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Hernan Siles Zuazo is defeated in Bolivian elections by Paz Estenssoro, who promptly moves to curb the extremely high inflation levels, which at one point reach 35,000 percent annually. He imposes austerity measures under pressure from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in exchange for temporary relief of Bolivia’s large foreign debt. [Library of Congress, 1991; Green Left Daily, 7/24/2002]

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During the World Bank’s annual meeting, the Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) pressure Haiti to sign a letter of intent assuring the US, IMF, and other donors that Haiti would proceed with the Structural Adjustment Program that President Aristide had agreed to in August 1994 (see August 1994) before he was restored to power by a US-led multinational force. Haiti, whose parliament and population are strongly opposed to the neoliberal reforms, refuses to sign the letter. [Multinational Monitor, 11/2004]

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Rodrigo Rato, the new managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), urges oil producing countries to save the extra revenue generated from high oil prices. Venezuela, the world’s fifth largest oil exporter, shuns the advice and continues to use its oil revenue to fund literacy, health, and other social programs. In addition to the money that Petroleos de Venezuela, the country’s state oil company, contributes to the government, the company directly funds and administers another $3 billion in social projects. [BBC, 11/24/2004]

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The International Monetary Fund is reportedly given the opportunity to review the latest draft of Iraq’s proposed oil law. The draft was sent to the US government and oil companies in July (see July 2006). [Independent, 1/7/2007]

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approves a $2.1 billion loan for Iceland, whose economy has been devastated by the global financial crisis. Iceland becomes the first Western European nation to get an IMF loan since Britain in 1976. [BBC, 2/2/2009]

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State Department intern Richard Barlow.State Department intern Richard Barlow. [Source: Richard Barlow]Richard Barlow, an intern at the State Department’s Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA), finds that Pakistan has been attempting to build a nuclear bomb since the early 1970s, but his superiors do not follow up and he loses his job in a reorganization. Barlow, who has recently graduated from university after writing a thesis on counter-proliferation intelligence, is concerned about the burgeoning black markets in nuclear weapons technology. He will later comment, “Everywhere I looked I kept coming up against intelligence about Pakistan’s WMD program. I thought I was telling them what they needed to hear, but the White House seemed oblivious.” One reason the White House appears deaf is that Pakistan is now an important US ally, as it is a major supply point for the CIA-backed anti-Soviet Afghan mujaheddin. In addition, a group of “Republican hawks,” including Paul Wolfowitz, has convinced President Ronald Reagan that America needs a new strategy against potential nuclear threats, since long-term policies such as détente and containment are supposedly not working. When Reagan starts to build up US arms, the staff at ACDA is cut by a third and Barlow is one of the employees who loses his job. (Levy and Scott-Clark 10/13/2007)

The incoming Reagan administration marginalizes the State Department’s Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Its director is supposed to be the primary advisor to the president on non-proliferation issues, but, according to authors Adrian Levy and Catherine Scott-Clark, he is “kept out of Reagan’s way.” In addition, many staffers are fired. Richard Barlow, an intern who will go on to have a long career in intelligence, will say that the firings greatly damaged the agency’s morale, commenting, “There were grown men crying around me in the office.” One reason for this may be that ACDA had kept former President Jimmy Carter well informed of Pakistan’s attempts to build a bomb, leading to sanctions against that country. However, the Reagan administration now wants to get close to Pakistan, whose support is viewed as necessary for the anti-Soviet war in Afghanistan. (Levy and Scott-Clark 2007, pp. 78)

The US sells forty F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan. One of the contractual preconditions of the sale is that Pakistan does not configure them to drop a nuclear bomb. However, US analyst Richard Barlow will conclude that in fact all of them are configured to carry nuclear weapons. (Levy and Scott-Clark 10/13/2007)

A 2007 satellite image of the Khan Research Laboratories in Kahuta.A 2007 satellite image of the Khan Research Laboratories in Kahuta. [Source: GeoEye]Richard Barlow, an analyst working on Pakistan’s nuclear program who was released by the State Department in the early 1980s (see 1981-1982), is hired by the CIA’s Office of Scientific and Weapons Research (OSWR). Barlow re-analyzes the data and confirms his earlier conclusions—that Pakistan is pursuing a covert nuclear weapons program. Barlow learns about the trade in dual-use components—tools and equipment that can be used to make nuclear weapons, but also for other, non-nuclear purposes, meaning trade in them is hard to spot and regulate. One example of this is a California couple that exports dozens of high-speed cathode-ray oscilloscopes and special cameras to Hong Kong, where they are picked up by Pakistani agents. Barlow realizes that such a large number of oscilloscopes must be for nuclear weapons manufacturing, and also finds a link between the purchase and the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC). Barlow will later comment, “There was tons of it and most of it was ending up in [Pakistan]. Pakistan had a vast network of procurers, operating all over the world.” Barlow also finds that the material is going to a secret nuclear facility near Islamabad, the Khan Research Laboratories, where sensors pick up high levels of enriched uranium in the air and in dust on [trucks] leaving the laboratories. (Hersh 3/29/1993; Levy and Scott-Clark 10/13/2007) Despite this, in order to prevent Congress from cutting of aid to the anti-Soviet mujaheddin, which flows through Pakistan, US authorities will repeatedly insist Pakistan is not working on a nuclear program (see August 1985-October 1990).

Richard Barlow, a CIA analyst of Pakistan’s nuclear program (see 1985-1988), realizes that officials in the State Department are refusing to share information with the CIA, the Commerce Department, and US Customs about the Pakistani program. In particular, the State Department is aware of the identities of key Pakistani agents who are illicitly purchasing nuclear weapons technology in the US, but it does not pass their names on to the CIA and the other two agencies. By withholding this information, the State Department is able to neutralize the other agencies’ counter-proliferation attempts. State Department officials also approve questionable export licenses for Pakistan (see 1986). (Levy and Scott-Clark 10/13/2007)

CIA analyst Richard Barlow finds that a small group of senior US officials have been directly aiding the Pakistan nuclear weapons program by approving export licenses for US equipment to be shipped to Pakistan. The State Department is also withholding intelligence about the program from other US agencies to help Pakistan (see 1986). Barlow will later say, “They were issuing scores of approvals for the Pakistan embassy in Washington to export hi-tech equipment that was critical for their nuclear bomb program and that the US Commerce Department had refused to license.” Barlow complains to his boss, CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence Richard Kerr, who summons senior State Department officials to a meeting at CIA headquarters. Barlow will recall: “Kerr tried to do it as nicely as he could. He said he understood the State Department had to keep Pakistan on side—the State Department guaranteed it would stop working against us.” (Hersh 3/29/1993; Levy and Scott-Clark 10/13/2007)

The CIA sets a trap to catch operatives connected to Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program who are buying components in the US, but “two high-ranking US officials extremely close to the White House” tip off Pakistan and only a minor player is caught. Initially, a Pakistani businessman contacts a Pennsylvania company called Carpenter Steel and asks to buy a specific type of metal used only in constructing centrifuges to enrich uranium. The Department of Energy learns of the contact and informs Richard Barlow, a CIA analyst focused on Pakistan’s nuclear program. Barlow realizes that both the businessman, Arshad Pervez, and his handler, Inam ul-Haq, a retired brigadier in the Pakistani army, are well-known Pakistan government operatives. Barlow and US Customs set up a sting at a bugged hotel room, but Pervez arrives without ul-Haq, the main target. Barlow then finds that the officials have tipped off Pakistan, even though the information about the operation was closely held (see Mid-1986 and After). Barlow finds cables implicating the two high-ranking officials in the tip-off: Robert Peck, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State of Near East Affairs, and another official at the under secretary level. A trail of paperwork definitively proves sabotage within the State Department and the tip-off is found “buried within the lawyerly language of a demarche to Islamabad, subtly phrased so as to protect those who had sent it.” Barlow will later comment: “The CIA went mad. These were criminal offenses.” However, the State Department argues an inquiry would disclose state secrets and the investigation is abandoned, just before President Ronald Reagan again certifies that “Pakistan does not possess a nuclear explosive device.” There will later be a stormy congressional hearing about the affair (see July 1987 or Shortly After). (Hersh 3/29/1993; Levy and Scott-Clark 2007, pp. 169; Levy and Scott-Clark 10/13/2007) Ul-Haq will later be arrested in Germany and extradited to the US, but he will only serve a very short sentence. His nuclear transactions in the US will also be linked to the criminal BCCI bank (see July 11, 1991).

Following an incident where a Pakistani procurement agent was arrested in the US trying to buy components for a nuclear weapon (see Before July 1987), there is a serious row about it between a CIA manager and a CIA analyst at a Congressional hearing. The hearing is called by Stephen Solarz (D-NY), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs, to vet intelligence concerning Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program. CIA manager General David Einsel says it is “not cut and dried” that the arrested Pakistani, Arshad Pervez, and his handler, Inam ul-Haq, are agents of the Pakistani government. Richard Barlow, a CIA analyst there to help Einsel, is surprised by the false answer, as it is a criminal offense to lie to Congress. He realizes, “Einsel’s testimony was highly evasive, and deliberately so.” He will also later comment: “These congressmen had no idea what was really going on in Pakistan and what had been coming across my desk about its WMD program. They did not know that Pakistan already had a bomb and was shopping for more with US help. All of it had been hushed up.” When Barlow is asked the same question, he says it is “clear” Pervez is working for Pakistan, at which point Einsel screams, “Barlow doesn’t know what he’s talking about.” Solarz then asks whether there are any more cases involving the Pakistan government. Einsel says there are not, but Barlow replies, “Yes, there have been scores of other cases.” Barlow is then hustled out of the room and returns to CIA headquarters. A senior government official not cleared to attend the briefing comes in and tries to repair the damage, saying that Barlow was referring to intelligence reports, but “not all intelligence reports are accurate.” The official will later indicate that he is not proud of what he does, saying, “I didn’t know what I was getting into.” (Hersh 3/29/1993; Levy and Scott-Clark 10/13/2007) Barlow will subsequently be forced out of the CIA because of this hearing (see August 1987-1988).

Following a stormy Congressional subcommittee hearing where he contradicted CIA manager David Einsel about Pakistan’s nuclear program (see July 1987 or Shortly After), analyst Richard Barlow is forced out of the CIA. Barlow will later say that he leaves because Einsel makes his job impossible: “Einsel went crazy. I was told that my personal behavior at the hearing had been unprofessional. I was accused of being unpatriotic and almost scuttling the Afghanistan program. I was viewed as being disloyal.” (Levy and Scott-Clark 10/13/2007) He will also say: “These people were determined that nothing like this was ever going to happen ever again—no more arrests, no more truth to the Congress.… I was targeted by some in the Directorate of Operations; they made my life miserable.” (Ryland 4/30/2007) Commenting on his position during the Cold War, he will add: “We had to buddy-up to regimes we didn’t see eye-to-eye with, but I could not believe we would actually give Pakistan the bomb. How could any US administration set such short-term gains against the long-term safety of the world?” Barlow’s job description is re-written six weeks after the hearing, removing him from work on Pakistan’s nuclear weapons, and he leaves the CIA for the Customs Service a year later. (Levy and Scott-Clark 10/13/2007)

US ambassador to Pakistan Robert Oakley.US ambassador to Pakistan Robert Oakley. [Source: Terry Mitchell / Public domain]According to some accounts, by this time it is common knowledge in certain Washington circles that Pakistan has nuclear weapons. Despite this, the US government and Congress continues to pretend that Pakistan does not have such weapons, so that aid to Pakistan and the anti-Soviet mujaheddin based there can continue (see 1987-1989). A former top-level Reagan Administration official will later question the integrity of members of Congress who outwardly pretended to be tough on nuclear proliferators, but did not really want the aid to be cut off: “All this morality horse****. We were caught in a dilemma, and I didn’t know how to solve it: there was no way to stop the Pakistanis.… All this talk about breaking the law—it’s just a morality play. Of course everybody in Congress knew. The Administration was carrying out a popularly based policy in Afghanistan. If we’d cut off the aid to Pakistan, would we have been able to withstand the political heat from Congress?”
Former Ambassador: Congress 'Acquiesced' to Pakistani Program - According to the New Yorker, “many former members of the Reagan and Bush Administrations,” such as former ambassador to Pakistan Robert Oakley, will say that the essential facts about Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program were known fully at this time to Congress, whose members “acquiesced” to the program, because of the Soviet-Afghan War and the popularity of Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in the US. Journalist Seymour Hersh will later comment, “Oakley’s point seemed to be that passive approval by Congress of bad policy somehow justified bad policy.”
Glenn: Nonproliferation Initiatives Thwarted - Senator John Glenn (D-OH) will say that most lawmakers did not want to know anyway: “I always thought in terms of the bigger picture—the nonproliferation treaty… We made a commitment that we’d cut off aid to transgressors, and we had to keep faith with those Third World people who signed with us. I didn’t think I had any option but to press for enforcement of the law against Pakistan.” He adds: “The Administration would always come to me and say how important it is to keep the arms flowing through to Afghanistan. I’d take my case on nonproliferation to the floor and lose the vote.”
Solarz: Balancing Concerns between Pakistan, Afghan War - Congressman Stephen Solarz (D-NY), one of the strongest opponents of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program during the Soviet-Afghan War, will admit that he and others who cared about non-proliferation constantly tried to balance that concern with a desire to support the anti-Soviet effort, which was based in Pakistan. “There were legitimate concerns that the Afghan war might spill over to Pakistan, and I felt we needed to give the President flexibility,” Solarz will say. “I didn’t want us to be in a worst-case scenario in case the Soviets moved across the border. I thought I was being responsible at the time.” Referring to allegations made by former State Department, CIA, and Pentagon analyst Richard Barlow that the administration was well-aware of the program and constantly lied to Congress (see July 1987 or Shortly After), he adds, “If what Barlow says is true, this would have been a major scandal of Iran-Contra proportions, and the officials involved would have had to resign. We’re not dealing with minor matters. Stopping the spread of nuclear weapons is one of the major foreign-policy issues of the nation—not to mention the law of the land.” (Hersh 3/29/1993)

Richard Barlow, an analyst previously forced out of the State Department and CIA for coming to the politically unacceptable conclusion that Pakistan has a nuclear weapons program (see 1981-1982 and August 1987-1988), is hired by the Office of the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon to become its first weapons of mass destruction intelligence analyst. Shortly after arriving, Barlow again builds up “a stack of evidence” about Pakistan’s WMD program, including intelligence that the Pakistan army was experimenting with a delivery system for its nuclear bomb, using US-provided technology. Barlow concludes, “Our side was at it again.” (Levy and Scott-Clark 10/13/2007) In the summer of 1989, Barlow is involved in investigating four criminal cases involving senior officers of the Pakistani Army who had attempted to make illegal purchases in the US or abroad of American-made nuclear-related materials, including highly enriched uranium. One of the cases involves evidence showing that Pakistan is attempting to obtain dual-use items for its nuclear program by claiming that the materials are to be used for its F-16 fleet. (Hersh 3/29/1993)

Richard Barlow, a WMD analyst at the Pentagon, is commissioned to write an intelligence assessment for Defense Secretary Dick Cheney about Pakistan’s nuclear program. The report is apparently “stark,” indicating that the program is ongoing and Pakistan has configured US-made fighters to drop nuclear bombs, despite promising not to do so. Barlow also says that Pakistan is still trying to procure components and will start selling its technology to other nations (note: it is already doing so—see 1987). Barlow’s analysis is supported by a separate Defense Intelligence Agency study, which reaches the same conclusion. Barlow will later say, “Officials at the [Office of the Secretary of Defense] kept pressurizing me to change my conclusions.” When he refuses to do so, however, files start to go missing from his office and a secretary tells him a senior official has been intercepting his papers. In July, one of the Pentagon’s top salesmen criticizes him for trying to scupper a forthcoming deal to sell another 60 F-16s to Pakistan (see August-September 1989). Barlow refuses to change the report, but after he is fired he finds that it has been rewritten to say that continued US aid to Pakistan will ensure the country stops its WMD program. (Hersh 3/29/1993; Levy and Scott-Clark 10/13/2007)

Arthur Hughes.Arthur Hughes. [Source: Middle East Institute]The US agrees to sell Pakistan 60 more F-16 fighter jets in a deal worth $1.5 billion. The US previously sold forty F-16s to Pakistan and Pentagon analyst Richard Barlow believes they were adapted to carry nuclear weapons, in conflict with a promise made by the Pakistanis (see 1983-7). Despite this, shortly before the sale goes through, the Pentagon falsely claims to Congress, “None of the F-16s Pakistan already owns or is about to purchase is configured for nuclear delivery.” Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Arthur Hughes also tells Congress that the nuclear wiring has been removed from the planes and that to equip them to deliver nuclear bombs, “it first would be necessary to replace the entire wiring package of the aircraft.”
Testimony Known to Be False - However, this is contradicted by Pentagon analysis and the US intelligence community is well aware that the Pakistani air force has already practiced delivery of nuclear weapons by F-16s. (Hersh 3/29/1993; Levy and Scott-Clark 10/13/2007) Barlow will later say the US intelligence community was certain Pakistan had nuclear weapons (see 1987): “The evidence was unbelievable. I can’t go into it—but on a scale of 1 to 10, in terms of intelligence evidence, it was a 10 or 11. It doesn’t get any better than that.” Regarding the F-16 fighters, he will add: “All the top experts had looked at this question in detail for years, and it was a cold hard engineering question. There was no question about it—the jets could easily be made nuke-capable, and we knew that Pakistan had done just that.” (Ryland 4/30/2007) Barlow therefore urges that the testimony be corrected, but he is fired from his position two days later (see August 4, 1989). The US should not agree to the sale, as it has passed a law saying it will not sell such equipment to countries that obtain nuclear weapons, but President Reagan has repeatedly and falsely certified that Pakistan does not have a nuclear device, so the contract is signed. However, the deal will collapse the next year when President Bush fails to certify that Pakistan does not have a nuclear weapon (see October 1990). (Hersh 3/29/1993; Levy and Scott-Clark 10/13/2007)
Motivation Said to Be Profit - Given that the Soviet-Afghan War is over and there is therefore no need to be friendly with Pakistan to ensure it supports the anti-Soviet jihad in Afghanistan, Barlow believes that Hughes is lying not to support US national interests, but simply for the profits to be made by the planes’ manufacturer. “They sold out the world for an F-16 sale,” Barlow will comment. (Ryland 4/30/2007)

Richard Barlow, an analyst who has repeatedly insisted that Pakistan has a nuclear weapons program (see July 1987 or Shortly After and Mid-1989), is fired from his position at the Pentagon. Barlow will later say, “They told me they had received credible information that I was a security risk.” When he asks why he is thought to be a security risk, “They said they could not tell me as the information was classified,” but “senior Defense Department officials” are said to have “plenty of evidence.” His superiors think he might leak information about Pakistan’s nuclear program to congressmen in favor of the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. He spends the next eighteen months in the Pentagon personnel pool, under surveillance by security officers. Apparently, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby and two officials who work for Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Paul Wolfowitz are involved in the sacking. It is also rumored that Barlow is a Soviet spy. Barlow’s conclusions about Pakistan’s nuclear program are unpopular with some, because if the US admitted the nuclear program existed, this would lead to a break between the US and Pakistan and endanger US aid to the anti-Soviet mujaheddin and US arms sales (see August 1985-October 1990 and August-September 1989). After he is fired, rumors are started saying that Barlow is a tax evader, alcoholic, adulterer, and in psychiatric care. As his marriage guidance counseling is alleged to be cover for the psychiatric care, the Pentagon insists that investigators be allowed to interview his marriage guidance counselor. Due to this and other problems, his wife leaves him and files for divorce. (Hersh 3/29/1993; Levy and Scott-Clark 10/13/2007) Barlow will later be exonerated by various investigations (see May 1990 and Before September 1993).

A Pentagon investigation finds that Richard Barlow, an analyst of Pakistan’s nuclear program, is not a security risk. Based on the investigation, Barlow is told, “after thorough investigation . . . any question of your trustworthiness for access to sensitive information was resolved in a manner completely favorable to you.” His top-secret security clearances are reinstated, but the Pentagon does not restore his clearances to compartmentalized intelligence, without which he cannot do his job. Therefore, Barlow remains in the Pentagon personnel pool, where he performs menial tasks. Barlow was fired from his position in August 1989 (see August 4, 1989), and has been in the pool since then. According to his superiors, he was dismissed for “poor performance” and due to the worry he was a security risk, although it appears that it was actually due to his opposition to false Congressional testimony by a Pentagon official intended to smooth the way for a large sale of F-16 fighters to Pakistan (see August-September 1989). (Hersh 3/29/1993)

Staff at the US embassies in India and Pakistan underestimate the seriousness of a crisis between the two countries (see January-May 1990), because they have been given manipulated intelligence about Pakistan’s nuclear capability. As they think Pakistan does not have nuclear weapons, they assume the crisis will not escalate into war. The US has been aware that Pakistan does have a nuclear weapons program and a nuclear weapon for some time (see 1987-1989 and May 1990), but has been suppressing this knowledge so that it could continue to support anti-Soviet mujaheddin and sell fighters to Pakistan (see August-September 1989). An example of the way the seriousness of the crisis is not appreciated is that US ambassador to India William Clark learns that the Pakistani air force is practicing dropping nuclear bombs, but is wrongly told that this is not important because the intelligence suggests Pakistan does not have nuclear weapons. The CIA, State Department, Pentagon, and White House are actually aware that this is a serious warning sign (see May 1990), but the intelligence has been altered to indicate Pakistan does not have nuclear weapons. For example, a report to Defense Secretary Dick Cheney by Pentagon analyst Richard Barlow was completely rewritten and Barlow’s conclusions were reversed to say Pakistan did not have nuclear weapons (see Mid-1989). Barlow was later fired from his job due to his opposition to an arms deal (see August 4, 1989). (Levy and Scott-Clark 2007, pp. 209-210)

Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, asks the Defense Department to re-open its inquiry into the sacking of Richard Barlow, an analyst who worked on assessments of Pakistan’s nuclear program (see August 4, 1989). The request is made because Bingaman has seen evidence that a report by the Pentagon’s inspector general mischaracterized or possibly even fabricated evidence against Barlow. (Hersh 3/29/1993) The inspector general will write a report clearing Barlow, but this report will be rewritten to damage him (see Before September 1993).

A combined inquiry by the inspectors general of the Defense Department, CIA, and State Department finds that numerous charges made against Richard Barlow (see 1981-1982 and August 4, 1989), a former analyst of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program for all three agencies, are without merit. However, the report is re-written before it is published. Lead inspector Sherman Funk finds that the accusation that Barlow is a traitor is “an error not supported by a scintilla of evidence,” adding, “The truth about Barlow’s termination is, simply put, that it was unfair and unwarranted.” Funk calls the whole affair “Kafka-like” and says Barlow was fired for “refusing to accede to policies which he knew to be wrong.” Despite this, the report is rewritten before it is published. The new version exonerates the Pentagon and says that Pakistan does not have nuclear weapons, although the US is well aware it does (see July 1987 or Shortly After). (Hersh 3/29/1993; Levy and Scott-Clark 10/13/2007) Funk will comment: “Yesterday, I received a copy of the Barlow report I had co-signed. Reviewing it I was startled and dismayed to realize that the summary of conclusions had not been revised to reflect the changes we had made.” (Levy and Scott-Clark 2007, pp. 233, 507)
Fabricated Evidence - Commenting on an earlier version of the Pentagon inspector general’s report, one of Barlow’s former bosses, Gerald Oplinger, said that it contained evidence fabricated by the inspector general’s office. The report alleges that Oplinger deliberately inflated his annual evaluation of Barlow in order to avoid “an unpleasant personnel situation.” However, in a sworn affidavit Oplinger says this charge is “devoid of merit,” and also denies ever having spoken to anyone from the inspector general’s office, even though an interview with him is listed as one of the sources for the report.
'Many' Colleagues Support Barlow - Journalist Seymour Hersh previously interviewed “many” of Barlow’s former CIA and State Department colleagues and they confirmed Barlow’s essential allegation—that the full story of the Pakistani purchases was deliberately withheld from Congress, for fear of provoking a cut-off in military and economic aid that would adversely affect the Soviet-Afghan War. (Hersh 3/29/1993)

Richard Barlow, a former intelligence analyst who was repeatedly fired for correctly claiming that Pakistan had a nuclear weapons program (see 1981-1982, August 1987-1988 and August 4, 1989), is awarded a total of $1 million by President Bill Clinton in compensation for the treatment he received. However, Barlow does not receive the money, as the settlement has to be ratified by Congress. When it runs into procedural problems, it is moved to the Court of Federal Claims to be reviewed. After Clinton is replaced by George W. Bush, CIA Director George Tenet and NSA Director Michael Hayden assert the government’s “state secrets privilege” (see March 9, 1953) over Barlow’s entire legal claim, causing it to collapse due to lack of evidence. (Levy and Scott-Clark 10/13/2007)

Paul Wolfowitz, who served as undersecretary of defense for policy in the George H. W. Bush administration, first learns of the case of Richard Barlow, according to a statement made later by Wolfowitz. Barlow was an analyst of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program who was fired for attempting to tell Congress the truth about what the US knew about the program. Wolfowitz will say he learns of the case around this time when he is asked to supply an affidavit to Barlow’s lawyers, who are involved in a civil action. According to a statement made by Wolfowitz in February 2001 during a hearing to confirm him as deputy secretary of defense, the reason Wolfowitz did not know of the case before was that most of the events concerning Barlow’s termination occurred before he became undersecretary of defense for policy. Wolfowitz joined the Defense Department at some time in mid-to-late 1989 (see March 20, 1989 and After) after leaving his position as US ambassador to Indonesia that May (see May 1989). The Barlow situation came to a head that August (see August 4, 1989). (Levy and Scott-Clark 2007, pp. 300, 518) The case of Barlow is fairly well known at this time and has been the subject of several media reports, one of the most prominent being a 1993 New Yorker piece by Seymour Hersh. (Hersh 3/29/1993)

Richard Barlow, around 2007.Richard Barlow, around 2007. [Source: AP / Tim Kupsick]Following the Democratic victory in the midterm elections, Richard Barlow, an intelligence analyst who was repeatedly fired for correctly saying Pakistan had a nuclear weapons program (see 1981-1982, August 1987-1988, and August 4, 1989), again applies for compensation. He was previously awarded compensation, but did not receive it (see 1999-2001). Although Barlow hopes to get his $80,000 pension back as well, he comments: “But this final hearing cannot indict any of those who hounded me, or misshaped the intelligence product. And it is too late to contain the flow of doomsday technology that Pakistan unleashed on the world.” (Levy and Scott-Clark 10/13/2007) The outcome of his application is not known as of February 2008.

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The Ultimate Upcycle Challenge: Take a Seat proved design with a conscience never goes out of style, raising a grand total of $750 in support of Habitat for Humanity Society of Greater Vancouver ReStores.

The Samsung Junior Chef Challenge paired top Vancouver chefs Craig Scherer from Trattoria Burnaby and Geoff Rogers from Blacktail Restaurant + Lounge with home chefs Maddie Lemieux and Matthew Tong. Craig and Matthew took home gold, with Matthew winning $5,000 worth of home kitchen appliances.

Design darling and star judge Cheryl Torrenueva from W Network’s Game of Homes Vancouver made her much anticipated return to the Vancouver Home + Design Show Main Stage where she walked guests through the pros and cons of DIY projects VS. delegating to professionals.

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Tuning your music instruments so they are all at the same pitch requires a very good ear or a little help from a device called a tuner. I will show you different types of tuners and help you decide what tuner to use in your studio.

Tuners for Instrument Tuning

A tuner is an electronic device that will assist you by telling you the pitch of the note you are playing. There are most commonly use to tune guitars but can be used to tune any instrument. The advantage of having a tuner in your studio is being able to tune multiple instruments so they are on the same pitch.

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Rackmount Tuner

A rackmount tuner will sit in a studio rack and is ideal for a home studio that already has gear in a rack. They are able to display the information you need about the note you are tuning and make tuning your guitar or other instrument quick and easy.

I commend the Korg PB05 Pitchblack Pro 1Utop guitar and bass tuners for most home studio setups and the Rocktron VersaTune Rack Tunerguitar and bass tuner with more inputs is also a great unit with more inputs.

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Portable Tuners

Portable tuners  are small and can be moved around easily. They are often used on stage for live shows but can also be used in a home studio when you do not have room for a rack. A portable tuner is usually powered by batteries making it very easy to move from location to location.

I recommend the Korg TM50BKKORG tuner for a home studio if you want to use a portable tuner. The Korg CA40tuner for guitar korg as a lower priced option. also a good choice.

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A final option you can consider is an app tuner or soft tuner. There are apps that emulate a tuner on your phone, tablet or computer. I don't recommend these unless you are not able to get any of the above options because the quality and accuracy of the tuner will depend on the device you are running the app on and phone microphones are not designed for this.

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If you are not sure what to choose then I would suggest a rack option would serve most home studios better than a portable tuner because they can be placed in a convenient place in your studio with your other equipment. A portable tuner can easily get lost and changing batteries can be inconvenient when you want to quickly tune up and start recording.

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Reliant is offering a new power plan it says has never existed before in Texas: all the electricity you can use for one flat monthly fee.

The retail electric provider says the intent of the new plan is to make budgeting easier for its residential customers, but consumer advocates are casting a wary eye toward the offering.

Under its terms, customers can choose to pay the same flat fee to Reliant every month, regardless of how much electricity they consume.

Unlike average billing plans, which have been around for years, there's no "true-up" period where a credit or a charge is issued to reconcile actual consumption with estimates.

The plan targets people living on fixed incomes or taking care of older retirees, and Reliant is pitching it as a way to make budgeting easier.

The company also say it's an attractive option for college students and young professionals who may be living in apartments for the first time and want to know exactly how much they should set aside every month for electricity in addition to their rent.

"For customers who really don't have a lot of time or energy or interest in their electricity bill, this plan gives them a way to know what's going to happen," said Elizabeth Killinger, senior vice president and retail regional president for Texas at NRG, Reliant's parent company.

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"We should be conserving energy, and definitely, when people see the difference in an electricity bill, a water bill or a trash bill, it makes them more conscious of how they're using a resource," said Robin Schneider, executive director of Texas Campaign for the Environment, which advocates against pollution. "It seems to be a real step backwards. I'm very disappointed that Reliant is offering this."

Reliant officials stress the program isn't designed to encourage unrestrained energy use, and they don't expect significant numbers to take an all-you-can-eat approach to electricity. Instead, they've emphasized the benefits of offering a consistent bill.

"We clearly can't control whether people do that," Killinger said. "We do encourage people to live a sustainable lifestyle and not waste. There's a risk there, but our expectation is people will continue to make good choices that ... do right by the environment, as well as their own personal needs, but don't get excessive."

Killinger also noted that the plan is built on a 12-month contract. That means any excessive energy consumption would figure into the second-year rate for customers who renew.

The system is based on computer modeling, tailored to each customer, that predicts how much electricity that consumer will use.

Reliant can offer the fixed monthly rate to existing customers based largely on their historical usage.

But the real challenge for Reliant is how to craft an offer for new customers. "Very few companies have cracked the code of how to offer this," Killinger said.

Reliant does it by looking at publicly available information about a prospective customer's home, including its age, square footage and whether it has a pool. That data is fed into a computer model that estimates electricity use, and Reliant offers a monthly rate based on that figure.

The company has been piloting the program since 2012. Reliant officials declined to say how many have enrolled.

In some months, the plan likely would benefit the consumer, and in others, Reliant would likely come ahead, said David Power, deputy director of the advocacy group Public Citizen. But in all likelihood, he added, Reliant probably expects it will come out ahead in the long run.

He said customers should look at their own historical electricity use on their bill or at to determine if Reliant's offer is a good deal.

TXU, the state's largest retail electric provider, doesn't offer a similar plan.

"We encourage customers to sign up for average monthly billing," TXU spokesman Juan Elizondo said. "That levels out their monthly spending while also maintaining their ability to choose the energy plan that has the features that meet their budgets and preferences."

Indeed, while there is some variability with average billing, it's not dramatic. And in conjunction with more typical plans, it would offer customers the advantage of only being charged for what they use, said Carol Biedrzycki, executive director of the advocacy group Texas Ratepayers' Organization to Save Energy.

"For a consumer, normally the best deal is when you pay for what you use - no matter what it is, Biedrzycki said.

The new plan from Reliant comes as the state's own grid is increasingly stressed during periods of peak use. Estimates from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas project that the state grid's spare capacity at peak times will continue to drop in the coming years, falling below recommended levels by 2018.

ERCOT and other players in the state's electricity industry - including Reliant itself - have developed campaigns and tools specifically designed to discourage Texans from using too much electricity in periods of peak use.

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FAA report offers details on Brownsville spaceport

May 29, 2014 Updated: May 29, 2014 10:26pm

The Federal Aviation Administration Thursday gave the private rocket company SpaceX preliminary approval to build a launchpad on an isolated stretch of coastline near Brownsville. The decision allows Texas to become a player in the multibillion-dollar rocket launch business as manned activity at the Johnson Space Center has slowed.

The FAA, in finding that construction of a private spaceport and launching of rockets would not have harmful environmental effects along Boca Chica beach, suggested in its report that the California-based company intends to press ahead with the Brownsville spaceport after considering multiple locations. SpaceX has yet to publicly announce where it intends to build the launch site.

The 392-page report also provided a number of previously undisclosed details about operations at the Texas spaceport, including the possibility of Falcon 9 rocket launches beginning as early as 2016.

"The proposed action is consistent with existing national environmental policies and objectives," the FAA said in the report, which was signed by the FAA's Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation, George Nield. That finding means SpaceX has cleared a major regulatory hurdle in locating a spaceport.

Last month, SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk said his company intended to build a launchpad near Brownsville and all the company was waiting for was the completion of the environmental impact study on the eight-acre site. "We'll probably have that site active in a couple of years " he said.

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Following release of the FAA report, SpaceX spokeswoman Hannah Post said the company hopes to soon finalize a decision on a commercial spaceport.

"Though Brownsville remains a finalist for the development of a commercial orbital launch complex, the decision will not be made until all technical and regulatory due diligence is complete," Post said. "While the timing of some of these critical steps is not within SpaceX's control, we are hopeful that these will be complete in the near future."

If Brownsville is a finalist, it is very likely the only finalist.

The federal report outlines various criteria SpaceX used to identify a site for up to 12 launches a year of its Falcon 9 and Falcon 9 Heavy, such as a southerly location and an eastward facing coastline. These rockets will carry mostly commercial payloads, such as satellites, into orbit.

The Falcon 9 already carries supplies to the International Space Station and the Falcon 9 Heavy, under development, would be the most powerful rocket of its kind.

The report also explains why other sites SpaceX has considered for this commercial spaceport were dismissed, including Puerto Rico, locations near Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as well as other locations on the Texas coast, were dismissed.

"SpaceX identified and screened potential sites for commercial launch activities," the report states.

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SpaceX developed a number of criteria when screening potential sites for its spaceport, including the following considerations:

Latitude: The launch site had to be at a low latitude in order to maximize the amount of payload that can be launched into orbit. This occurs, in part, due to the faster rotation of the Earth closer to the equator. Acceptable sites were located south of 27.5 degrees latitude.

Safety: It was mandatory that the site not have any residences, businesses or other development along the trajectory. As rockets launch eastward, this resulted in the only acceptable launch site being a coastal location.

Size: The launch site must be large enough to incorporate all the necessary facilities,

structures, and utility connections in order to support the launch of the Falcon 9 and Falcon

Heavy launch vehicles. The minimum value size was approximately 30 acres.

Weather: The launch site must have reasonable weather conditions that include

generally low winds, low cloud ceilings and temperatures above 41 degrees Fahrenheit.

Schedule Flexibility: SpaceX wanted to be able to launch when its customers desired, so it required exclusive use of a launch site that was not located in close proximity to another one.

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"After extensive evaluation, which included consideration of economic and technological constraints, the proposed location in southern Texas was identified by SpaceX as the only viable location for SpaceX to construct and operate its commercial Falcon vehicles."

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SpaceX has pledged to close the nearby Texas beaches for, at most, 180 hours per year for its launches, and it intends to conduct most of those launches between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.

The FAA report lists a number of steps the company should take to ensure that it protects the environment in South Texas, including preserving its air quality and water resources, as well as protecting wildlife at the 56.5-acre site.

Among the measures the company is required to take include limiting speed on roads leading to the launch site at 25 mph and posting warning signs that say, "Watch out for ocelots."

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October 23, 2013 Updated: October 23, 2013 10:34pm

No one said anything to Omer Asik, at least no one among the Rockets' decision-makers.

As word spread of Asik's disappointment at being supplanted as the Rockets' center, teammates had plenty to say, offering the expected encouraging words and messages about common goals that go over well in the preseason when anything is possible. Dwight Howard, the center brought in to succeed Asik after one breakthrough season, spoke about team objectives. Chandler Parsons, the longest-tenured Rockets player, let him know he was still needed.

General manager Daryl Morey and coach Kevin McHale did not weigh in, confident that Asik would adjust and understand. Asik preferred it that way.

"My job is playing basketball," Asik said. "I have to adjust to whatever they want. They don't have to say anything. Whatever they have for the team, the players, they are just trying to improve the team to win.

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"I really don't think about those things too much. I come here, come in and do whatever they say."

Had they felt the need to sooth bruised feelings, McHale and Morey might have signaled that they did not believe Asik could work things out for himself. He was still considered valuable. Morey believed 48 minutes of defensive excellence at center would be an underrated benefit. McHale liked the idea of playing Asik and Howard together long before he got his first look at the pairing or his power forwards failed to distinguish themselves as potential starters.

McHale did speak extensively with Asik about that idea, but his efforts to make that work spoke louder.

"Of course, it feels good for me," Asik said. "I want to be on the court. The coaches are trying to help put me on the court and try to put it together. We are working in practice playing together. It's good for me, I think. They are trying."

The initial look at a lineup with both centers against Dallas showed some encouraging signs but enough rough spots to know there is a good deal of work to do. McHale cited the lack of even practice time before Monday's 14 minutes of experimentation against the Mavericks. He said he would take additional looks against the Spurs and Grizzlies, teams that depending on preseason lineup decisions could have the sort of frontcourts that would be good fits for the Rockets' big lineup.

Regardless of who lines up at power forward next to him, Asik will be playing catch-up. His strained calf kept him out for all but the past four practices. As much attention as was devoted to his frontcourt partnership with Howard on Monday, Asik's greatest issue against the Mavericks was with rust.

"Game shape is different than practice," Asik said. "I have to play more games to get into game shape. The first half was weird for me. The second half was much better."

By Wednesday's practice, Asik looked more up to speed but was fighting through the fatigue that hit his teammates weeks ago. The Rockets, however, were no more concerned that he will fight through that than adjust to his revised role.

"He played for the Turkish team and then took some time off, two or three weeks, to get rested up before the season started," McHale said. "He was into five, six weeks without playing when he started. He's getting a little better every day. He was a little sore (Wednesday). That will happen. He's probably getting camp legs now. He'll be a little sore, but he'll work his way through that. He's a real diligent worker. I don't worry too much about him."

Asik is coming off by far the best of his three seasons, averaging 10.1 points and 11.7 rebounds in his first season as a starter. After just one double-double in his first two seasons, he had 33 last season. In many ways, playing with Howard is similar to his role with the Bulls, when he came off the bench behind Joakim Noah, usually with Taj Gibson at power forward.

"Taj didn't have long 3s, maybe 15-, 17-foot jumpers," Asik said. "We were really good defensively. That second unit, we played really good on defense and the offense was fine, too."

The Bulls might have sacrificed some offensive spacing with Gibson and Asik together, but they formed one of the best defensive units (along with Rockets small forward reserve Ronnie Brewer) in the league.

"I don't think there should be any concern about playing him and Dwight at the same time," Brewer said. "We made it work, for sure."

That is the Rockets' idea for now, too. That could change, but just as Asik prefers to be seen than heard, so it's been with the Rockets' plans. Still, it didn't hurt to hear it from a peer.

"I talked to him," Parsons said. "Being a teammate, being a friend, I told him I understand he's frustrated. Anybody in his situation, the year he had, would be frustrated. But Omer is a team guy. He wants to win. He's still going to get a lot of minutes and a lot of touches. If he's not starting, that will be the biggest difference, but he's still going to be a big part of our team.

"He seems OK. He's in a good place. He's comfortable playing the five alongside Dwight. He seems happy."

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Colt or Bolt, Freeney still Brown's big rival

September 3, 2013 Updated: September 3, 2013 10:41pm

It's not fair to say Dwight Freeney is Duane Brown's nemesis.

Brown, the Texans' Pro Bowl left tackle, has played too well against Freeney, one of the NFL's premier pass rushers.

But Brown is the first to admit Freeney has caused him a lot of restless nights over the last five seasons.

When the Colts gave up on Freeney after a season in which he registered only five sacks in their 3-4 scheme, Brown thought he'd seen the last of the pass rusher he had to block in nine games.

"Yeah, I did, actually," Brown said Tuesday about thinking he'd gotten rid of Freeney. "I mean, he was gone from Indy."

Gone but certainly not forgotten by Brown. In the Texans' nationally televised opener at San Diego on Monday night, Brown will be colliding with Freeney for the 10th time.

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When Freeney traded in his Colts horseshoe for a Chargers lightning bolt, he was guaranteed of playing against Brown again.

"He's a heck of a player, still as dominant as he was in his younger years," Brown said. "It's going to be a battle. I look forward to it."

When Brown was selected in the first round of the 2008 draft, the Texans were desperate for a left tackle to solidify the most important position on the offensive line.

Brown was thrown to wolves like Freeney and forced to learn on the run, but that kind of competition was good for him. It helped turn him into an elite tackle, perhaps the best in the league.

"That's a matchup you always circled when he was at Indy," Brown said about Freeney. "Now that he's in San Diego, I have to be ready for the challenge. He got me for one (sack) last season."

Not to be overlooked

Freeney has beaten a lot of left tackles through the years. He's 33 now, playing in another 3-4 scheme, but Brown will never underestimate him.

"Nope, there hasn't been a season yet," Brown said about Freeney's beating him for a sack. "I've shut him down for a few games, but if you pass the ball enough against them, he's going to get his. You have to learn to move on and not let it stick in your mind."

Brown is paid to protect quarterback Matt Schaub's blind side from pass rushers like Freeney, who become multimillionaires because of their ability to pressure the passer.

There aren't many players - if any - who know Freeney better than Brown.

"He's got a little bit of everything," Brown said about Freeney's ability. "He's 6-1, and he's pretty heavy (265) and plays with great leverage.

"He sets everything up. He's very good at hand placement. He gets his hand into your chest to get a pretty good bull rush. If you get too aggressive with him, he's got that great spin move."

Early in Brown's career, Freeney's spin move made him dizzy.

"We've faced each other so much we're very familiar with each other," Brown said. "There's a mutual respect. Neither one of us talks a lot during the game, but we talk after the game."

Same but different

Brown and Freeney will renew a rivalry that's been fun to watch over the last five years.

"It's going to be different seeing him in a different jersey," Brown said. "Some guys play with a team so long in their career you never expect to see them in a different jersey.

"He's the same player, though. And he can still bring it."

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WASHINGTON DC – Today Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-5) hosted the 10th Annual Women’s Equality Day Luncheon an event he hosts each year to celebrate Women’s Equality Day with women from the Fifth District. “The fight for women’s equality in America has been a long battle ” said Congressman Hoyer. “It began in earnest when the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention produced the Declaration of Sentiments and sparked a movement that sought to upend the entire social system that had existed for centuries and continued with the adoption of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. It is remarkable to see what women have achieved since then but we all know that there is still more to be done. Today is an opportunity to recommit ourselves to making full equality for women a reality.”  “The world has come far in the effort of equality for women because in every generation women and men have come together to fight for it ” continued Congressman Hoyer. “I’d like to thank the Honorable Hilda Solis and our speakers for joining us here today and for serving as role models for all of the young women who I know will someday achieve what we never imagined today.” Each year Congressman Hoyer joins women from the Fifth District to mark Women's Equality Day which commemorates the anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution which granted women the right to vote. This year’s keynote speaker was the Honorable Hilda L. Solis. Other speakers included U.S. Senator Ben Cardin Maryland Democratic Party Chair Yvette Lewis Maryland State Senator Joanne Benson Mayor of Greenbelt Judith Davis Howard County Councilwoman Courtney Watson Reverend Jamila Woods-Jones and Sue Apple a member of Rep. Hoyer’s Women’s Advisory Network.   Equal Pay


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Welcome to Penang! It is a privilege and a great honour to welcome you to the 34th International Conference on Natural Products 2018 (ICNP 2018) - a joint conference organized by Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and Malaysian Natural Product Society (MNPS). The conference will take place on March 19-21, 2018 at Bayview Beach Resort, Batu Ferringhi, Penang, Malaysia, the Malaysian UNESCO world heritage city.

The conference will cover a broad range of scientific disciplines within natural product research. We trust we have put together an exciting programme of high scientific standard, with interesting talks and time for networking. The scientific programme includes plenary lectures by invited speakers, keynote/short talks on recent topics of natural product research and poster sessions to provide more opportunities for scientific discussions.

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The International Conference on Natural Products 2018 (ICNP2018) is an annual event of Malaysian Natural Product Society (MNPS). This year Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has been given the opportunity of hosting the conference which will be held on 19-21 March 2018 at Bayview Hotel, Batu Ferringhi, Penang, Malaysia.

The aim of this conference is to bring together the academicians, scientists, researchers, practitioners and students to exchange and share the experiences and research findings on all aspects of natural products. It also provides an interdisciplinary platform to present and discuss the recent innovations, trends and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in natural products and related fields.

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   Prof. Dr. Hasnah Mohd Sirat

   Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

  Title: "Phytochemistry of Selected Aromatic and Medicinal Plants of Malaysia"

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   Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ngo Quoc Anh

   Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology

  Title: "Indole-Containing Natural Products - Patterns to Design and Synthesis of  New Cytotoxic Compounds"

   Prof. Dr. Ikuro Abe

   The University of Tokyo, Japan

   Title: "Engineered Biosynthesis of Medicinal Natural Products"

   Prof. Dr. Fabien M. Dayrit

   Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines

  Title: "1H and 13C NMR for the Profiling and Standardization of Natural Product Extracts: Theory and Applications"

   Prof. Dr. Irene Villasenor

   University of Philippines, Philippines

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