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To: elmatador who wrote (1041)	9/13/2018 12:21:33 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Respond to of 13803

Russian men accused in Skripal poisonings say they visited Britain ‘just as tourists’ Ruslan Boshirov, left, and Alexander Petrov, whom British police have named as suspects in a poisoning case, deny their involvement in it, during an interview on the Kremlin-funded RT channel in Moscow. MOSCOW — The two men named by Britain as suspects in the attempted murder of a former Russian spy said on Thursday they were merely sightseeing in the small English town and have been wrongly accused. Speaking to the Kremlin-owned RT channel, Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov denied using the military-grade nerve agent Novichok against Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia during their brief jaunts around Salisbury in March. The pair also denied working for the Russian military intelligence service, saying instead they are in the fitness industry. Confirming the timeline produced by police, they admitted they went to Salisbury on two days, to take in the sights of its famous cathedral and ancient clock. But both trips were cut short due to the snow and slush on the streets. “We were drenched up to our knees,” Boshirov said. Photos released by Scotland Yard show the pair walking on a largely clear sidewalk, with a light dusting of snow in the corners. The pair were also picked up by CCTV footage in the vicinity of the Skripal house on the day of the attack, March 4, which is in the opposite direction of the cathedral from the train station. “Perhaps we did pass by Skripal’s house, but we don’t know where it is,” said Boshirov. Police release CCTV images of Novichok poisoning suspects Britain's Metropolitan Police detailed the movements of the two Russians charged with the attempted murder of a former Russian spy. (Reuters) When asked if they were carrying Novichok with them, both Petrov and Boshirov laughed it off. “Don’t you think it’s silly for straight men to have women’s perfume with them?” Boshirov said, referring to the small Nina Ricci vial that British authorities said had contained the poison. [ Putin says Russian suspects in ex-spy poisoning are ordinary men] In the 25-minute video, the pair said they now fear for their lives, and hinted that British secret services want to bring them harm. “Do you think we can feel fine, walking around smiling, talking to people? Any sensible person would be afraid,” said Boshirov. They appear somewhat uncomfortable in the interview, in which they often sighed in frustration and repeatedly gave long stares. Both men match the appearance of the security camera footage released by British police in detailing their case against the men, although their hair color now appears lighter. After the interview was aired, the British government reiterated its claim that Russian authorities were lying. “We have repeatedly asked Russia to account for what happened in Salisbury in March. Today — just as we have seen throughout — they have responded with obfuscation and lies,” the Foreign Office said in a statement. The interview comes a day after President Vladimir Putin said the two men were not criminals, reversing his government’s previous claims that the names given by London were meaningless. Some in Russia believed their appearance on RT had been staged. “The interview with Petrov and Boshirov had already been set, otherwise [Putin] wouldn’t have spoken about them,” political strategist Gleb Pavlovsky told the Ekho Moskvy radio station. John Glen, Salisbury’s member of Parliament, dismissed their statements as not credible. He tweeted that he was “delighted” the men were able to visit Salisbury’s “world-class attractions,” but said it was “very strange to come all this way for just two days while carrying Novichok in their luggage.” “The Petrov/Borishov statements are not credible and don’t match the widely accepted intelligence we have on these individuals,” he said.

To: elmatador who wrote (1041)	9/13/2018 7:01:14 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13803

Around the world, Americans are the least concerned that robots and computers will take their jobs. In each country, a large majority of citizens said they believe automation will make it difficult for ordinary people to find jobs, while a majority in most countries said jobs lost to automation would not be replaced by “new, better paying jobs.”There were only three countries in which a majority thought automation would make the countries' economies more efficient — Japan (74 percent), Poland (52 percent) and Hungary (52 percent). In every country surveyed, a significant majority believed automation would worsen the existing inequality between the rich and the poor. Despite these concerns, the general sense is that automation is inevitable. It is already happening in many countries, as Chinese e-commerce giant employs just four people at one facility where 200,000 boxes are packed every day, with the rest done by robots. Pew’s report noted manufacturing robots could cost as little as $4 an hour to operate, compared with an average hourly cost of $36 for a human worker in the United States. So how should workers prepare for this future? With the exception of the United States, a majority in each country said the government had a responsibility to help workers acquire the right skills to adapt. Many surveyed also said schools, employers and the individuals themselves have a responsibility to prepare for the changes — though Japan was an outlier, with respondents clearly viewing the government as obliged to assume more of the responsibility.