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Obituary: Joseph Verner Reed Jr, UN undersecretary who presided over infamous diplomatic gaffe

Edit Scotsman 10 Oct 2016
Joseph Verner Reed Jr, undersecretary for four UN secretaries-general. Born 17 December, 1937 in Manhattan. Died 6 October, 2016, in Conneticut, aged 78 ... New ambassadors delighted at the flourish of trumpets, waving of flags and presidential one-on-one that now constituted the official greeting package ... “I flew flags upside down, I flew the wrong flags, I've had the wrong national anthems playing — I've done everything wrong,” he said ... ....

Gerard Pique: Spain defender to quit international football after World Cup

Edit BBC News 10 Oct 2016
In Sunday's 2-0 win in Albania, his shirt - unlike his colleagues - did not have a Spanish flag trim on the sleeve ... the long-sleeved shirt - as was Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos - which does not feature the flag trim....

Bears K Connor Barth on kicks: ‘Missed ones I shouldn’t miss’

Edit Chicago Sun-Times 10 Oct 2016
INDIANAPOLIS — Connor Barth missed a field goal. And then he missed it again. The Bears’ kicker pushed a 54-yard attempt wide right in the third quarter Sunday. After Colts safety T.J. Green was flagged for running into the kicker, Barth lined up the kick from five yards closer — and yanked it left ... (AP) ... ....

Prater's kick, Slay's pick give Lions 24-23 win over Eagles

Edit WPXI 10 Oct 2016
DETROIT (AP) — Matthew Stafford picked apart one of the NFL's best defenses for a while, throwing for a touchdown on each of the Detroit Lions' first three possessions. The Philadelphia Eagles answered, shutting him down for almost two quarters. Almost ... FLAG DAY. Philadelphia hurt its chances of staying undefeated with 14 penalties for 111 yards, nearly doubling the number of flags they drew on average over the first three games ... ......

Brexit uncertainty hits recruitment and investment plans

Edit Belfast Telegraph 10 Oct 2016
Uncertainty following the vote to leave the EU has hit recruitment and investment plans for businesses, an authoritative study has revealed. A survey of 7,000 firms showed that the UK economy is growing, but at a lower level than before the referendum ... "Boosting business must be a key task for Government in the months ahead, particularly as forward confidence on turnover and profitability has flagged for firms across the UK ... ....

José Lobatón: forgotten catcher saves the Nationals and keeps a series alive

Edit The Guardian 10 Oct 2016
The man who much of baseball forgot hit a three-run homer against the Dodgers on Sunday – a magic moment in a career that has otherwise been an anonymous grind. @Lescarpenter ... Read more ... They clapped and roared until he finally ran back up the steps and waved in return ... One moment you are despondent over a double play and a dropped throw, the next you are waving to a sold-out crowd over a home run that changed the series ... ....

May to Court EU Leaders as Brexit Signals Rattle Global Nerves

Edit Bloomberg 10 Oct 2016
The visits to two traditional allies within Europe follows trips to other EU capitals including Berlin, Paris and Warsaw as the U.K ... That realization has sent shock waves through markets and pushed the pound to its biggest weekly loss since the Brexit vote in June. “The U.K ... The political shock waves from the signals out of last week’s Conservative Party conference mirrored the market tremors that reverberated around the globe ... ....

German official is a woman, but Iran didn’t know that

Edit San Francisco Examiner 10 Oct 2016
BERLIN — The handshake between environmental officials looked innocent enough, but it set off waves of criticism in two nations. Last week, the top Iranian and German environmental officials met in Berlin to sign an “action plan” on water, air and biodiversity. The agreement didn’t attract much attention. Meetings between environmental ministers are usually low-key. But then video and photos emerged of the two shaking hands ... “Ms....

Philadelphia Eagles' Carson Wentz, Jason Kelce offer explanations for delay of game calls

Edit Penn Live 10 Oct 2016
DETROIT — The Philadelphia Eagles didn't commit a delay of game penalty during their 3-0 start to the season, but twice in Sunday's 24-23 loss to the Lions they failed to get a snap off before the play clock expired. Those two gaffes costs the team 10 penalty yards, and the Birds were flagged 14 times for 111 yards total before the day was done ... "I honestly don't think it was on Carson, to tell you the truth," Kelce said ...   ... ....

Mom's dying wish is to find her son who went missing 30 years ago

Edit AOL 10 Oct 2016
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KDVR) -- A Colorado Springs mother diagnosed with terminal cancer has a dying wish ... "You want your children to be free ... Thirteen years after Julian was allegedly snatched from his Alabama home at age 5 by his father, the young man has been found living under an assumed name with his dad in Ohio, in a case authorities say broke open when his Social Security number raised red flags during college applications ... ....

INSIGHT: Fisheries strategies to address transnational organized crime

Edit The Jakarta Post 10 Oct 2016
For more than two decades, illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing (IUUF) has been treated as a fisheries management issue ... Those who can afford to set-up a company in a flag-of-convenience jurisdiction, maintain long range fishing vessels, recruit and traffic hundreds of men, take untold tons of fish in foreign waters and sell the catch in the global market, are not your typical small-time fisherman ... The Jakarta Post. ....

Negative photo finish: Mauled by competition, HPF on the block

Edit The Times of India 10 Oct 2016
India remains an ideal market for photo films ... With the employee strength thinning, there was not much resistance to the closure ... Riding on the wave of demand for film rolls for personal and commercial use, the facility was one of the six integrated manufacturers of photo films in the world with production ranging from the primary raw material of cellulose triacetate and silver chemicals to films run through sophisticated machinery....

'Birth of a Nation' meets box-office expectations, but Oscar glory looks slim

Edit The Miami Herald 10 Oct 2016
Following the recent controversy around Fox Searchlight's "The Birth of a Nation," fervor for the film about Nat Turner's 1831 slave rebellion is down - including its Academy Award prospects ... The picture pulled in an estimated $7.1 million in the U.S ... Its price tag flagged the industry that the studio felt strongly it had an awards-season contender on its hands, and perhaps a necessary remedy for the #OscarsSoWhite hubbub....
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