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INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2016 WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton on Saturday blamed FBI director James Comey for her loss in the US presidential race, claiming that re- opening the probe into her email use broke the momentum towards victory. Clinton told fundraisers and donors in a con- ference call that Comey’s two letters to Congress on the probe had tilted crucial states towards Republican Donald Trump, US media including Quartz and CNN reported. “There are lots of reasons why an election like this is not successful,” Democrat Clinton told her national finance committee, a person on the call told online magazine Quartz. “But our analysis is that Jim Comey’s letter raising doubts that were groundless (and) baseless-and proven to be- stopped our momentum.” On October 28 — less than two weeks before Election Day-Comey dropped a bomb- shell by informing Congress the FBI was look- ing once more into Clinton’s controversial email practices as secretary of state after new mes- sages were uncovered. His second letter, on November 6, just three days before the elec- tion, stated that the FBI’s review of the new emails had uncovered no wrongdoing, and that the bureau had not changed its July recom- mendation not to charge Clinton. While the first letter reopened old wounds and reminded voters of the controversy, the second letter, according to Clinton, had the perverse effect of energizing rival Donald Trump’s base, Quartz reported. The letters came just as Clinton was building momentum following strong performances at all three presidential debates, and after the release of a damaging recording of Trump boasting about groping women. “After the third debate we felt so good about where we were,” Clinton said, according to Quartz’s source, who chose to remain anonymous. The campaign analysis “showed that we were up in all but two of the battleground states, where we were tied or one point behind. In Arizona we were even. We felt real wind at our back.” But she said the FBI’s last-minute role was too much to “overcome,” a donor on the call told CNN. In July Comey said that the FBI would not recommend criminal charges against Clinton for handling classified documents and sensitive information on a private email account. Comey however slammed the practice as “extremely careless.” The FBI chief came under fierce criticism for effectively reopening the Clinton probe so close to the November 8 vote, without knowing whether the new emails were relevant. — AFP WASHINGTON: This file photo taken on September 27, 2016 shows FBI Director James Comey waiting to testify at a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs hearing on Capitol Hill. — AFP Clinton blames FBI director Comey for loss Criticism for reopening probe close to election WASHINGTON: House Speaker Paul Ryan says the people generating racist graffiti in the wake of Donald Trump’s election are “not Republicans” and “we don’t want them in our party.” The Wisconsin congressman told CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday that, “People should really just put their minds at ease. We are pluralistic, we are inclusive... that’s the kind of coun- try we are still going to have.” He says he’s “confident Donald Trump feels the same way.” Ryan was asked about reports or racist graffiti and hate crimes after Tuesday’s presidential election. — AP Ryan says Trump agrees ‘no place’ for racism, hate crimes ATHENS: The United States must resist the “urge” of isolationism under new leader Donald Trump and work with allies, outgoing President Barack Obama said Saturday ahead of his last visit to Europe. “Our best chance for progress is to resist the urge to turn inward and instead reinvigorate our shared values and work together to ensure that our political and economic institutions deliver the security and prosperity our people deserve,” Obama told Greece’s Kathimerini newspaper. Obama, who travels to Greece and Germany from Tuesday before heading to Peru, fired repeated messages towards his incoming successor Trump in the interview. “I believe that European integration is one of the greatest political and economic achievements of modern times, with benefits for EU mem- bers, the United States and the entire world,” Obama said. “Europe is our largest economic partner and we have a profound economic interest in a Europe that is stable and growing.” Trump’s election this week, already greeted by protests in some US cities, has thrown deli- cately balanced geopolitics into flux. During the campaign, the brash Republican called into question long-standing alliances includ- ing NATO, global agreements on climate and Iran’s nuclear program, and appeared to side with Russia on key policy issues. Across America and the world, questions are now being raised about Trump’s respect for the rule of law and the separation of pow- ers. “Prosperity and growth thrive in transpar- ent, predictable, stable environments where the rule of law protects individual rights and provides local entrepreneurs the confidence they need to grow and international business- es the sense of security they need to invest,” Obama said. In fighting the war in Syria, he noted, “we have to stay true to the values and respect for human dignity that are at the core of our democratic, pluralistic societies.”— AFP US must resist isolation, Obama says ahead of Europe trip WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump talks with House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. on Capitol Hill on Thursday. — AP WASHINGTON: Donald Trump will get to choose more than a Supreme Court nominee. The new president can take steps to make several contentious court cases go away. Legal challenges involving immigra- tion, climate change, cost-free contra- ceptive care and transgender rights all could be affected, without any help from Congress. The cases turn on Obama administra- tion policies that rely on the president’s pen, regulations or decisions made by federal agencies. And what one adminis- tration can do, the next can undo. Examples include federal regulations pro- hibiting discrimination in education based on gender identity and rules creat- ed to ensure women have access to cost- free birth control. — AP Trump’s presidential pen could remake Supreme Court’s agenda GUILDERLAND, NEW YORK: Police officers take up positions at a doorway of the Crossgates Mall on Saturday. — AP GUILDERLAND, NEW YORK: Hundreds of shoppers were rushed out of an upstate New York mall on Saturday when reports spread about possible gunshots being fired near retail stores. There were no immediate reports of injuries and no suspects in custody. Law enforcement officials ordered an evacu- ation of the Crossgates Mall in Guilderland, about a dozen miles northeast of Albany, after police were alerted to one, or possibly two, shots being fired. Police could not independ- ently confirm those reports. Officers with assault rifles positioned around the mall were searching the property and checking security footage. State Police Maj. Bill Keeler told the Albany Times-Union that reports that came in around 2:30 p.m. sug- gesting shots linked to a possible confronta- tion between two men who fled the scene. “Right now we are in the process of evacu- ating the mall safely under our plan that we’ve drilled for before,” Guilderland Police Chief Carol Lawlar told Time Warner Cable News Service. “We have not come across a victim yet,” Lawlar said. She said investigators were examining a video that showed a man in a white shirt and a black hoodie. Authorities did not have anyone in custody as of late afternoon. Mall manage- ment is working with authorities, Lawlar said, “and hopefully we’ll bring this to a successful conclusion.” — AP Reports of shots fired at New York mall Safety pins: A pointed show of solidarity after Trump election WASHINGTON: People have long used ribbons, flowers, colors or badges to symbolize political causes, from the carnations of Portugal’s 1974 revolution to the orange ribbons of Ukraine’s 2004 revolution to the gel wristbands now worn to promote almost any charity. Enter the lowly safety pin. That humble but practical device is fast gaining a higher profile, as growing num- bers of Americans wear the metal fasteners to show solidarity against intolerance after the election of Donald Trump. The safety pin-invented in 1849 by an American mechanic who needed money to pay off a $15 debt-uses a cleverly designed clasp to protect users from its fiendishly sharp tip. And that is the point. In the days since Trump’s election, people have begun placing a single pin on their shirts to convey a message of support-of safety, and protection-to minorities, women, immi- grants and others who may feel threatened by the strident rheto- ric that carried the Republican billionaire to the White House. The safety pin social media movement gained prominence in Britain on Twitter as a sign of solidarity with immigrant and minority populations facing a reported surge in hate crimes after the Brexit vote in June, with its strong anti-immigrant undertones. Phenomenon has started Since the US election, the phenomenon has started catching on across the Atlantic, with celebrities including actress Debra Messing as well as ordinary people posting images of their safety pins on social media. — AFP
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I N T E R N AT I O N A LMONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2016
WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton on Saturdayblamed FBI director James Comey for her lossin the US presidential race, claiming that re-opening the probe into her email use broke themomentum towards victory.
Clinton told fundraisers and donors in a con-ference call that Comey’s two letters toCongress on the probe had tilted crucial statestowards Republican Donald Trump, US mediaincluding Quartz and CNN reported. “There arelots of reasons why an election like this is notsuccessful,” Democrat Clinton told her nationalfinance committee, a person on the call toldonline magazine Quartz. “But our analysis isthat Jim Comey’s letter raising doubts that weregroundless (and) baseless-and proven to be-stopped our momentum.”
On October 28 — less than two weeksbefore Election Day-Comey dropped a bomb-shell by informing Congress the FBI was look-ing once more into Clinton’s controversial emailpractices as secretary of state after new mes-sages were uncovered. His second letter, onNovember 6, just three days before the elec-tion, stated that the FBI’s review of the newemails had uncovered no wrongdoing, and thatthe bureau had not changed its July recom-mendation not to charge Clinton.
While the first letter reopened old woundsand reminded voters of the controversy, thesecond letter, according to Clinton, had theperverse effect of energizing rival DonaldTrump’s base, Quartz reported.
The letters came just as Clinton was buildingmomentum following strong performances atall three presidential debates, and after therelease of a damaging recording of Trumpboasting about groping women. “After the thirddebate we felt so good about where we were,”Clinton said, according to Quartz’s source, whochose to remain anonymous. The campaignanalysis “showed that we were up in all but twoof the battleground states, where we were tiedor one point behind. In Arizona we were even.We felt real wind at our back.”
But she said the FBI’s last-minute role wastoo much to “overcome,” a donor on the calltold CNN.
In July Comey said that the FBI would notrecommend criminal charges against Clintonfor handling classified documents and sensitiveinformation on a private email account.
Comey however slammed the practice as“extremely careless.” The FBI chief came underfierce criticism for effectively reopening theClinton probe so close to the November 8 vote,without knowing whether the new emails wererelevant. — AFP
WASHINGTON: This file photo taken on September 27, 2016 shows FBI Director JamesComey waiting to testify at a Senate Committee on Homeland Security andGovernment Affairs hearing on Capitol Hill. — AFP
Clinton blames FBI
director Comey for lossCriticism for reopening probe close to election
WASHINGTON: House Speaker PaulRyan says the people generating racistgraffiti in the wake of Donald Trump’selection are “not Republicans” and “wedon’t want them in our party.”
The Wisconsin congressman toldCNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday that,“People should really just put their
minds at ease. We are pluralistic, weare inclusive... that’s the kind of coun-try we are still going to have.” He sayshe’s “confident Donald Trump feels thesame way.” Ryan was asked aboutreports or racist graffiti and hatecrimes after Tuesday’s presidentialelection. — AP
Ryan says Trump agrees ‘no
place’ for racism, hate crimes
ATHENS: The United States must resist the“urge” of isolationism under new leaderDonald Trump and work with allies, outgoingPresident Barack Obama said Saturday aheadof his last visit to Europe. “Our best chance forprogress is to resist the urge to turn inwardand instead reinvigorate our shared valuesand work together to ensure that our politicaland economic institutions deliver the securityand prosperity our people deserve,” Obamatold Greece’s Kathimerini newspaper.
Obama, who travels to Greece andGermany from Tuesday before heading toPeru, fired repeated messages towards hisincoming successor Trump in the interview. “Ibelieve that European integration is one of thegreatest political and economic achievementsof modern times, with benefits for EU mem-bers, the United States and the entire world,”Obama said. “Europe is our largest economicpartner and we have a profound economicinterest in a Europe that is stable and growing.”
Trump’s election this week, already greetedby protests in some US cities, has thrown deli-cately balanced geopolitics into flux. Duringthe campaign, the brash Republican calledinto question long-standing alliances includ-ing NATO, global agreements on climate andIran’s nuclear program, and appeared to sidewith Russia on key policy issues.
Across America and the world, questionsare now being raised about Trump’s respectfor the rule of law and the separation of pow-ers. “Prosperity and growth thrive in transpar-ent, predictable, stable environments wherethe rule of law protects individual rights andprovides local entrepreneurs the confidencethey need to grow and international business-es the sense of security they need to invest,”Obama said.
In fighting the war in Syria, he noted, “wehave to stay true to the values and respect forhuman dignity that are at the core of ourdemocratic, pluralistic societies.”— AFP
US must resist isolation, Obama
says ahead of Europe trip
WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump talks with House Speaker PaulRyan of Wis. on Capitol Hill on Thursday. — AP
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump will get tochoose more than a Supreme Cour tnominee. The new president can takesteps to make several contentious courtcases go away.
Legal challenges involving immigra-tion, climate change, cost-free contra-ceptive care and transgender rights allcould be affected, without any help fromCongress.
The cases turn on Obama administra-tion policies that rely on the president’spen, regulations or decisions made byfederal agencies. And what one adminis-tration can do, the next can undo.Examples include federal regulations pro-hibit ing discrimination in educationbased on gender identity and rules creat-ed to ensure women have access to cost-free birth control. — AP
Trump’s presidential pen could
remake Supreme Court’s agenda
GUILDERLAND, NEW YORK: Police officers take up positions at a doorway of the Crossgates Mall on Saturday. — AP
GUILDERLAND, NEW YORK: Hundreds ofshoppers were rushed out of an upstate NewYork mall on Saturday when reports spreadabout possible gunshots being fired nearretail stores.
There were no immediate reports of injuriesand no suspects in custody.
Law enforcement officials ordered an evacu-ation of the Crossgates Mall in Guilderland,about a dozen miles northeast of Albany, afterpolice were alerted to one, or possibly two,shots being fired. Police could not independ-ently confirm those reports.
Officers with assault rifles positionedaround the mall were searching the propertyand checking security footage. State PoliceMaj. Bill Keeler told the Albany Times-Unionthat reports that came in around 2:30 p.m. sug-gesting shots linked to a possible confronta-tion between two men who fled the scene.
“Right now we are in the process of evacu-ating the mall safely under our plan that we’vedrilled for before,” Guilderland Police ChiefCarol Lawlar told Time Warner Cable NewsService. “We have not come across a victimyet,” Lawlar said.
She said investigators were examining avideo that showed a man in a white shirt and ablack hoodie. Authorities did not have anyonein custody as of late afternoon. Mall manage-ment is working with authorities, Lawlar said,“and hopefully we’ll bring this to a successfulconclusion.” — AP
Reports of shots fired
at New York mall
Safety pins: A pointed show of
solidarity after Trump election
WASHINGTON: People have long used ribbons, flowers, colors orbadges to symbolize political causes, from the carnations ofPortugal’s 1974 revolution to the orange ribbons of Ukraine’s2004 revolution to the gel wristbands now worn to promotealmost any charity. Enter the lowly safety pin. That humble butpractical device is fast gaining a higher profile, as growing num-bers of Americans wear the metal fasteners to show solidarityagainst intolerance after the election of Donald Trump.
The safety pin-invented in 1849 by an American mechanicwho needed money to pay off a $15 debt-uses a cleverlydesigned clasp to protect users from its fiendishly sharp tip. Andthat is the point. In the days since Trump’s election, people havebegun placing a single pin on their shirts to convey a message ofsupport-of safety, and protection-to minorities, women, immi-grants and others who may feel threatened by the strident rheto-ric that carried the Republican billionaire to the White House.
The safety pin social media movement gained prominence inBritain on Twitter as a sign of solidarity with immigrant andminority populations facing a reported surge in hate crimesafter the Brexit vote in June, with its strong anti-immigrantundertones.
Phenomenon has startedSince the US election, the phenomenon has started catching
on across the Atlantic, with celebrities including actress DebraMessing as well as ordinary people posting images of their safetypins on social media. — AFP
