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4A Daily News – Tuesday, October 18, 2011 WORLD BRIEFING Obama seeks aid for states FLETCHER, N.C. (AP) — Rolling through small Southern towns in a campaign-style bus, President Barack Obama on Monday pressed law- makers back in Washing- ton to start taking up pieces of his rejected jobs bill and mocked the Republicans who had shot it down in total. The Senate moved to vote soon on one part, a plan to help states hire teach- ers, but the proposal seemed doomed. Deep in the mountains of politically important North Carolina, Obama soaked up the region's autumn beauty at the same time he assailed foes of his jobs legisla- tion, accusing them of failing to listen to the public. Back at the Capitol, Senate Democrats announced they would act first on a single part of Obama's plan, a long- shot bid to help states hire teachers and police. A Senate vote could come as soon as the end of the week. If not, it would probably fall into November because the Senate plans to take a break next week, even as Obama urges quick action. In North Carolina, the president directed his most pointed remarks at Senate Republicans, who last week blocked action on his full $447 billion proposal combining tax cuts and new spending. ''Essentially they said no to you,'' Obama told a supportive crowd outside Asheville. Noting that Republicans will now get a chance to vote on ele- ments of his jobs agenda one by one, he said: ''Maybe they just could- n't understand the whole thing all at once. So we're going to break it up into bite-size pieces.'' support in his old age. By the time Ndageramiwe's ninth child arrives, and any fur- ther members of the Kasadha clan, the world's population will have passed a momentous milestone. As of Oct. 31, according to the U.N. Population Fund, there will be 7 billion people sharing Earth's land and resources. Israel, Hamas complete preparations for prisoner exchange JERUSALEM (AP) — The elaborate machinery of a prisoner swap deal between two bitter ene- mies swung into motion Monday, as hundreds of Palestinians and one Israeli soldier prepared to return home in one of the most dramatic recent developments in the oth- erwise deadlocked Israel- Palestinian conflict. The Israel-Hamas deal, to take place Tuesday morning, is going ahead despite criticism and court appeals in Israel against the release of 1,027 Palestinians for a single captured Armored Corps sergeant, Gilad Schalit, held by militants in Gaza since 2006. The exchange, negoti- ated through mediators because Israel and Hamas will not talk directly to each other, involves a del- icate series of staged releases, each one trigger- ing the next. When it is over, Schalit — 19 years old at the time of his capture, and 25 now — will be free, ending what for Israel has been a prolonged and painful saga. Israel was forced to acknowledge that it had gibbsautobodydsl@chiconet.com 780 EAST AVE. (behind Food Maxx) Since 1950 530-527-2649 WE ACCEPT ALL INSURANCE COMPANIES Voted BEST in Tehama County '06, '07, '08, '09 & '10 We understand you have a choice, thank you for choosing us! Te Gold Exchane h Jewelry for Your Soul g OPEN: Mon.-Fri. 10am - 5:30pm Sat. 11am - 4pm 413 Walnut Street Red Bluff 530 528-8000 www.redbluffgoldexchange.com Active Senior Citizens A Retirement Community for the no way of rescuing Schalit in a military oper- ation, though the soldier was held no more than a few miles from its border. Instead, Israel agreed to a lopsided prisoner exchange that Hamas offi- cials have openly said will encourage them to cap- ture more soldiers, and which will free Palestini- ans convicted of some of the deadliest attacks against Israeli civilians in recent memory. World's population hits 7 billion She's a 40-year-old mother of eight, with a ninth child due soon. The family homestead in a Burundi village is too small to provide enough food, and three of the children have quit school for lack of money to pay required fees. ''I regret to have made all those children,'' says Godelive Ndageramiwe. ''If I were to start over, I would only make two or three.'' At Ahmed Kasadha's prosperous farm in east- ern Uganda, it's a differ- ent story. ''My father had 25 children — I have only 14 so far, and expect to pro- duce more in the future,'' says Kasadha, who has two wives. He considers a large family a sign of suc- cess and a guarantee of Libyan forces seize most of Bani Walid TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libyan revolutionary forces have captured almost all of Bani Walid, one of Moammar Gad- hafi's last remaining strongholds, but still face pockets of resistance as they try to end a weeks- long standoff, officials said Monday. Fierce resistance in Bani Walid and Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte has prevented Libya's new leaders from declaring full victory and setting a timeline for elections. It has been more than two months since the former rebels gained control of the rest of the oil-rich North African nation. In a step toward nor- malcy, the transitional leadership council con- firmed it has signed an agreement with NATO that partially lifts the no- fly zone imposed in March over the country, allowing resumption of some flights without seeking NATO approval. The embargo was imposed as part of the U.N. Security Council resolution that authorized airstrikes to protect civil- ians from Gadhafi's regime. 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Then he realized all six bulbs had been removed, and he heard dogs barking inside a boiler room, its door chained shut. He removed the chain, stepped into the dank, foul-smelling room and lifted a pile of blankets. Several sets of human eyes stared back at him. Turgut Gozleveli had stumbled upon four mentally disabled adults, all weak and malnour- ished, and one chained to the boiler. He may have also stumbled upon a vast scheme — stretching from Philadelphia to Norfolk Va., and West Palm Beach, Fla. — to steal the Social Security disability checks of defenseless and vulnera- ble people, authorities said. Philadelphia police on Saturday arrested three adults staying in an apartment upstairs, including the alleged ringleader, Linda Ann Weston, 51, who had been convicted of mur- der in a 1981 starvation death. Mom changes story, says she was drunk KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The mother of a missing Kansas City baby said Monday that she was drunk when her daughter disappeared, may have blacked out and actually last saw the child hours before the time she origi- nally told police she checked on her. The revelations came hours before a New York attorney best known for defending Joran Van der Sloot, the Dutch man sus- pected in the 2005 disap- pearance of Natalee Hol- loway in Aruba, said he had been hired to repre- sent parents Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin. The couple reported their 10-month-old daughter missing Oct. 4 after Irwin returned from working a night shift and found the front door unlocked, the house lights blazing, a window tam- pered with and the baby gone. Bradley and their two sons were asleep else- where in the home. 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