Turbulence, Warnings Before Pakistan Plane Crash Killed 97

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Turbulence, Warnings Before Pakistan Plane Crash Killed 97

When the plane jolted violently, Mohammad Zubair thought it was turbulence. Then the pilot came on the intercom to warn that the landing could be "troublesome."

Moments later, the Pakistan International Airlines flight crashed into a crowded neighborhood near Karachi's international airport, killing 97 people, all of whom are believed to be passengers and crew members. Zubair was one of just two surviving passengers.

Meeran Yousaf, the provincial Health Department spokeswoman, said only 21 of the bodies from Friday's crash have been identified and that most of the bodies were badly burned. Eight people on the ground were injured. Three remained hospitalized and all residents are accounted for, she said.

The plane crashed at 2:39 p.m. near Jinnah International Airport, in the poor and congested residential area known as Model Colony. PIA spokesman Abdullah Hafiz Khan said the aircraft destroyed or heavily damaged 18 homes. Many of the men of the area were gathered at nearby mosques for weekly Friday prayers, perhaps explaining why the number of casualties on the ground seemed relatively few against the backdrop of the devastating wreckage.

Civil Aviation Authority spokesman Abdul Sattar Kokhar said the Airbus A320 was carrying 91 passengers and eight crew members. The only other survivor of the crash was Zafar Masood, a bank executive.

In a telephone interview from his hospital bed, Zubair, a mechanical engineer, said flight PK8303 had taken off on time from the eastern city of Lahore at 1 p.m. It was a smooth, uneventful flight until the aircraft began its descent near Karachi shortly before 3 p.m.

"Suddenly the plane jerked violently, once and then again," said Zubair. The aircraft turned and the pilot's voice came over the intercom. They were experiencing engine trouble and the landing could be "troublesome," the pilot said. That was the last thing Zubair remembered until he woke up in a scene of chaos.

"I saw so much smoke and fire. I heard people crying, children crying."

He crawled his way out of the smoke and rubble, and was eventually pulled from the ground and rushed into an ambulance.

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Pakistan had only earlier this week resumed domestic flights ahead of Eid-al Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Many of the passengers aboard the flight were families returning home for the holiday, said Science Minister Fawad Ahmed Chaudhry.

Between the coronavirus pandemic and the plane crash, this year has been a "catastrophe," he said.

"What is most unfortunate and sad is whole families have died, whole families who were travelling together for the Eid holiday," he told The Associated Press.

Social media and local news reports said Zara Abid, an actor and an award-winning model, was among those killed. A senior banker, his wife and three young children were also reportedly killed. Shabaz Hussein, whose mother died in the crash, told The Associated Press he identified her body at a local hospital and was waiting to take it away for burial.

The airliner plowed into crowded Model Colony neighborhood at 2:39 p.m., as many of the men of of the area were gathered at nearby mosques for weekly Friday prayers, perhaps explaining why the number of injured on the ground was just eight, mostly women and children. Only three were still hospitalized, said the Sindh Health Department spokeswoman and all the residents of the 18 homes that were damaged by the crash were accounted for.

"The men were praying at the nearby mosque, Masjid-e-Bilal, which is 100 meters from where the plane crashed," said resident Amir Chaudhry, whose sister was injured when the airliner crashed into the neighborhood.

Pakistan has been in a countrywide lockdown since mid-March because of the coronavirus, and when flights resumed every other seat was left vacant to promote social distancing.

Army soldiers carry the coffin of a crash victim during a funeral a day after a Pakistan International Airlines aircraft crashed in a residential area in Karachi, Pakistan, May 23, 2020.

Southern Sindh province, of which Karachi is the capital, is the epicenter of Pakistan's outbreak, with nearly 20,000 of the country's more than 50,000 cases. Pakistan has reported 1,101 deaths from the COVID-19 disease caused by the virus.

A transmission of the pilot's final exchange with air traffic control, posted on the website LiveATC.net, indicated he had failed to land and was circling to make another attempt.

"We are proceeding direct, sir — we have lost engine," the pilot said.

"Confirm your attempt on belly," the air traffic controller said, offering a runway.

"Sir, mayday, mayday, mayday, mayday Pakistan 8303," the pilot said before the transmission ended.

PIA Chairman Arshad Malik told reporters Friday in Karachi that an independent inquiry would be held but said the aircraft was in good working order. On Saturday Pakistan's Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan told reporters the inquiry report will be done in three months and its findings resented to Parliament.

Airworthiness documents showed the plane last received a government check on Nov. 1, 2019. PIA's chief engineer signed a separate certificate April 28 saying all maintenance had been conducted. It said "the aircraft is fully airworthy and meets all the safety" standards.

Ownership records for the Airbus A320 showed China Eastern Airlines flew the plane from 2004 until 2014. The plane then entered PIA's fleet, leased from GE Capital Aviation Services.

Airbus said the plane had logged 47,100 flight hours and 25,860 flights as of Friday. The plane had two CFM56-5B4 engines.

Airbus said it would provide technical assistance to investigators in France and Pakistan, as well as the airline and engine manufacturers.

"We at Airbus are deeply saddened by the tragic news of flight (hash)PK8303," tweeted Executive Director Guillaume Faury. "In aviation, we all work hard to prevent this. Airbus will provide full assistance to the investigating authorities."
 

May 23, 2020 at 11:10PM

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May 23, 2020 at 03:06AM

AP-NORC Poll: Many in US Won't Return to Gym Or Dining Out

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AP-NORC Poll: Many in US Won't Return to Gym Or Dining Out

Much of the country remains unlikely to venture out to bars, restaurants, theaters or gyms anytime soon, despite state and local officials across the country increasingly allowing businesses to reopen, according to a new survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

That hesitancy in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak could muffle any recovery from what has been the sharpest and swiftest economic downturn in U.S. history. Just 42% of those who went to concerts, movies, theaters or sporting events at least monthly before the outbreak say they'd do so in the next few weeks if they could. Only about half of those who regularly went to restaurants, exercised at the gym or traveled would feel comfortable doing so again.  

About a quarter of Americans say someone in their household has lost a job amid that downturn, and about half have lost household income, including layoffs, pay cuts, cut hours or unpaid time off. The majority of those whose household suffered a layoff still believe they will return to their previous employer, but the share expecting their job will not return has risen slightly over the past month, to 30% from 20%.

Amber Van Den Berge, a teacher in Indiana, held off on immediately returning to her second job as a fitness instructor. She would need to pass a test for COVID-19, get her temperature checked each morning and lead class while wearing a protective mask.

"Wear a mask to teach a fitness class? I'm not ready for that," said Van Den Berge, 39.

The speed and strength of any economic rebound could be thwarted because many fear the risk of new infections. Consumers make up roughly 70% of U.S. economic activity, so anything less than a total recovery in spending would force many companies to permanently close and deepen the financial pain for 39 million people who have lost jobs in the past two months.

Forty-nine percent of Americans approve of how President Donald Trump is handling the economy, the poll shows. That has slipped over the last two months, from 56% in March. Still, the issue remains a relative positive for Trump, whose overall approval rating stands at 41%.

Trump has at times downplayed the threat of the coronavirus and the benefits of testing and has criticized the leadership of Democratic governors. Meanwhile, many Democratic lawmakers have insisted on the importance of containing the disease and sustaining the economy with federal aid.
Greg Yost, a Republican from Rockaway, New Jersey, says he wishes the president would defer more to medical experts, rather than speak off the cuff. But he added that he thinks Trump believes he must defend himself against personal attacks.

"He's between a rock and a hard place," Yost said.

But ShyJuan Clemons, 45, of Merrillville, Indiana, says Trump has made the fallout from the pandemic worse by initially denying its dangers and failing to display much empathy for those hurt by the coronavirus.

"Even my cat knows that he's terrible," said Clemons, referring to his 14-year-old Siamese mix, Shinji.
Clemons works with special needs people and worries about his hours if Indiana -- starved of tax revenues because of the disease -- cuts its budget.

But it also shows how an atmosphere of political polarization may be feeding both an eagerness by some to return and a reluctance by others to resume their previous lifestyles.

Among those who did so at least monthly before the outbreak, Republicans are far more likely than Democrats to say they'd go to restaurants (69% to 37%), movies, concerts or theaters (68% to 28%), travel (65% to 38%) and go to a gym or fitness studio (61% to 44%).

Sixty-nine percent of those who regularly shopped in person for nonessential items before the outbreak, including majorities among both parties, say they'd be likely to wander malls and stores again. But Republicans are more likely to say so than Democrats, 82% to 61%.

Yost expressed no qualms about going out because he believes the economic damage from shelter-in-place orders will be worse than the deaths from the disease.

"What's going to happen with depression, homelessness -- a lot of other problems are going to arise because we shut down the economy?" said Yost, a vice president of operations at an insurance agency. "I would go to a restaurant and feel comfortable with my kids and not even have masks on."
Still, there's an exception to the partisan divide, with 76% of Republicans and 69% of Democrats who get haircuts on at least a monthly basis saying they'd do that in the next few weeks if they could.  

The poll finds an overwhelming majority of Americans, 70%, describe the economy as poor, but their outlook for the future is highly partisan. Sixty-two percent of Republicans expect improvement in the coming year, while 56% of Democrats say it will worsen.

At the same time, two-thirds of Americans say their personal finances are good, which has remained steady since before the outbreak began.

Many families have been able to survive the downturn because of aid such as direct payments to taxpayers and expanded unemployment benefits that will expire in July.

Mitchell Durst, 74, has watched the job losses from the sidelines as a retired mathematician in Keyser, West Virginia.

He was already cautious about going out because of a compromised immune system from cancer treatments. The disease stopped his weekly poker game. He lived through the polio crisis, dealt with gas rationing during the 1970s and worked in Nigeria during the Ebola scare.

He calculates the United States will need to be patient about an economic comeback.
"Until we have a vaccine, particularly for those folks at risk, it's going to be awhile," Durst said. "If we get something in two years, if we're so fortunate to be able to do that, I think that would be fantastic."

May 23, 2020 at 01:53AM

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May 22, 2020 at 11:00PM

Tammy Bruce blasts NYC shutdown: You can fly on a full airplane but can't eat at a restaurant?

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May 21, 2020 at 10:49PM

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Michael Baber is an American, freelance music editor who has contributed to the soundtracks of ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' (1995)'', Battlestar Galactica'' (2004)'', Once Upon a Time'' (2011)'', Black Mirror'' (2011)'', The Walking Dead'' (2010)'','' ''Black Sails'' (2014), as well as more television shows and films [https://ift.tt/3g4l9W2]. He has won three emmy awards for outstanding sound editing for a series. His contributions to the shows ''Battlestar Galactica'' and ''Black Sails'' earned him these awards in 2009, 2014, and 2016 [https://ift.tt/2TojcKp], the most recent of the two awarded for ''Black Sails.'' He has been married to Claire Bloom since 1999, and has had three children with her, with whom he lives in Woodland Hills. These include daughters Zoe and Natalie, as well as his son Calvin.

== Biography ==
Born in Wabash, Indiana on November 1, 1966, Baber attended Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana from 1985-1989. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Telecommunications and TV production. He eventually attended USC for graduate school from 1989-1993, graduating with a MFA in sound editing, film writing, and recording [https://ift.tt/2yk59OJ]. His first credited role in film is as an assistant engineer for 12 episodes of the ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' in 1995. At this point in time, Baber met Claire Bloom while both were working on the television show ''Strange Luck'' and the two got married 4 years later in 1999. Their first child, a daughter named Natalie, was born in 2000. He continued working as a music editor, founding Bloombaber Music Design Inc. in 2004 alongside his wife, a musician of her own and executive director of the Tarzana Community Center. Their second daughter, Zoe, was born in 2003. In 2006, they had their only son, Calvin. Baber was hired as a music editor for the television show ''Battlestar Galactica'' (2004) between 2005 and 2009. For this, he earned an emmy award at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards. Later on, his contributions to ''Black Sails'' (2014) between 2014 and 2016 earned him two more emmy awards, at the 66th and 68th Primetime Emmy Awards, respectively. He is still working as a music editor, most notably for ''The Walking Dead'' between 2010 and 2019. He was nominated for an emmy award four times for his work on ''The Walking Dead'', but has never won an award for this show in particular.



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May 21, 2020 at 04:25AM

Taliban Chief Urges US to Implement Afghan Peace Deal

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Taliban Chief Urges US to Implement Afghan Peace Deal

The leader of the Taliban said Wednesday that implementation of his group's "historic" agreement with the United States was key to ending the war in Afghanistan and paving the way for U.S. troops to exit the country.

"The Islamic Emirate [the Taliban] is committed to the agreement signed with America and urges the other side to honor its own commitments and to not allow this critical opportunity to go to waste," said Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada.

The reclusive Taliban chief made the remarks in a message released in connection with the coming annual festival of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan.

"Let us move forward with the implementation phase so that a path is paved for the withdrawal of your [U.S.] forces and for peace and security to take hold in Afghanistan and the region," Akhundzada said.

His message coincided with a fresh trip to the region by U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, who negotiated and signed the deal with the Taliban on February 29.

The American envoy visited Qatar for talks with insurgent leaders based there prior to meeting Wednesday in Kabul with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.

FILE - Washington peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad is pictured at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 9, 2020.

'Historic opportunity'

A pre-visit U.S. announcement said that during Khalilzad's trip, his talks would focus on implementation of the agreement and press Afghan parties to the conflict to open internal negotiations as soon as possible.

"The United States-Taliban agreement opens a historic opportunity for moving forward on peace," Khalilzad told reporters before leaving Washington for the visit.

The increase in summer fighting between Afghan security forces and the Taliban has threatened to derail the landmark deal, which requires U.S. and coalition forces to leave Afghanistan by mid-July 2021, ending America's longest overseas military intervention.

"I urge American officials to not afford anyone the opportunity to obstruct, delay and ultimately derail this internationally recognized bilateral agreement between us and you," said Taliban chief Akhundzada.

The Afghan government and the Taliban have blamed each other for fueling recent battlefield hostilities. Islamic State terrorists, meanwhile, also have conducted deadly attacks, mostly targeting Afghan civilians.

The United Nations said in a report issued this week that the renewed violence had killed and injured hundreds of Afghan civilians over the past six weeks.

On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo again underlined the need for reducing the violence and starting intra-Afghan talks to negotiate an agreement on the political future of the country.

"We need all sides, including the Taliban, to do their part to get into talks. We need violence reduced. We're working hard to meet the critical objective of getting peace and reconciliation inside of Afghanistan," the chief American diplomat told reporters in Washington.

FILE - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, left, and Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah are pictured at a NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland, July 8, 2016.

Power-sharing accord

Pompeo also welcomed this week's political power-sharing agreement between Ghani and his chief election rival, Abdullah Abdullah, urging both men to speed up the government's entry into negotiations with the Taliban.

Ghani and Abdullah both claimed to have won the disputed September presidential election, triggering months of political and governance crisis in Afghanistan.

While Ghani has retained the office of the president, the deal gives Abdullah the de facto No. 2 position and power to recommend candidates for 50 percent of the Cabinet.  
Abdullah will also lead the peace process and future negotiations with the Taliban as head of a new High Council of National Reconciliation.

Under the U.S.-Taliban deal, the proposed intra-Afghan dialogue was due to begin in early March. The crucial talks have been delayed because of an extremely slow-moving prisoner swap between the Taliban and Kabul.

The Afghan government has to release up to 5,000 insurgent prisoners in return for 1,000 detainees held by the Taliban. So far, only 1,000 prisoners have been set free from Afghan jails while the Taliban have released fewer than 300 detainees.

May 21, 2020 at 03:44AM

Dr. Tom Frieden: Coronavirus alert levels — here's how to recover our economy without risking lives

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May 21, 2020 at 01:14AM

Nigerian Mental Health Specialists Offer Free Therapy Amid Coronavirus Triggered Increase in Cases

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 Thousands of Nigerians are receiving free mental health care through a program to help people cope with stress and isolation from COVID-19.  The program, Mentally Aware Nigeria, or MANI, was formed by psychologists and medical experts to create an environment where people can seek mental health care without fear of stigma or discrimination.  Timothy Obiezu reports from Abuja.

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May 20, 2020 at 11:38PM

List of Giro d'Italia Grande Partenzas

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The [[Giro d'Italia]] is an annual [[Road bicycle racing|road bicycle race]] held over 23&nbsp;days in May and June. Established in 1909 by newspaper ''[[La Gazzetta dello Sport]]'', the Giro is the second-most well-known and prestigious of cycling's three "[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]"; the others are the [[Tour de France]] and the [[Vuelta a España]].<ref></ref> The race usually covers approximately 3,500 kilometres (2,200&nbsp;mi), passing through Italy and neighboring countries such as [[France]] and [[Switzerland]]. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages. Individual finishing times for each stage are totaled to determine the overall winner at the end of the race.

==Host cities==

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|+Giro d'Italia Grande Partenza hosts
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!scope=col|Year
!scope=col|Country
!scope=col|Region
!scope=col|Grande Partenza host
!scope=col|Winning rider
|-
|align=center|[[1909 Giro d'Italia|1909]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]] <br /><small>''(Piazzale Loreto)''</small>
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1910 Giro d'Italia|1910]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1911 Giro d'Italia|1911]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Lazio]]
|[[Rome]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1912 Giro d'Italia|1912]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|[[Atala (cycling team)|Atala–Dunlop]]
|-
|align=center|[[1913 Giro d'Italia|1913]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1914 Giro d'Italia|1914]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|1915
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|1916
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|1917
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|1918
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|[[1919 Giro d'Italia|1919]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1920 Giro d'Italia|1920]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1921 Giro d'Italia|1921]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1922 Giro d'Italia|1922]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1923 Giro d'Italia|1923]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1924 Giro d'Italia|1924]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1925 Giro d'Italia|1925]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1926 Giro d'Italia|1926]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1927 Giro d'Italia|1927]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1928 Giro d'Italia|1928]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1929 Giro d'Italia|1929]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Lazio]]
|[[Rome]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1930 Giro d'Italia|1930]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Sicily]]
|[[Messina]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1931 Giro d'Italia|1931]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1932 Giro d'Italia|1932]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1933 Giro d'Italia|1933]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1934 Giro d'Italia|1934]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1935 Giro d'Italia|1935]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1936 Giro d'Italia|1936]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1937 Giro d'Italia|1937]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1938 Giro d'Italia|1938]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1939 Giro d'Italia|1939]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1940 Giro d'Italia|1940]]
| [[Italy]]
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|1941
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|1942
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|1943
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|1944
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|align=center|
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|1945
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|[[1946 Giro d'Italia|1946]]
|
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1947 Giro d'Italia|1947]]
|
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1948 Giro d'Italia|1948]]
|
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1949 Giro d'Italia|1949]]
|
| [[Sicily]]
|[[Palermo]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1950 Giro d'Italia|1950]]
|
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1951 Giro d'Italia|1951]]
|
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1952 Giro d'Italia|1952]]
|
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1953 Giro d'Italia|1953]]
|
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1954 Giro d'Italia|1954]]
|
| [[Sicily]]
|[[Palermo]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1955 Giro d'Italia|1955]]
|
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1956 Giro d'Italia|1956]]
|
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1957 Giro d'Italia|1957]]
|
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1958 Giro d'Italia|1958]]
|
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1959 Giro d'Italia|1959]]
|
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1960 Giro d'Italia|1960]]
|
| [[Lazio]]
|[[Rome]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1961 Giro d'Italia|1961]]
|
| [[Piedmont]]
|[[Turin]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1962 Giro d'Italia|1962]]
|
| [[Lombardy]]
|[[Milan]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1963 Giro d'Italia|1963]]
|
| [[Campania]]
|[[Naples]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1964 Giro d'Italia|1964]]
|
| [[Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol]]
|[[Bolzano]]
!scope=row|
|-
|align=center|[[1965 Giro d'Italia|1965]]
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|[[Budapest]]Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> It was the first time a Grand Tour was going to enter the country.<ref name="CW"/> However, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] that started in 2019 and spanned into 2020, the Giro cancelled the start in Hungary and the race itself and race organizer [[RCS Sport]] stated they would later announce new plans for the 2020 Giro.<ref name="COVID">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> On 5 May, RCS announced that Hungary would not host any stages and the new start would take place somewhere in southern Italy.<ref name="New Start Idea">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>}}
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==References==

===Footnotes===


===Citations===


==See also==
*[[List of Giro d'Italia classification winners]]
*[[Pink jersey statistics]]
*[[List of Grand Tour general classification winners]]

May 20, 2020 at 11:38PM

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Coronavirus cases are spiking from India to South Africa and Mexico in a clear indication the pandemic is far from over, while Russia and Brazil now sit behind only the United States in the number of reported infections.  

The surges come as much of Asia, Europe and scores of U.S. states have been easing lockdowns to restart their economies as new infections wane. U.S. autoworkers, French teachers and Thai mall workers are among hundreds of thousands of employees back at work with new safety precautions.

Russia reported a steady rise in new infections Tuesday, and new hot spots have emerged across the nation of about 147 million. Russia registered nearly 9,300 new cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to almost 300,000 infections, about half of them in Moscow. Authorities say over 2,800 people with COVID-19 have died in Russia, a figure some say is surely higher.

Some experts argue Russian authorities have been listing chronic illnesses as the cause of death for many who tested positive for the virus. Officials angrily deny manipulating statistics, saying Russia's low death toll reflects early preventive measures and broad screening. Nearly 7.4 million tests have been conducted.

In Russia's second-largest city of St. Petersburg, a virus hot spot, all burials now must be with closed coffins as a precaution, irrespective of the cause of death. Previously the measure applied only to COVID-19 deaths.  

Russia's caseload is second only to that of the U.S., which has seen 1.5 million infections and over 90,000 deaths. The country's prime minister, Mikhail Mishustin, resumed work Tuesday after a bout of coronavirus.  

Cases are still rising across Africa, where all 54 nations have seen confirmed infections for a total of over 88,000 cases and 2,800 deaths, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  

South Africa has the highest number of cases at over 16,400 and nearly 290 deaths. Infections have increased dramatically in Cape Town and the surrounding Western Cape province, which now accounts for 61% of South Africa's total.  

Latin America has seen more than 480,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and about 31,000 dead. The highest number of cases is in Brazil, which became the world's third worst-hit county Monday with more than 250,000 infections despite limited testing. Hospital officials reported that more than 85% of intensive care beds are occupied in the states of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.

Some countries have seen encouraging signs reverse: Iran reported a steady drop in new infections through April, only to see them rise again in May.

But there is new hope after an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus yielded encouraging results, though in a small and extremely early test. Stocks rallied Monday on the news.

In a surprise announcement, President Donald Trump said he has been taking the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to protect against the virus even though scientists say there is no evidence of its effectiveness against the disease and his own administration has warned it should be administered only in a hospital or research setting because of potentially fatal side effects.

In Russia, President Vladimir Putin has declared that a partial economic shutdown imposed in late March helped slow the outbreak and prevented the nation's health care system from being overwhelmed. A week ago, he ended the nationwide lockdown.  

He has given Russia's 85 regions a free hand to determine how they will ease their own lockdowns, but some have been struggling. The mostly Muslim southern province of Dagestan has reported a spike in infections that left its hospitals overflowing.

In India, coronavirus cases surged past 100,000, and infections are rising in the home states of migrant workers who fled cities and towns during a nationwide lockdown when they lost their jobs.
India is now seeing more than 4,000 new cases daily. States including West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha and Gujarat, the major contributors of India's migrant labor, are showing major spikes in infections as the country's lockdown rules have eased. More than 3,100 with COVID-19 have died, according to India's Health Ministry.

And in densely populated Bangladesh, where authorities reported a record number of new positive tests at over 1,600, thousands of cars were on the streets of the capital, Dhaka, despite a lockdown. Authorities have relaxed some rules and allowed shops to open ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.

In Latin America, intensive care units in the Chilean capital of Santiago have been beyond 90% capacity for days, and officials warned that intensive care staff members are reaching their limits.

"They can't keep going forever, no matter how many beds or ventilators there are,'' said Claudio Castillo, a professor of public policy and health at the University of Santiago.  

Infections are also increasing in poor areas of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, where authorities relaxed strict lockdown measures last week, allowing some businesses to open and children to walk outside on weekends.  

Colombia struggled with an outbreak in Leticia, a city on the border with Brazil, where hospitals were overwhelmed and patients were being sent to commandeered hotels. Colombia has recorded about 16,300 confirmed cases and close to 600 dead.

In Europe and in the United States, which has seen 36 million Americans file for unemployment, economic concerns dominated the political landscape.  

Unemployment claims in Britain jumped 69% in April, the government reported Tuesday. European car sales collapsed by an unprecedented 76% last month.

An experimental vaccine by Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Moderna Inc. triggered hoped-for immune responses in eight healthy, middle-aged volunteers. They were found to have antibodies similar to those seen in people who have recovered from COVID-19.  

Much bigger studies on the vaccine's safety and effectiveness are planned. Worldwide, about a dozen vaccine candidates are in or near the first stages of testing.  

More than 4.8 million people worldwide have been infected and over 318,000 deaths have been recorded, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University that experts believe is too low for several reasons.

May 19, 2020 at 11:45PM

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French actor Michel Piccoli, a prolific screen star who appeared in landmark films by directors such as Luis Bunuel - including in his Academy Award winning "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie" —and Jean-Luc Godard, has died. He was 94.

His family confirmed to French media Monday that he died last week, but they did not give a cause of death.

Though less famous in the English-speaking world, in continental Europe and his native France Paris-born Piccoli was a stalwart of art house cinema.

French movie star Michel Piccoli (L) stands next to prominent Egyptian movie critic Youssef Cherif Rizkallah at a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 1987. (Photo: Diaa Bekheet)

Beginning his career in the 1940s, he went on to make over 170 movies, working into his late eighties.

His most memorable appearance came arguably during the French New Wave – starring opposite Brigitte Bardot in Godard's 1963 masterpiece "Contempt," with his dark hat and signature bushy eyebrows.

But Piccoli's performances for Europe's most iconic directors will also be remembered, including for France's Jean Renoir, Jacques Rivette and Jean-Pierre Melville, Britain's Alfred Hitchcock and Spain's Bunuel. For the Spanish director, Piccioli starred alongside Catherine Deneuve in the 1967 masterpiece "Belle de Jour" and in 1972's "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie," which won the Best Foreign Film award at the Oscars in 1973.

FILE - French actor Michel Piccoli talks with Swedish actress Liv Ullmann at the Cannes Film Festival, southern France, May 20, 1974.

Despite starring in Hitchcock's 1969 English-language espionage thriller "Topaz," Piccoli's career in Hollywood didn't take off.

In Europe, Piccoli won a host of accolades, including Best Actor in Cannes in 1980 for "A Leap In The Dark" by Marco Bellochio and a Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 1982 for "Strange Affair" by Pierre Granier-Deferre.

The actor's last major role was in 2011's Nanni Moretti's "We Have a Pope," which premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival.

Piccoli was married three times, to Éléonore Hirt, the singer Juliette Greco and finally to Ludivine Clerc. He had one daughter from his first marriage, Anne-Cordélia. Piccoli stayed with Clerc, whom he married in 1978, until his death.

 

May 19, 2020 at 04:01AM

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World leaders attending the first-ever virtual World Health Assembly have called on nations to unite to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the first cases of the deadly disease were declared in China in December, the WHO has reported more than 4.7 million infections around the world, including more than 315,000 deaths.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened this virtual assemblage of world leaders with a stark warning. He said nations were likely to face a future of fear and insecurity unless the spread of the deadly ailment was stopped everywhere. The coronavirus causes the COVID-19 disease.

Antonio Guterres, U.N. secretary-general, is seen on a screen at the Environment Ministry as he delivers his speech at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue, in Berlin, Germany, April 28, 2020.

So far, COVID-19 has largely created social and economic havoc in the world's richer countries. But Guterres said the virus was now moving into the global South, where its impact could be even more devastating.

He urged international support for the World Health Organization, saying its role in leading the global fight against the pandemic was irreplaceable. He said the WHO needs more funds to support developing countries, which he considered to be of greatest concern.

"We are as strong as the weakest health systems. Protecting the developing world is not a matter of charity or generosity but a question of enlightened self-interest. The global North cannot defeat COVID-19 unless the global South defeats it at the same time."

The WHO has been under fire from the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump for its management of the coronavirus crisis. The United States suspended funding to the agency in April, accusing it of deferring to China.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, stung by the U.S. accusation that Beijing tried to cover up the crisis, described what he said were the painstaking efforts and sacrifices made by his people, which has turned the tide on the virus.

FILE - A man wearing a protective mask passes by a billboard depicting Chinese President Xi Jinping as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues in Belgrade, Serbia, April 1, 2020. The text on the billboard reads "Thanks, brother Xi".

"All along, we have acted with openness, transparency and responsibility," Xi said through an interpreter. "We have provided information to the WHO and relevant countries in a most timely fashion. We have released the genome sequence at the earliest possible time. We have shared control and treatment experience with the world without reservation."

Xi declared what he said was his unqualified support for the WHO and its director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Xi said his country would contribute $2 billion over the next two years to support the COVID-19 response.

French President Emmanuel Macron also supported WHO's coordinating role and scientific expertise in tackling COVID-19.

He said France would substantially increase its financial contribution to WHO. Additionally, he said his government was joining with the WHO, European Union and other partners to support research for a vaccine and other COVID-19 tools.

"If we do discover a vaccine against COVID-19, it will be a global public good and everyone must have access to it," Macron said through an interpreter. "This is a question of effectiveness really. As long as the disease remains a threat to a few, it will remain a threat for everybody."

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of World Health Organization, attends the virtual 73rd World Health Assembly following the coronavirus disease outbreak in Geneva, Switzerland, May 18, 2020.

Leaders of other countries, including Germany, South Korea and Barbados, agreed with these sentiments and those of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who said everyone needed to act in solidarity for the millions of people around the world.

WHO chief Tedros concluded the high-level segment noting there were lessons to be learned from the pandemic.

"So, I will initiate an independent evaluation at the earliest appropriate moment to review experience gained and lessons learned, and to make recommendations to improve national and global pandemic preparedness and response," he said.

Tedros said the biggest lesson was to know what must be done to make sure another pandemic like this never happens again. He said the world must never again be left in the same vulnerable state. 
 

May 19, 2020 at 03:48AM

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[[File:Feist, Peter H. (2013).jpg|thumb|<center>Peter H. Feist (2013)</center>]]
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'''Peter Heinz Feist''' (most often '''Peter H. Feist''') (29 July 1928 – 26 July 2015) was a German [[art historian]].

== Life ==
Feist was born and grew up in 1928 in [[Warnsdorf]] in northern Bohemia. His father Georg H. Feist was a surgeon and in 1926 he moved with his wife from Prague to Warnsdorf, where he took over the management of the municipal hospital. His mother, Isolde Feist née Sojka, was a nurse who converted to Lutheranism as a so-called [[half-Jewish]] woman before her marriage in 1923; her father was a wealthy wine and spirits merchant from Reichenberg.<ref>Ulrike Krenzlin: ''Vom Bürger, der sich im Sozialismus verlief - Betrachtungen zur "Rückschau eines Kunsthistorikers" (From the bourgeois who lost his way in socialism - reflections on the "retrospect of an art historian") In Peter Arlt (ed.): ''Künstler, Kunstwerk und Gesellschaft - Gedenkveranstaltung für Peter H. Feist, 8 December 2016.'' Meeting reports Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Volume 132, year 2017. Trafo Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin 2017, , .</ref> In 1932 the parents divorced. The mother was later murdered together with her second husband and half-brother in 1944 in [[Auschwitz concentration camp]].

In Warnsdorf Feist attended school and grammar school from 1934 to 1944. His Latin teacher was Rita Hetzer, the later Romance scholar and literary scholar [[Rita Schober]], who was also the reviewer of his [[habilitation]] in 1966 and whose professorial colleague he met in 1968 at the [[Humboldt University of Berlin]]. (HUB) was. As a youth, Feist was still deployed in the last months of the Second World War from 1944 to early 1945 as [[Luftwaffenhelfer]] in [[Malbork]].

After the war the family moved to [[Lutherstadt Wittenberg]]. In 1947 he caught up his [[Abitur]] there and studied [[art history]], history and [[classical archaeology]] and oriental [[archaeology]] at the [[Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg]] (MLU) until 1952. In his diploma thesis he wrote about ''Untersuchungen zur Bedeutung orientalischer Einflüsse für die Kunst des frühen Mittelalters'' (Investigations on the meaning of oriental influences for the art of the early Middle Ages).<ref>''Scientific journal of the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg'', Gesellschafts- und sprachwissenschaftliche Reihe 2, 1952/53, </ref> After his studies he worked at the MLU from 1952 to 1958 as assistant, aspirant, senior assistant and lecturer of [[Wilhelm Worringer]] at the Art History Institute. On 11 March 1958 he received his [[doctorate]] there with the thesis ''Die Stilstruktur von der altorientalischen bis zur romanischen Kunst" (The stylistic structure from ancient oriental to romanesque art). He had been a member of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|SED]] since 1954.

Before he moved with his family to East-Berlin in 1962, he first worked from 1958 as a senior assistant and [[perception]] lecturer at the [[Humboldt University of Berlin]] (HUB). On 14 November 1966, after submitting a [[thesis]] on ''Bereicherung und Begrenzung der Malerei durch den französischen Impressionismus. Ein Beitrag zur Problematik der Kunstgeschichte in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts'' (Enrichment and limitation of painting by French Impressionism. A contribution to the problems of art history in the second half of the 19th century) he obtained his [[habilitation]]. In 1967 he was appointed as a lecturer, in 1968 as a professor with a teaching position and in 1969 as professor in the Aesthetics and Art Sciences section of the HUB. From 1966 to 1968 he worked as interim director of the Institute of Art History, then until 1973 as deputy director of the Aesthetics and Art Studies Section, and from 1977 as head of the Art Studies Department at this section.

Since 1950 many study trips and conference visits, also lectures and guest lectures in most European countries (including London, Lund, Moscow, Munich, Paris, Prague, Sofia, Stockholm, Uppsala) as well as in Burma, India and the USA. In 1961 his first book on the painter [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir|Auguste Renoir]] was published, also in Polish and Hungarian; in 1987 a revised licensed edition followed in Cologne; the book has been translated into about 20 languages.

From 1982 until his early retirement in mid-1990, Feist was director of the Institute for Aesthetics and Art Studies of the [[Academy of Sciences of the GDR]]. He was a member of the . He retired in 1993. He worked on several books and published reviews and art criticism in daily newspapers.

In 1950 Feist and Gisela Münster (1927-2004) married, whom he got to know as a student of German and English language and literature in Halle; she was then a [[lecturer]] at the (ABF) of the University of Halle until 1959. In 1953, the son Michael Feist was born. He studied chemistry at the HUB from 1971 to 1975, and in 1980, after an aspirancy at the [[Moscow State University]], he became a professor at the University of Halle (MGU) and since then has been working at the HUB again as a [[research assistant]]. He has two daughters: Ulrike Holzapfel ''née'' Feist (b.1978) and Katja Feist (b. 1998).

Feist last lived in [[Berlin-Pankow]] and died three days before his 87th birthday.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

== Memberships and honours ==
* 1959–1990 Member of the art science section of the
* 1964
* 1965–1990 Member of the Association Internationale des Critiques d'Art (AICA, Internationale Vereinigung der Kunstkritiker), temporarily head of the DDR section
* 1966–1968 and 1972–1981 Head of the Art Studies Group in the Advisory Board for Cultural, Art and Linguistic Studies of the [[Ministry of Higher and Technical Education (East Germany)]]
* 1967 activist of the seven-year plan of the GDR
* 1968–1990 Member of the Central Board of the (VBK)
* 1968 Badge of honor of the
* 1969–2010 Member of the Comité International d'Histoire de l'Art (CIHA), until 1990 as one of the representatives of the GDR, afterwards honorary
* since 1969 Chairman of the National Committee for Art History
* 1969–1991 Associate member of the, full member since 1972.<ref>''Neue Mitglieder der Akademie der Künste – [[Horst Sindermann]] überreichte Ernennungsurkunden''. In the ''[[Berliner Zeitung]]'', 30 September 1972, .</ref>
* 1973 [[Johannes R. Becher]] Medal of the cultural association of the GDR
* 1974–1991 Corresponding member of the [[German Academy of Sciences at Berlin]]
* 1975 and 1980 [[National Prize of the German Democratic Republic]]
* 1976 Order of the [[Banner of Labor]] (collectively)
* 1982 [[Hans Grundig]] Medal of the Verband der Bildenden Künstler der DDR
* 1984 [[Otto Nagel]] Medal of the district association of visual artists Berlin
* 1985 Visiting Senior Fellow am Forschungszentrum (CASVA) der National Gallery in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] for three months
* 1988 [[Patriotic Order of Merit]] in Bronze<ref>''Hohe Auszeichnungen verliehen''. In ''Berliner Zeitung'', 23 April 1988, .</ref>
* 1989 Medal of honour on the 40th anniversary of the GDR
* 1990–2010 Membre honoraire of the CIHA
* 1993–2015 Member of the .

== Publications ==
* ''Plastiken der Deutschen Romanik''.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2LAnEkP ''Plastiken der Deutschen Romanik''] on WorldCat</ref>2nd edition. Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1960.
* ''[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir|Auguste Renoir]]'',E. A. Seemann Verlag, Leipzig 1961.
* ''[[Paul Cézanne]]''. E. A. Seemann Verlag, Leipzig 1963.
* ''Prinzipien und Methoden marxistischer Kunstwissenschaft: Versuch eines Abrisses''.<ref>[https://ift.tt/3fWpKtb ''Prinzipien und Methoden marxistischer Kunstwissenschaft : Versuch eines Abrisses''] on WorldCat</ref> E. A. Seemann, Buch- und Kunstverlag, Leipzig 1966.
* ''Lexikon der Kunst.'' Leipzig 1968–1978, 1987–1994 (co-ed.).
* ''Impressionistische Malerei in Frankreich''.<ref>[https://ift.tt/3fYbW1u ''Impressionistische Malerei in Frankreich''] on WorldCat</ref> 3rd edition. Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1972.
* ''Die National Gallery London''. 4th edition. E. A. Seemann Verlag, Leipzig 1976.
* ''Künstler, Kunstwerk und Gesellschaft : Studien zur Kunstgeschichte und zur Methodologie der Kunstwissenschaft''<ref>[https://ift.tt/2ACa3r7 'Künstler, Kunstwerk und Gesellschaft : Studien zur Kunstgeschichte und zur Methodologie der Kunstwissenschaft''] on WorldCat</ref> Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1978 (Fundus-Reihe 51/52).
* ''[[Claude Monet|Monet]]''. 2nd edition. Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1983.
* ''Geschichte der deutschen Kunst''. E. A. Seemann Verlag, Leipzig. A total of 8 volumes, including 2 volumes by Peter H. Feist herausgegeben:
# ''Band 1760–1848''. Leipzig 1986, . (among others with Thomas Häntzsche, Ulrike Krenzlin, Gisold Lammel, Helga Paditz).
# ''Band 1848–1890''. Leipzig 1987, . (among others with Dieter Golgner, Ulrike Krenzlin, Gisold Lammel).
* ''[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir|Renoir]]. Ein Traum von Harmonie''.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2TbwCJq ''Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1841-1919 : a dream of harmony''] on WorldCat</ref> Taschen Verlag, Cologne 1987, .
* ''Impressionismus. Die Entdeckung der Freizeit.''<ref>[https://ift.tt/2X8CGDK ''Impressionismus : die Erfindung der Freizeit''] on WorldCat</ref> E. A. Seemann-Verlag, Leipzig, 1993, .
* ''Figur und Objekt. Plastik im 20. Jahrhundert – eine Einführung und 200 Biographien.'' Seemann Verlag, Leipzig 1996, .
* ''{Ill|Metzler-Kunsthistoriker-Lexikon|de}}. Zweihundertzehn Porträts deutschsprachiger Autoren aus vier Jahrhunderten''. 2nd edition. J. B. Metzler'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel Verlag, Stuttgart 2007, (with [[Peter Betthausen]] and Christiane Fork).
* ''Französischer Impressionismus. Malerei des Impressionismus 1860–1920''.<ref>[https://ift.tt/36iDUkh ''Französischer Impressionismus : 1860-1920''] on WorldCat</ref> [[Taschen Verlag]], Cologne 1995, .
* ''Hauptstraßen und eigene Wege – Rückschau eines Kunsthistorikers.''<ref>[https://ift.tt/369qmXS ''Hauptstraßen und eigene Wege Rückschau eines Kunsthistorikers''] on WorlddCCat</ref> With an epilogue by [[Horst Bredekamp]]. Lukas Verlag für Kunst- und Geistesgeschichte, Berlin 2016, .

== Literature ==
* [[Lothar Mertens]]: ''Lexikon der DDR-Historiker. Biographien und Bibliographien zu den Geschichtswissenschaftlern aus der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik.'' Saur, Munich 2006, , .
* Jan Wielgohs: Feist, Peter Heinz. In Wer war wer in der DDR? 5th edition. Volume 1, Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, .
* Horst Bredekamp: ''Nachruf.'' In Peter H. Feist: ''Hauptstraßen und eigene Wege, Rückschau eines Kunsthistorikers.'' Lukas Verlag für Kunst- und Geistesgeschichte, Berlin 2016, .
* Peter Betthausen, Michael Feist (ed.): ''Nachlese. Ansichten von Bildender Kunst und Kunstgeschichte (Textsammlung).'' Lukas Verlag für Kunst- und Geistesgeschichte, Berlin 2016, 200 p. (with complete bibliography), .
* Peter Arlt (ed.): ''Künstler, Kunstwerk und Gesellschaft – Gedenkveranstaltung für Peter H. Feist, 8 December 2016.'' With contributions from [[Hans-Otto Dill]], Emerita Pansowova, Fritz Jacobi, Jens Semrau, Ulrike Krenzlin, [[Gerd-Helge Vogel]], Peter Arlt, Michael Feist, [[Harald Metzkes]], Claude Keisch, [[Peter Michel (art historian)|Peter Michel]], [[Ronald Paris]], Diana Al-Jumaili. Meeting reports of the Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaften in Berlin, volume 132, , year 2017. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin 2017,
* ''Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. Peter H. Feist.'' In Peter Arlt (ed.): ''Künstler, Kunstwerk und Gesellschaft – Gedenkveranstaltung für Peter H. Feist, 8 December 2016.'' Meeting reports of the Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaften in Berlin, volume 132, , year 2017. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin 2017, .

== References ==


== External links ==
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* [https://ift.tt/2ydCvic Dürfen Kommunisten träumen?], Article by Peter H. Feist about the pictures in [[Palast der Republik]] in the ''[[Berliner Zeitung]]'' date 27 April 2001





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May 18, 2020 at 12:21AM

Virus Heads Upriver in Brazil Amazon, Sickens Native People

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In the remote Amazon community of Betania, Tikuna tribe members suspect the coronavirus arrived this month after some returned from a two-hour boat trip down the Solimoes River to pick up their government benefit payments.

Dozens subsequently got headaches, fevers and coughs. Two died. And the five government medical workers for the community of about 4,000 are not treating the sick because they lack protective equipment and coronavirus tests, said Sinésio Tikuna, a village leader.

So the Tikuna rely on their traditional remedy for respiratory ailments: Inhaling clouds of smoke from burning medicinal plants and beehives.

The Tikuna's plight illustrates the danger from the coronavirus as it spreads to rainforest areas where tribe members live in close quarters with limited medical services. Most are reachable only by boat or small aircraft.

"We're very worried, mainly because help isn't arriving," Sinésio Tikuna said in a telephone interview.

Brazil has Latin America's highest COVID-19 death toll, with more than 15,000 as of Sunday. The country's hardest hit major city per capita is in the Amazon — Manaus, where mass graves are filling up with bodies.

Graves for people who have died in the past month fill a new section of the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery, amid the new coronavirus pandemic, in Manaus, Brazil, May 11. 2020.

As Sinésio Tikuna described in an interview his belief that beehive smoke saved four sick tribe members, there was no one at a Manaus hospital to help a feverish woman, struggling to breathe, make it inside the emergency room. A police officer put her on a gurney, wheeling it inside with an Associated Press photographer's help.

The indigenous people dwelling up the Solimoes and Negro rivers that merge in Manaus to form the Amazon River tried for weeks to seal their reserves off from the virus, pleading for donations while awaiting government deliveries of food so they could remain isolated. It didn't come for many, indigenous advocates said.

The Upper Solimoes basin has 44 tribal reserves and has emerged as the Brazilian Amazon's indigenous infection hotspot. Testing is extremely limited, but shows that at least 162 of the area's approximately 76,000 indigenous people have been infected and 11 have died. There are more than 2,000 confirmed infections in parts of the area not overseen by the government's indigenous health care provider.

In a Tikuna village named Umariacu near the border with Peru and Colombia, the first three COVID-19 deaths were elderly tribe members infected by younger members who left town to receive government welfare payments and trade fish and produce for chicken and other food, said Weydson Pereira, who coordinates the region's indigenous government health care.

"Our biggest anguish today is the indigenous people who aren't staying in their communities and coming in and out of town. Today the safest place for them is inside their villages," Pereira said this month, infected and isolating at home with his infected wife and daughter.

Two weeks of tribal quarantine for the region would have provided time to identify and isolate cases, but "unfortunately, that hasn't happened," he said.

In the same area, people of Kokama ethnicity have been unable to get medical treatment fromhealth system in the small city of Tabatinga or from the government's indigenous care provider, federal prosecutors said in a lawsuit filed this week seeking to expand Tabatinga's hospital.

That hospital's 10 ventilators are in use for coronavirus patients and the nearest intensive care is 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) downriver in Manaus, also filled with patients, Pereira said.

Manaus' lack of coronavirus treatment prompted Pedro dos Santos, the leader of a slum named Park of Indigenous Nations, to drink tea made of chicory root, garlic and lime to combat a high fever that lasted 10 days. A 62-year-old neighbor of Bare indigenous ethnicity needed an ICU bed, but none were available and he died, said the man's son, Josué Paulino.

Some frightened residents of Manaus, population 2.2 million, are fleeing but they may be asymptomatic carriers and could spread the virus elsewhere, said Miguel Lago, executive director of Brazil's Institute for Health Policy Studies, which advises public health officials.

About 575 miles (925 kilometers) up the Negro River from Manaus is the community of Sao Gabriel Cachoeira, where people of 23 indigenous ethnicities make up more than 75 percent of the population.

FILE - A small boat navigates on the Solimoes River near Manaus, Brazil, May 22, 2014.

About 46,000 live in the urban area and on rural reserves with frequent back-and-forth transit, said Juliana Radler, an advisor for the Socio-Environmental Institut, an environmental and indigenous advocacy group.

Sao Gabriel Cachoeira quickly reacted to the COVID-19 threat within a week of the World Health Organization's pandemic declaration by cutting off riverboat and plane arrivals in late March — except for essential goods and soldiers.

But Radler said some Sao Gabriel Cachoeira residents stuck in Manaus headed home on supply ships — disembarking nearby and sneaking into town under cover of darkness. About 150 others made the voyage on a triple-decker ferry named the Lady Luiza.

When it arrived days later, authorities tried but failed to turn passengers away. No quarantine areas were available and some ferry passengers may have brought the virus to Sao Gabriel Cachoeira, Radler said.

Brazil's Navy authorized the ferry's trip and passengers were desperate to go home because "they felt exposed and vulnerable" in Manaus, the Lady Luiza's owner said on Facebook.

By mid-April, many residents had what they believed was a strong flu. The community's COVID-19 committee used radio broadcasts, sound trucks and pamphlets to issue warnings about the virus in Portuguese and indigenous languages including Tukano, Nheengatu and Baniwa.

One of the first confirmed coronavirus cases was a teacher of Baniwa ethnicity who died after being taken to Manaus for treatment. For most people COVID-19 causes moderate symptoms like fever, but it can result in death.

As of this week, Sao Gabriel Cachoeira had 292 confirmed infections and nearby indigenous reserves had registered their first cases.

All six functioning ventilators in the hospital were in use and remote tribal health centers were short of supplies, Radler said. 

"We need a field hospital as fast as possible, in the next 20 days," she said. "If not, it will be a catastrophe, a true catastrophe." 

 

May 17, 2020 at 11:24PM

Egypt Tightens Coronavirus Restrictions for Eid Holiday

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Egypt will bring forward the start of its curfew by four hours to 5 p.m. and halt public transport from May 24 for six days during the Eid holiday, as it seeks to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, the prime minister said on Sunday.

Shops, restaurants, parks and beaches will be closed for the extended holiday at the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, and restrictions on citizens' movements will remain in place for at least two weeks afterwards, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said.

Egypt has reported 11,719 cases of the novel coronavirus, including 612 deaths. Daily increases in the number of cases have been rising as the government slightly eased a night curfew and other measures. The number of cases rose by 491 on Saturday, the Health Ministry said.

Madbouly indicated that there could be a gradual reopening of some activities including sports clubs and restaurants from mid-June, and that a reopening of places of worship would also be considered.

After Eid, the curfew will last from 8pm-6am, as it did before Ramadan.

Anyone entering enclosed spaces with other citizens or taking public transport will be required to wear a mask, and the government was working on producing washable masks for general use, Madbouly said.

 

May 17, 2020 at 10:58PM