TASK DEFINITION: Given a document, find the main entity about whom the author is writing. Write the full name if mentioned in the text. Note that URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
PROBLEM: Joseph Mifsud   who joined the faculty of the University of Stirling earlier this year  was not named in the court documents.  He  confirmed  his  identity to the Daily Telegraph on Tuesday  stressing that "I have a clear conscience."
The University of Stirling said in an emailed statement that  Mifsud  joined  its  politics department in May 2017 as a "full-time professorial teaching fellow."
 Mifsud  told the Telegraph that  he  knew nothing about emails containing "dirt" on Clinton  calling the allegations upsetting and "incredible."  He  also dismissed the disclosure that  he  introduced Papadopoulos to a "female Russian national " calling the allegation a "laughing stock."
 Mifsud  told the newspaper that  he  introduced Papadopoulos to the director of a Russian think tank to help him better grasp Russian foreign policy and that he tried to set up meetings with experts on the European Union.
"We are academics "  Mifsud  told the paper. "We work closely with everybody."
In emails with The Washington Post in August   Mifsud  said that  he  had "absolutely no contact" with the Russian government. "I am an academic  I do not even speak Russian "  he  wrote.
 He  said that Papadopoulos "was introduced to  me  in a visit to a project in Rome by the London Centre of International Law Practice in which we discussed track two diplomacy with a number of countries including the Russian Federation. The only link that was offered vis-à-vis Russia was with RIAC " or the Russian International Affairs Council  a Russian think tank.

SOLUTION: Joseph Mifsud

PROBLEM: BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanonâs Shiâite Hezbollah group on Sunday accused Saudi Arabia of forcing  Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri  to quit  and called for calm in an effort to contain the political crisis unleashed by  his  resignation.
Lebanese President Michel Aoun meets with  Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri  at the presidential palace in Baabda  Lebanon  September 28  2017. Dalati Nohra/Handout via REUTERS
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah  the leader of Iran-backed Hezbollah  said there should be no political escalation in response to  Hariri âs declaration on Saturday  which was made from Saudi Arabia and came as surprise even to his aides.
 Hariri   in a televised speech  said there was a plot to kill him  and accused Hezbollah and its Iranian backers of sowing strife in the Arab world.
Nasrallah said âlegitimate questionsâ were being asked over whether  Hariri  had been detained in Saudi Arabia  where news emerged on Sunday that royals  ministers and investors had been arrested in an anti-corruption purge.
Speaking in a televised address  Nasrallah said: âThe resignation was a Saudi decision dictated to  Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri  and was forced on  him .â
Nasrallah said Lebanonâs political leaders expected  Hariri  to return to Lebanon on Thursday âif  he  is allowedâ to travel.
Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia  a political ally of  Hariri   is locked in a bitter tussle for power across the Middle East with Shiâite Iran and its allies  including Hezbollah.
Lebanese President Michel Aoun will not accept  Hariri âs resignation until  he  returns to Lebanon to explain his reasons  palace sources said on Sunday  delaying for now the politically difficult consultations over his successor.
Nasrallah said he would not comment on accusations leveled against Hezbollah by  Hariri   describing his resignation announcement as a Saudi statement.
 Hariri âs resignation toppled a coalition government that included Hezbollah  thrusting Lebanon back into the frontline of the Saudi-Iranian regional rivalry and risking an open-ended political crisis.
Nasrallah said he had thought things were going well and had not wanted  Hariri  to quit.
 Hariri  allies in Lebanon have denied suggestions he had been detained and a photograph was published on his Twitter account showing him with Saudi Arabiaâs newly appointed ambassador to Lebanon  Walid al-Yaaqoub.
News of high-level arrests in Saudi Arabia fueled social media speculation in Lebanon that Hariri  a Saudi national  was a target. Nasrallah said âthere was legitimate concernâ  asking if  Hariri  had anything to do âwith this internal struggle between the princesâ.
Saudi-owned newspaper Asharq al-Awsat cited unnamed sources close to  Hariri  as speculating that  he  would probably remain outside Lebanon because of the security threat against  him .
In Lebanonâs sectarian system the president must be a Maronite Catholic  the prime minister a Sunni and the speaker of parliament a Shiâite.  Hariri  is Lebanonâs most influential Sunni politician.

SOLUTION: Saad al-Hariri

PROBLEM: Villanova guard  Mikal Bridges  reacts after blocking a shot during the second half Tuesday. (Julie Jacobson/Associated Press)
NEW YORK —  Mikal Bridges  was not even a top 80 recruit coming out of  his  suburban Philadelphia high school in 2014. In the one-and-done era of college basketball   he  was the opposite when  he  arrived at Villanova that summer and was forced to redshirt  his  freshman season because  he  simply wasn’t ready. When  he  was finally prepared to play as a relatively unknown reserve on the Wildcats’ national championship team the following season   his  older teammates chided  him  for  his  finesse tendencies in the lane.  He  preferred layups over powerful dunks.
Pray for the Gonzaga basketball team Nothings wrong with them  it’s just that  Mikal Bridges  just ended  their  program pic.twitter.com/ywUj8Hhirx — Stri:(a (@StrikaNation24_) December 6  2017
More people stood after the sequence  and a large group of fans started chanting “Mi-kal Bri-dges” briefly at one end of the arena. It ended after a few seconds  but what  Bridges  did Tuesday night — scoring a career-high 28 points to go along with six rebounds and two blocks — will likely reverberate across college basketball for some time. ESPN analyst Jay Bilas said on the game’s telecast that  Bridges  had made a “case for first-team all-American.” On Twitter  former Villanova guard Josh Hart claimed his former teammate would be a first-round pick  and some even boldly projected that  Bridges  would be drafted ahead of Michigan State star Miles Bridges.
That wave of noise didn’t seem to faze the soft-spoken Mikal Bridges as he took the podium afterward  where he said all the right things and told the story about the older veterans in the program who have challenged him to attack more over the years. One of the primary concerns for Villanova entering the season was finding a replacement for the graduated Hart and Kris Jenkins  who were pillars in the program for four seasons. Villanova has another experienced star in 6-2 junior point guard Jalen Brunson  who finished with 12 points Tuesday  as well as redshirt junior Phil Booth  a Baltimore product who scored 20 points on 9-for-14 shooting as Gonzaga turned in one of its worst defensive performances of the past two years.

SOLUTION:
Mikal Bridges