ex- threatened to tear up. US, Canadian Coca Cola
Trans-Pacific Partnership. cluding Washington’s rival China, and Mexican officials will continue Dupont
That came a year after one of his would have accounted for 40 percent the latest round of talks to salvage the Exxon Mobil
first official acts as president was to of global gross domestic product, one accord this weekend in Montreal. General Electric
withdraw from the deal, and only of the most important economic indi- “I think there is a realization that H.P.
days after the 11 remaining TPP cators. you can’t just be America First, and Home Depot
countries agreed to proceed with the Trump dumped the deal in the be- America alone, you have to be Amer- IBM
accord in the absence of the United lief it would punish US workers by ica with others,” Daco said. Intel
States. allowing companies to hire cheaper But he cautioned, “I’m not that Johnson & Johnson
That decision to go ahead without labor abroad. confident honestly” that Trump will JPMorgan
the US “really got under his skin,” His first year in office has been follow through on the TPP offer. Kraft Heinz Co
said Monica de Bolle of the Washing- marked by a huge increase in trade Daco said that Trump, now re- McDonalds
ton-based Peterson Institute for Inter- complaints against various countries, turned to Washington, will have Merck & Co
national Economics. especially China. other major issues looming including Microsoft
But Trump also plays to the crowd, “With President Trump and trade reaching a budget agreement to pre- Pfizer
which makes some wonder if he will policy, the world has learned to have vent another government shutdown, Procter & Gamble
follow through. to ‘wait and see.’ There can some- raising the federal debt limit, and the Travelers Cos
In his speech Friday to a packed times be a large gulf between his investigation into possible election United Tech.
audience in Davos, Trump said the words one day and his policy actions campaign collusion with Russia. Verizon
US would consider negotiating with the next,” Chad Bown of the Peterson “At home you tend to forget what Wal-Mart
its onetime TPP partners “either indi- Institute told AFP. you said,” Daco noted. Walt Disney
“Diplomacy should repose reason on Kim’s reckless rhetoric and dangerous provocations”
Mattis wants to keep pressure on N. Korea
Korean peninsula,” Mattis said in Pyeongchang next month and form yang on February 8, a day before the
Honolulu. a unified women’s ice hockey team Winter Olympics’ opening ceremony.
The defense secretary was speak- with the South. The North has long said it is open
ing at the start of a meeting with The move followed months of en- to talks without preconditions, but
his South Korean counterpart Song treaties from Seoul to take part in a the US says it must first take con-
Young-Moo at US Pacific Command, “peace Olympics,” prompting a rare crete steps towards denuclearization,
or PACOM, headquarters. and rapid improvement in the atmo- although the administration of Presi-
“Diplomacy should repose reason sphere on the peninsula. dent Donald Trump has at times sent
on Kim’s reckless rhetoric and dan- But the North is also preparing a mixed and conflicting messages on
gerous provocations,” Mattis said, massive military parade in Pyong- the issue.
Jim Mattis (Photo AFP)
warning that the Winter Olympics
The United States and South Ko- talks and the respite in inter-Korean
rea are going to keep tightening the ties that accompany them do not Foreign Exchange
screws on Pyongyang so that the solve overarching problems.
hermit state gives up its nuclear pro- “The Kim regime is a threat to the EURO USA CAN UK AUS SWISS H.KONG JAP
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The photographs caused amusement on the internet US environment
Out on a limb: Vanity Fair’s curious cover California wants 5 million
The latest cover of prestigious US “I accept your 3d leg. As I know expect her to juggle it all with just
magazine Vanity Fair features an an- you accept my 3d hand,” Winfrey two hands?” Vanity Fair joked, not- ‘green’ cars on roads by 2030
nual photograph of Hollywood’s elite joked. ing that the error was being corrected California Governor Jerry Brown Fri-
-- with a twist. She was referring to a separate online. day signed an executive order detailing
Reese Witherspoon, Oprah Win- photograph from the shoot, one in Actor James Franco was also aims to have five million electric cars
frey, Tom Hanks, Robert de Niro, which Winfrey indeed seems to have meant to be part of the Vanity Fair on the state’s roads by 2030 -- by accel-
Nicole Kidman and other stars are three hands: one at her waist, one spread but was scrubbed because of erating the production of such vehicles
grouped for the magazine’s “Holly- around Witherspoon, and a third rest- “the misconduct allegations against using financial incentives and rebates.
wood Issue” in a photo lavishly re- ing on her own leg. him,” The Hollywood Reporter said, The $2.5 billion, eight-year plan
touched -- but forgetting, it seems, to That picture has now been re- citing a Vanity Fair source. also involves the installation of
erase an extra leg. moved from Vanity Fair’s website. He was reportedly accused by five 250,000 electric vehicle charging sta-
“Well...I guess everybody knows The photographs caused amuse- women of sexually inappropriate be- tions and 200 hydrogen fueling sta-
now...I have 3 legs,” Witherspoon ment on the internet Friday, and Van- havior after he won a Golden Globe tions by 2025.
joked on Twitter. “I hope you can still ity Fair played along. this month for best actor in “The Di- “To continue to meet California’s
accept me for who I am.” “While we would have loved the saster Artist”. climate goals and clean air standards,
After Witherspoon’s tweet, Winfrey exclusive on @RWitherspoon’s three Franco sat for the Vanity Fair photo California must go even further to ac-
-- the queen of American television -- legs, unfortunately it’s just the lining shoot but was then digitally removed celerate the market for zero-emission
raised her hand to comment on another of her dress,” the magazine tweeted. from the cover following the allega- vehicles,” the governor’s office said
picture taken for the issue by acclaimed As for Winfrey -- a producer, pre- tions, The Hollywood Reporter said, in a statement.
photographer Annie Leibovitz. senter and actress -- “how can we citing multiple sources. The order aims to “dramatically re-
duce carbon emissions from transpor-
“It perpetuates a racial stereotytpe that African Americans are thieves” tation -- a sector that accounts for 50
California woman sues Walmart for ‘segreated’ black products percent of the state’s greenhouse gas
emissions and 80 percent of smog-
A Californian woman sued supermar- need to be escorted to the cash regis- miliation and psychological trauma forming pollutants,” it added.
ket chain Walmart, accusing the com- ter with the product so she could pur- Grundy was made to feel. The previous target, from 2012,
pany of implementing extra security chase it,” Allred added. When Grundy “We do not tolerate discrimination aimed to get 1.5 million “green” vehi-
measures on products marketed to- raised the issue with a store manager, of any kind at Walmart. We serve more cles on the roads of the most populated
ward black people. she says she did not receive a clear re- than 140 million customers weekly, US state -- which boasts the biggest
Essie Grundy, 43, says all beauty sponse, and no action was taken. crossing all demographics,” the retail automobile market, with around 14.5
products marketed for black people Grundy says she also visited two giant told AFP in a statement. “Some million vehicles for 40 million people.
are placed in a locked glass case, other Walmarts close to her home, products such as electronics, automo- California, where the number of
while cosmetics targeting other eth- and in one cosmetics marketed for tive, cosmetics and other personal care zero emissions vehicles has risen by
nicities are freely available at the African Americans were freely avail- products are subject to additional se- 1,300 percent in six years according
Walmart near her Perris home, about able, but monitored with security sur- curity,” which Walmart said individual to the order, will need to maintain
an hour southeast of Los Angeles. veillance, unlike other products. stores determined “using data.” similarly exponential growth to meet
When she asked a shop employee “As a result of this discrimina- The issue of Walmart securing its latest goal.
why the products were under lock and tory business practice and policy, we beauty products marketed toward black Currently, eco-friendly vehicle sales
key, Grundy was told it “was a direc- filed a lawsuit this morning against people has already been a topic of con- represent five percent of sales in the state.
tive from corporate headquarters,” Walmart,” Allred said, without speci- troversy in the US -- most notably in Two years ago, California also
longtime women’s rights attorney fying the damages being sought. Virginia, where the practice was de- adopted a goal of cutting CO2 emis-
Gloria Allred told reporters. The em- The lawsuit demands an immediate nounced by the United Food and Com- sions to 40 percent below the 1990
ployee also told Grundy “she would stop to the practice -- noting the hu- mercial Workers International Union. level by 2030.
The failure to back up the Commerce Department was a rare move by the panel
US trade commission blocks 300% tariffs on Bombardier CSeries planes
A bipartisan US trade panel on Friday “Today’s decision is a victory for in- commission, which “did not recognize CSeries to the US market.” We are
blocked the government’s decision to novation, competition and the rule of the harm that Boeing has suffered from happy to see that the ITC concurred
impose nearly 300 percent punitive law. It is also a victory for US airlines and the billions of dollars in illegal govern- with our views,” Airbus group CEO
tariffs on airplanes manufactured by the US traveling public,” Bombardier ment subsidies” Bombardier received. Tom Enders told AFP.
Canada’s Bombardier, in a dispute that said in a statement shortly after the vote. “Those violations have harmed “We will carry on full steam with our
has inflamed relations with Ottawa. Canadian Foreign Minister Chrys- the US aerospace industry, and we C series ‎project, focusing on address-
The US International Trade Com- tia Freeland said Ottawa was likewise are feeling the effects of those unfair ing the needs of our airline customers
mission voted 4-0 that there was no “very pleased” with the ruling. business practices in the market ev- and creating more and new, high-skill
injury to US manufacturers, which “The government of Canada will ery day,” it added. manufacturing jobs in the US.”‎
effectively forces President Donald always vigorously defend the Cana- A Boeing spokesman told AFP the The aircraft case is one of several
Trump’s Commerce Department to dian aerospace industry and its work- company would review the commis- that have soured the Trump White
reverse course on the retaliatory mea- ers against protectionist trade poli- sion’s reasoned decision early next House’s relations with Canada, which
sures designed to protect Boeing. cies,” she said in a statement. month before deciding future steps. last month lodged a wide-ranging
The failure to back up the Com- Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa The company could appeal the rul- complaint with the World Trade Or-
merce Department was a rare move May described the decision as “good ing in US federal courts. ganization, challenging US moves to
by the panel, but it will not release news for British industry.” Bombardier argued that Boeing impose punitive tariffs.
an explanation of its reasoning until “Bombardier and its innovative suffered no harm because it did not As tensions turned raw last year, the
March. workforce play a vital role in the offer a comparable sized jet to com- Canadian government scrapped plans
Boeing filed a trade complaint after Northern Ireland economy,” she pete for Delta’s business. to buy 18 Super Hornet fighter jets,
Delta Air Lines placed an order for wrote on Twitter. In addition, the Canadian firm has which are manufactured by Boeing.
75 of the CSeries jets, which can seat The ruling comes as fraught talks since struck a bargain with European The ITC is an independent federal
between 100 and 150 passengers, and are underway this week in Montreal manufacturer Airbus, giving the latter agency and its commissioners are bal-
found a receptive ear in the Trump to renegotiate the North American a controlling stake in the CSeries jets anced between Republicans and Dem-
administration, which has ratcheted Free Trade Agreement between Can- and allowing them to be manufac- ocrats, although it currently has only
up adversarial trade actions. ada, Mexico and the United States. tured duty-free in Alabama. four instead of the usual six members.
Although none of the planes have ‘Disappointed’ “With this matter behind us, we are Unlike the Commerce Department,
been delivered, the Commerce De- Shares in Bombardier jumped moving full speed ahead with final- ITC investigations determine whether
partment ruled that the aircraft ben- higher on the news, finishing up more izing our partnership with Airbus,” US industry is injured or threatened
efited from unfair subsidies and were than 15 percent in Toronto. Bombardier said. with harm by the imports in question.
sold below cost, allowing Bombardier Boeing said the company was “dis- “Integration planning is going well Both agencies have to rule in favor
to have an advantage over Boeing. appointed” with the decision by the and we look forward to delivering the before punitive tariffs can take effect.

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About 160 women appeared in court or testified anonymously NBA
Michigan launches probe into US gymnastics sex abuse doctor Cousins, Conley out for
remainder of season
Michigan’s attorney general prom- “Frankly, they should be the last New Orleans Pelicans forward LaMar-
ised Saturday a “full and complete ones to be providing advice given cus Cousins, set for a starting appearance
investigation” into how ex-USA their conduct throughout this entire in the NBA All-Star Game next month,
Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar got episode,” Schuette said. will instead miss the remainder of the
away with abusing young women He also revealed that a special in- season, the club announced Saturday.
over the two decades he worked at a dependent counsel, Bill Forsyth, has Cousins will undergo surgery to
university. been chosen to direct the investiga- repair a ruptured left Achilles tendon
Speaking at a press conference, At- tion. suffered when he was going for a re-
torney General Bill Schuette said his Forsyth, a veteran prosecutor, said bound late in the Pelicans’ 115-113
department would “put a bright light he had “never seen anything with the victory over Houston on Friday.
at every corner” of Michigan State scope... of this particular investiga- An MRI exam confirmed the extent
University (MSU), where Nassar tion” during his 43-year career, and of the injury and the need for surgery for
worked until 2016. that the investigation would take “a the 2016 Rio Olympic gold medalist.
“This will be done right, period,” Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar (AFP) great deal of time.” Paired with fellow big man Antho-
said Schuette, also a Republican gu- “How was he allowed to engage in ny Davis, Cousins had helped push the
bernatorial candidate in Michigan’s gold medalists Simone Biles, Aly Ra- this behavior for almost 20 years?” Pelicans toward their first playoff ap-
November election. isman, Gabby Douglas and McKayla Forsyth asked. pearance since 2015 and what would
“No individual and no department Maroney. “Who at Michigan State knew or have been the first post-season trip of
at Michigan State University is off About 160 women appeared in was aware of what he was doing?” his eight-season NBA career, six of
limits,” he warned. court or testified anonymously to the Michigan State Police will contrib- those campaigns with Sacramento.
“My department and this investiga- emotional pain caused by Nassar. ute to the investigation, joining senior Cousins is averaging 25.2 points
tion will find out who knew what, and MSU has come under scrutiny in investigators in the attorney general’s and 1.6 blocked shots a game as well
who took action, who failed to take particular for a 2014 investigation office. as career highs of 12.9 rebounds and
action, what did or did not happen that cleared Nassar of serious wrong- State police director Colonel Kriste 5.4 assists a game.
and what should have happened.” doing. Kibbey Etue said the unit “welcomes He ranked third in the league in re-
Nassar was sentenced Wednesday Mark Hollis, director of MSU’s this opportunity to help the attorney bounds and eighth in scoring.
to up to 175 years in prison after be- prestigious intercollegiate athletics general to fully investigate and deter- Also announcing a season-ending
ing convicted of abusing young fe- program since 2008, announced Fri- mine if any other crimes have been surgery on Saturday were the Mem-
male patients. The abuse occurred at day he was stepping down from his committed.” phis Grizzlies, who declared the cam-
his sports medicine clinic at Michi- post -- two days after the university’s Nassar’s case has shaken US gym- paign over for guard Mike Conley.
gan State University as well as train- president resigned. nastics and the US Olympic Commit- Conley, who had been sidelined
ing facilities sanctioned by USA Schuette said Michigan State Uni- tee subsequently announced an inde- since November, will undergo sur-
Gymnastics. versity’s board of trustees asked him pendent inquiry into the scandal. It gery to smooth a small bone protru-
The case attracted huge attention to examine their handling of the scan- demanded that the USA Gymnastics sion in his left heel that continues to
for its scope and the victims included dal -- but he strongly rejected any in- board resign en masse -- which they cause pain. He is expected to recover
high-profile stars such as Olympic put from them. did on Friday. in time for the 20-18-19 season.

Golf When darkness halted the second round Horse Racing
Woods defies difficulties to Canada’s Henderson leads Feng by one at LPGA opener Gun Runner makes trium-
card 2-under 70 Canada’s Brooke Henderson com- with a birdie at the par-3 12th and phant exit with Pegasus win
another at 18 to claim second place
pleted a level par 73 Saturday to seize
Tiger Woods was wild off the tee, but a one-stroke lead over China’s top- alone with the front nine yet to finish. Gun Runner, the 2017 Horse of the
some spectacular putting saw him ranked Feng Shanshan when dark- A pack of five players were two Year, retired a champion Saturday by
salvage a third-round 70 on Saturday ness halted the second round of the strokes off the pace at three-under, winning the second annual Pegasus
at the Farmers Insurance Open. Bahamas LPGA Classic. including Americans Ryann O’Toole World Cup Invitational, pulling away
“It was gross,” Woods, playing the The season-opening event, short- and Danielle Kang in the clubhouse late in the world’s richest horse race.
weekend of a US PGA Tour event for ened to 54 holes after brisk winds on 143, compatriot Lexi Thompson Out quickly from the 10th gate in
the first time since August of 2015, played havoc Friday, will attempt for with 10 holes to complete, Spanish the 12-horse field for the 1 1/8th-mile
said of a round that saw him hit just a third day to finish the second round rookie Luna Sobron Galmes also showdown at Florida’s Gulfstream
three of 14 fairways. and make the cut Sunday before try- with 10 holes remaining and Tai- Park, 4-5 favorite Gun Runner settled
He was in the right rough, the left ing to complete round three also. wan’s Hsu Wei-Ling with the back into second behind Connected.
rough and four bunkers. But Woods Henderson, who began round two nine still ahead of her. At the third turn, jockey Florent
rolled in four birdie putts ranging with a bogey on Friday before high Kang, last year’s Women’s PGA Geroux sent Gun Runner into the lead
from a tap-in to a 15-footer to counter winds stopped play, made three bo- Championship winner, also posted a and he surged ahead from there, fend-
two bogeys on a Torrey Pines South geys and four birdies on Saturday. 73 Saturday. ing off a late backstetch challenge by
Course where his eight wins include She birdied all three par-5 holes on “It’s definitely playing tougher,” West Coast to win in 1:47.41.
his 14th and most recent major title at the back nine, following with bogeys Kang said. “Those little mistakes That gave last year’s Breeders Cup
the 2008 US Open. on two of them before making the last come into play when it’s those type of Classsic winner the $7 million top
“That’s just fighting, fighting and at 18. conditions. It was fun, though. I like prize from the $16 million race.
grinding,” said Woods, who had a 54- That was enough to leave her on this kind of weather.” Bob Baffert-trained West Coast --
hole total of three-under par 213. five-under 141 for 36 holes and one the betting second choice at 4-1 who
“I didn’t have much, but I fought and stroke ahead of Feng, who finished started second from the rail -- was
put up a score and made some putts.” nine holes of her second round Satur- second, taking $1.6 million with third-
Woods, 42, is making his return to day after the planned resumption was place Gunnevera taking $1.3 million.
the PGA Tour for the first time since delayed almost four hours by high “Just a very emotional time,” said
missing the cut at Torrey Pines last winds. Gun Runner trainer Steve Asmussen.
year. “Coming out today I wanted to “For him to come through like he did
He had missed all of 2016 battling make that par putt I had left on two today, overcome the draw, I’m so
back trouble, and last year’s comeback and try to get my round turned around proud of him.
bid was cut short by recurring pain and a little bit,” said Henderson. “There “He’s a dream come true. He’s just
spinal fusion surgery in April. were a couple of bogeys I would like a special individual. This memory
Woods, who says he’s playing to take back but having four birdies is will be with us forever.”
without pain for the first time in really good.” By mid-February, Gun Runner will
years, was trending in the right direc- Feng began off the 10th tee, made a be put out to stud after having won
tion, with rounds of 72-71-70. bogey at the par-5 11th but answered Brooke Henderson (Photo AFP) six of his final seven races.

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