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FARC, Colombian govt
strike revised peace deal
Colombias government and
Marxist FARC rebels Sunday
announced a revised peace deal
to end 52 years of armed conflict,
after voters rejected a prior peace
accord in a referendum. The
modified agreement leaves intact
the accords major tenets,
including the FARC laying down
its arms and becoming a political
party.
Suicide hotline goes crazy after Trump victory
Last time it was swamped by calls was in aftermath of 9/11; largely peaceful protests against President-elect continue for fourth day after poll results
FARWA IMAM ALI @ NEW YORK
SHOCKED and in despair, Ameri-
cans jammed the National Sui-
cide Prevention Hotline (NSPL)
as results from the US presiden-
tial election trickled in on Tues-
day night.
Clinically speaking, it was
citizens expressing their fears
and disappointment, explains
psychiatrist Dr Bindu Shan-
mugham, Medical Director, Vet-
eran Administration Healthcare
System, California. Her observa-
tions are confirmed by informa-
Bobby Jindal in
race for post in
Trumps Cabinet
Amul Thapar Bobby Jindal
WASHINGTON
BOBBY Jindal, a two-term Loui-
siana Governor and the first Indi-
an-American to be elected as a
state governor, is among the
shortlisted candidates for US
President-elect Donald Trumps
Cabinet, according to a media
report.
If appointed, 45-year-old Jindal
will be the first ever Indian-
American to be included in a
presidents cabinet. According to
the Wall Street Journal, Jindal is
being considered for the position
of Secretary of Health along with
Ben Carson. Jindal, who has been
keeping a low profile after drop-
ping out of the Republican presi-
dential primary, did not respond
to queries on his possible Cabinet
position.
In more good news for India,
Indian-American judge Amul
Thapar is among the shortlisted
potential nominees for US Su-
preme Court justices picked by
President-elect Donald Trump.
The nomination list, an-
nounced earlier, now assumes
significance since Trump, as the
45th president of the United
States, would be in a position to
Alibaba owner to support
8-year-old lookalike
BEIJING: Chinas second richest
man has been moved by the plight
of a young kid who is his look-alike
and has decided to financially
support the eight-year-olds
studies. Jack Ma, founder of
e-commerce giant Alibaba, was
moved by the plight of Fan
Xiaoqin, or mini Jack Ma.
MONDAY 14 11 2016
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HRW accuses Iraqi Kurds S Korean prosecutors to
of destroying Arab villages interrogate Prez Park
Iraqi Kurdish forces have
demolished Arab homes and
buildings and in some cases,
entire villages in disputed areas in
the countrys north, Human
Rights Watch said on Sunday.
While the Iraqi federal and
Kurdish regional governments are
both fighting IS, there are long-
running disputes between them
over territory and resources.
tion released by Paul Draper, Di-
rector, NSPL, which said that
between 1 am2 am on Wednes-
day, the national network fielded
660 calls, nearly thrice the nor-
mal volume. But 72 hours later,
the calls declined. Much like the
election outcome, this too was un-
precedented in the history of sui-
cide prevention programmes.
As a public health scientist, I
observed increased stress among
people even before Election Day,
recalls Dr Priyaa R S, presently
Director of Research & Clinical
Assistant Professor at the Gold-
Pramila Jayapal
nominate three Supreme Court
judges.
The first Article II Judge of
South Asian origin, Thapar was
nominated to this position by the
former Republican president
George W Bush. Thapar has
taught law students at the Uni-
versity of Cincinnati and George-
town. He has served as an Assist-
ant US Attorney in Washington
and the Southern District of
Ohio, the Trump campaign
said.
Meanwhile, Pramila Jayapal,
the first Indian-American woman
to be elected to the US House of
Representatives, has asserted she
would strongly oppose any efforts
by President-elect Donald Trump
to enforce his rhetoric against
Muslims. After her election, Jaya-
pal, who ran on a progressive
agenda and was endorsed by Sen-
ator Bernie Sanders, described
the Republican nominees victory
as shocking.
She is one of the four Indian-
Americans to have won Congres-
sional elections this year. The
others were Kamala Harris for
US Senate, and Ro Khanna and
Raja Krishnamoorthi for the US
House of Representatives. PTI
Young lovers finally tie
the knot 7 decades later
LONDON: A couple in the United
Kingdom have finally married after
they were forced to call off their
engagement 65 years ago
following a family row. Helen
Andres daughter, who tracked
Davy Moakes down, said the pair
were madly in love after being
reunited.
SEOUL
South Korean prosecutors said
Sunday they would question
President Park Geun-Hye this
week over a snowballing
corruption scandal that has
triggered protests calling for her
resignation. The prosecutors
have already quizzed a Samsung
group scion and the chairman of
Hyundai Motor in connection with
the case, a report said Sunday.
man School, Boston University.
The last time the suicide preven-
tion hotline was swamped by
calls was in the immediate after-
math of the 9/11 terror attacks.
Anti-Don protests continue
Protests against President-elect
Trump continued for the fourth
day as tens of thousands of peo-
ple marched in streets across the
US. The protests held in big cities
like New York and Chicago as
well as smaller ones, such as
Worcester, Massachusetts, and
Terror bites back
On Saturday, 52 were killed and hundreds wounded when a teenage
suicide bomber blew himself up at a Sufi shrine in Balochistan in an
attack claimed by the IS. Pakistan, which has long been sponsoring
terror in other countries, has itself been hit by a number of deadly
attacks recently. A look
2014
Nov 2
A suicide bomber
at the the Wagah
border crossing
kills 55
Dec 16
Taliban insurgents
storm an army-run
school in
Peshawar, killing
154, most of them
children
Mar 27
An explosion
targets Christians
near a park in
Lahore, 75 killed
Aug 8
At least 73 killed and
dozens wounded
when a blast tears
through mourners at
a hospital in Quetta
Shamans enraged by
female Rasputin scandal
SEOUL: Choi Soon-sil, the daughter
of a shadowy religious figure, has
been dubbed Koreas Rasputin
and the presidents shaman
adviser, causing a furore among
shamans. We are so angry. She
made all of us look like corrupt
charlatans, said Lee Won-Bok,
head of Shaman Korea.
settlement by Toyota to customers who
said their vehicles lacked rust protection
LONDON
Daesh using women
suicide bombers now
In a U-turn, Daesh is using more
women suicide bombers to evade
security measures and spearhead
a wave of attacks across Europe
and the Islamic world as it loses
territory in the Middle East,
according to a media report. Since
August, a series of plots involving
women have been uncovered by
security authorities in Europe and
north Africa, the report said.
Iowa City were largely peaceful.
Protesters rallied at New Yorks
Union Square before matching
up Fifth Avenue towards Trump
Tower, where they were held back
by police barricades.
Meanwhile, an Oklahoma col-
lege student has been suspended
on suspicion of sending racist so-
cial media messages, including
threats of lynchings, to black stu-
dents. The messages were sent to
more than 150 students at the
University of Pennsylvania,
Trumps alma mater.
(With inputs from agencies)
2015
Jan 30
A suicide bomber
hits a Shiite mosque
in Sindh in southern
Pakistan,
61 dead
May 13
The first attack
officially claimed by
the IS in Pakistan
kills 45 Shiites in
Karachi
2016
Oct 25
A suicide bomb assault on
a police academy in
Balochistan kills 61, the
deadliest strike on a
security installation in the
countrys history. Jointly
claimed by the IS and
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
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Dhaka
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KATHMANDU CHRISTCHURCH
Nationwide Maoist strike Tsunami follows 7.8 quake
hits normal life in Nepal in New Zealand, 2 killed
Normal life has been affected in A powerful 7.8 magnitude
Nepal as a Maoist faction Sunday earthquake hit New Zealands
imposed a nationwide strike to South Island early Monday,
pressurise the government to damaging buildings and triggering
ensure food security and lower the a tsunami which saw people in
prices of essential goods. The coastal areas flee to higher
strike was called by the Netra ground. The first fatality was
Bikram Chand led CPN(Maoist). reported at a remote property
Police have arrested over 100 north of Christchurch. New
people for vandalising vehicles Zealand PM John Key said at least
and forcing shops to close. two people were killed.
New Prez might not live Hillary blames loss on
full-time in White House FBI Director Comey
Donald Trump may not live in the Hillary Clinton on Saturday blamed
White House full-time after FBI Director James Comey for her
assuming the US Presidency in loss in the US presidential race,
January and is discussing with his claiming that re-opening the
advisers about splitting his time probe into her email use broke the
between Washington and his momentum towards victory.
penthouse apartment in Clinton told fundraisers and
Manhattan, a media report said. donors in a conference call that
Trump is said to be extremely fond Comeys two letters to Congress
of his sprawling and luxurious on the probe had tilted crucial
penthouse apartment, decorated states towards Trump, US media
in 24-carat gold and marble. reported.
(L) People release balloons in Paris on Sunday to mark the first anniversary of the Paris terror attacks in which 130 were killed;
France President Francois Hollande unveils a commemorative plaque at the Bataclan concert hall where 90 died | AFP
France marks first anniversary of
Paris attacks; emergency to continue
PARIS ing Germany in a football match
in the first of a series of coordi-
FRANCE on Sunday marked the nated attacks on the evening of
first anniversary of the Paris at- November 13, 2015was un-
tacks with sombre ceremonies veiled. Hollande and Paris Mayor
and painful memories for the rel- Anne Hidalgo also unveiled
atives of the 130 peo- plaques outside bars
ple killed. and restaurants in the
Paris snubs
France Prime Min- trendy neighbourhood
ister Manuel Valls EU over where gunmen
said the state of emer- Trump talks sprayed bullets at peo-
gency declared after ple enjoying a Friday
the attacks would be The French and UK evening out.
extended as France foreign ministers The final ceremony
gears up for presiden- are to miss special took place outside the
tial polls in six talks with their EU Bataclan, the concert
months. counterparts to hall where 90 people
France President discuss Trumps win, were killed by three
Francois Hollande un- in a sign of divisions attackers during a
veiled plaques at sites within the group. rock gig in the culmi-
across the city that nation of the carnage.
were attacked by the Islamic Rock star Sting reopened the re-
State jihadist group, starting at furbished Bataclan with an emo-
the Stade de France. tionally charged show held amid
A plaque in memory of Manuel tight security on Saturday. The IS
Diaswho was killed by a sui- said it had struck at France be-
cide bomber outside the national cause it was bombing its mili-
stadium where France were play- tants in Iraq and Syria. AFP
Man sets record for
largest collection of shit
WASHINGTON: A new Guinness
World Record has been set for the
largest collection of fossilised
faeces, by a man in the US who
has amassed a whopping 1,277
pieces of prehistoric poo from nine
countries. George Frandsen began
his collection as a college student
of palaeontology and has
collected poop from 15 states in
the US and eight countries
worldwide. His largest true-to-
form coprolite, otherwise known
as fossilised faeces, weighs a
whopping 1.92 kg. It was found in
South Carolina and dates back to
the Miocene epoch, 23.8-5.3
million years ago.
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29 24 TDS Melbourne 29 15 SNY
29 18 SNY Moscow 15 11 LR
30 18 SNY New York 13 8 SNY
26 20 SNY Singapore 30 25 HR
23 10 SNY Tokyo 18 14 LC
12 10 LC Washington 19 7 LC
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Iraq recaptures ancient
Assyrian city from Daesh
The Iraqi military said Sunday
that soldiers south of Mosul have
recaptured Nimrud, home to the
site of an ancient Assyrian city
that was blown up by the Islamic
State group. Iraqs Joint
Operations Command (JOC) did
not specifically mention the
Nimrud archaeological site, which
is located a little over a kilometre
west of the village.
NATO chief warns Trump
against going it alone
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on
Sunday warned Trump that going
it alone was not an option for
Europe or America, amid concerns
over the President-elects position
on the US-led alliance. We face the
greatest challenge to our security
in a generation, he wrote, while
conceding Trump had a point about
the need for others to make a
bigger contribution. NATO gets 70
per cent of its money from the US.
Dons win boosts French
right-wing hopes
Donald Trumps election victory
heralds the building of a new
world, Frances far-right leader
Marine Le Pen said Sunday in a
BBC interview. She said the French
presidential polls in May would
throw up a choice between a
multi-cultural society... where
fundamental Islam is progressing
and an independent nation.
Unlike Bush, Trump no
idiot, says Depardieu
Renowned French actor Gerard
Depardieu compared US
President-elect Donald Trump
favourably to the previous US
President George W Bush in an
interview on Sunday and said,
Unlike Bush, he is not an idiot, he
says things that are bigger than
him, he told Journal du Dimanche.
Jackie Chan receives
honorary Oscar
LOS ANGELES: Action movie star
Jackie Chan received an honorary
Oscar on Saturday. After 56 years
in the film industry, making more
than 200 films I broke so many
bones finally this is mine!
Chan, who performed many of his
own daring stunts, said of his
Oscar.