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4B – Daily News – Thursday, May 13, 2010 Obama pledges to withdrawal on schedule WASHINGTON (AP) — The war in Afghanistan will get worse before it gets bet- ter, President Barack Obama warned on Wednesday, but he declared his plan to begin withdrawing U.S. forces next year remains on track. Standing alongside Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Obama said, ‘‘What I’ve tried to emphasize is the fact that there is going to be some hard fighting over the next several months.’’ The two leaders spoke at a White House news con- ference as U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan prepare to push hard into the Tal- iban’s birthplace in Kan- dahar Province in June. The campaign for Kanda- har, already under way in districts outside the city, is expected to be among the bloodiest of the nearly nine-year-old war. ‘‘There is no denying the progress,’’ Obama said. ‘‘Nor, however, can we deny the very serious challenges still facing Afghanistan.’’ Karzai’s warm White House welcome followed months of sniping and frustration over manage- ment of the war and about fraud allegations sur- rounding Karzai’s re-elec- tion last year. Both lead- ers said disagreements are normal with so much at stake. ‘‘There are moments when we speak frankly to each other, and that frank- ness will only contribute to the strength of the rela- tionship,’’ Karzai said with a smile. Libyan jet carrying 104 crashes TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A 10-year-old Dutch boy lay in a hospital bed, head bandaged, skin pale and legs shattered — the lone ‘‘miracle’’ survivor of a plane crash Wednes- day that killed 103 people WORLD BRIEFING Failed fail- in the Libyan capital. Most victims were Dutch tourists returning from vacation in South Africa. Little was known about the dark-haired boy, who was rushed to a hospital in Tripoli where he underwent surgery for multiple fractures in both legs. The barely conscious child muttered ‘‘Holland! Holland!’’ after he was found, a Dutch official said. Libyan TV footage showed the boy, one eye bruised and swollen closed, breathing through an oxygen mask with multiple intravenous lines connected to his body and a monitor at his bedside. Doctors later said he was out of danger. The boy appeared groggy as he was tended by a doctor in green scrubs and a veiled, gloved and masked nurse. The injured youngster wore a crisp pink gown and lay on a blue dispos- able pad. A bandage of layers of white gauze and hand-lettered with the date — 5/12 — covered his head. safe devices WASHINGTON (AP) — Bad wiring and a leak in what’s supposed to be a ‘‘blowout preventer.’’ Seal- ing problems that may have allowed a methane eruption. Even a dead battery, of all things. New disclosures Wednesday revealed a com- plex cascade of deep-sea equipment failures and pro- cedural problems in the oil rig explosion and massive spill that is still fouling the waters of the Gulf of Mexi- co and threatening indus- tries and wildlife near the coast and on shore. The public also got its first look on Wednesday of oil gushing from the broken pipe that rests nearly a mile under water as BP PLC, the well’s operator, released a video taken by a remotely controlled camera. Oil flowing from a break in the yellowish pipe becomes lighter in color as it mixes with natural gas. Over the past 21 days more than 4 million gallons of oil have been released. A litany of worrisome events and findings that were at play on the night of the well explosion and pipe rupture was described in internal corporate docu- ments, marked confidential but provided to a House committee by BP and by the manufacturer of the safety device. Lawmakers released them at a House hearing. A senior BP executive, Lamar McKay, cautioned, ‘‘It’s inappropriate to draw any conclusions before all the facts are known.’’ But the documents established the firmest evidence to date of the sequence of cata- strophic events that led to CONCERT United States Air Force Golden West Winds Quintet FREE Saturday, MAY 15, 2010 7:30 PM State Theatre, 333 Oak Street, Red Bluff Liberty For All Sponsored by: D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY STATE THEATRE FOR THE ARTS ing, rejecting GOP strong- holds of Salt Lake City and Phoenix. The decision came amid calls from Hispanic groups and others to boycott Arizona after it adopted a law to crack down on illegal immigrants, although party members insisted their deci- sion against Phoenix was not linked to that legislation. ‘‘We got it!’’ RNC Sec- retary Sharon Day, a Florid- ian, shouted into a hotel hallway as she danced out of the closed-door meeting. ‘‘I think that we are one of the bellwether states. ... We’ll be stronger for 2012. It will give us an opportuni- ty to strengthen our volun- teer base,’’ she said. Florida, with its hefty 27 electoral votes, decided the 2000 election for George W. Bush. Obama won the state in 2008. Kagan meets the explosion and worsen- ing spill, a series of failures more reminiscent of the loss of the space shuttle Chal- lenger than the wreck of the Exxon Valdez. GOP chooses Tampa for 2012 rally OXON HILL, Md. 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