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10A – Daily News – Saturday, April 30, 2011 WORLD BRIEFING Survivors pick up pieces from twisters TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Survivors of the deadliest tornado out- break since the Great Depression struggled to begin rebuilding their lives in the wind-wrecked landscape Friday, endur- ing blackouts and waiting in long lines for gas as their remaining posses- sions lay hidden in the rubble. President Barack Obama came to devastat- ed Alabama to console victims whose emergency services are so badly strained that at least one town was begging for body bags. As Obama stepped off a plane at the airport in hard-hit Tuscaloosa, res- cuers and survivors combed the remains of neighborhoods pulverized by Wednesday’s outbreak that killed at least 318 across seven states. In one of its first official assess- ments of the tornadoes’ strength, the National Weather Service gave the worst possible rating to one that raked Mississippi and said it was the strongest to hit the state since 1966. With the confirmation of more deaths by state officials, Wednesday’s outbreak surpassed a deadly series of tornadoes in 1974 to become the deadliest day for twisters since 332 people died in March 1932. The storm eight decades ago was also in Alabama. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley says 1,700 people have been injured by the tornadoes that leveled communities across the state The president’s arrival drew a muted response from Tuscaloosa resident Derek Harris, who was pushing a grocery buggy down a street where virtu- ally every home was heavily damaged. The 47- year-old and his wife hoped to use the cart to salvage a few belongings from his home. ‘‘Hopefully he’ll give us some money to start over,’’ Harris said of Obama. ‘‘Is FEMA here? The only place I’m hear- ing anything is at the Red Cross center.’’ Syrian rights group says 42 killed nationwide BEIRUT (AP) — Security forces opened fire Friday on demonstra- tors trying to break an You are Cordially Invited to SAT. 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The protesters in cities across Syria — including the capital of Damascus — called for Assad’s ouster, with some chanti- ng ‘‘We are not afraid!’’ Human rights activist Mustafa Osso said 42 people were killed, but the death toll could rise. His human rights group, based in Syria, compiles casualty tolls from the crackdown. A witness in Daraa — the heart of the uprising — said residents stayed indoors because the city has been under siege by the military since Mon- day, when thousands of soldiers backed by tanks and snipers stormed in. People were too afraid even to venture out to mosques for prayers, the witness said. ‘‘We are in our houses but our hearts are in the mosques,’’ the witness said, speaking by satellite telephone and asking that his name not be published for fear of reprisals. Final launch of shuttle delayed CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The historic next-to-last space shuttle launch was scratched Fri- day because of mechani- cal problems, spoiling a visit from the president and dashing the hopes of the biggest crowd of spec- tators in years, including the mission commander’s wounded wife, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Auxiliary A member of CHW NASA hopes to try again Monday to launch space shuttle Endeavour on its final voyage. President Barack Obama and his family visited Kennedy Space Center anyway but it was unclear whether he would still meet with the Ari- zona congresswoman. Giffords, who is recover- ing from a gunshot wound to the head, has been in Cape Canaveral since Wednesday to attend her husband’s launch. Giffords hasn’t been seen publicly since the Jan. 8 assassination attempt, and left her Houston rehabilitation hospital for the first time to travel to Florida. It was not immediately known whether she would stay for another try or return to Houston. She had been expected to watch the liftoff in pri- vate — as were the other astronaut families. Royal history LONDON (AP) — With a smile that lit up TV screens around the world, Kate Middleton married Prince William in a union that promised to revitalize the British monarchy. A million people roared their approval as the royal couple then paraded through Lon- don in an open carriage. Even knowing that an immense television audi- ence was tuning in to watch, the couple managed, at times, to appear in their own private world Friday, both at Westminster Abbey and on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. 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Within moments, a flyby of vintage and modern Royal Air Force planes roared over- head. Libyan forces breach border TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libyan forces in more than a dozen military vehi- cles and armed with anti- aircraft guns and rocket launchers crossed into Tunisia on Friday as fight- ing with rebels raged along the western frontier, wit- nesses said. Tunisia’s gov- ernment was furious after clashes broke out on its ter- ritory and demanded Libya halt all incursions. In another sign that Moammar Gadhafi’s regime was redoubling efforts to beat back resis- tance in its stronghold of western Libya, NATO war- ships intercepted several boats laying anti-shipping mines outside the harbor of the rebel-held city of Mis- rata. The port is the only lifeline for the city of 300,000, which has been under siege by Gadhafi’s forces for two months. Libyan forces also fired rockets and shells at Misra- ta from the outskirts of town, killing at least eight people. The fighting on the Libyan-Tunisian border, the attempted mining of the waters near Misrata and the renewed shelling signaled a new push by Gadhafi’s forces to retake the two areas of fiercest rebel resis- tance in the west. It’s unlikely Gadhafi would be able to cling to power with- out consolidating control over western Libya. The rebels have largely controlled the eastern part of the country since an uprising against Gadhafi, Libya’s ruler of 42 years, erupted in mid-February. They have said they will not contemplate a cease- fire before he is pushed out.