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8A Daily News – Wednesday, May 29, 2013 WORLD BRIEFING two leaders had been originally scheduled to meet, underscoring concerns that the U.S-China relationship was drifting. US official promotes military relations ahead of Obama-Xi summit BEIJING (AP) — U.S. National Security Adviser Tom Donilon pushed Tuesday for stronger military relations with China, on the final day of a visit to Beijing to set the stage for a summit next month between President Barack Obama and China's Xi Jinping. Nontraditional military activities such as peacekeeping, disaster relief and anti-piracy operations offer opportunities to boost cooperation and ''contribute to greater mutual confidence and understanding,'' Donilon told Gen. Fan Changlong, a vice chairman of the commission overseeing China's armed forces. A ''healthy, stable, and reliable military-to-military relationship'' is an essential part of overall China-U.S. ties, Donilon said at the start of the meeting at China's hulking Defense Ministry building in central Beijing. Donilon met with a range of Chinese officials over two days to hammer out plans for the June 7-8 summit, the first face-toface meeting between the presidents since Obama's re-election and Xi's promotion to Communist Party chief last November. Their informal summit at the private Sunnylands estate of the late publishing tycoon Walter Annenberg in southern California will come months before the Al-Qaida terrorist behind Niger and Algeria attacks DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — After years of trying to discipline him, the leaders of al-Qaida's North African branch sent one final letter to their most difficult employee. In page after scathing page, they described how he didn't answer his phone when they called, failed to turn in his expense reports, ignored meetings and refused time and again to carry out orders. Most of all, they claimed he had failed to carry out a single spectacular operation, despite the resources at his disposal. The employee, international terrorist Moktar Belmoktar, responded the way talented employees with bruised egos have in corporations the world over: He quit and formed his own competing group. And within months, he carried out two lethal operations that killed 101 people in all: one of the largest hostagetakings in history at a BPoperated gas plant in Algeria in January, and simultaneous bombings at a military base and a French uranium mine in Niger just last week. The al-Qaida letter, found by The Associated Press inside a building formerly occupied by their fighters in Mali, is an inti- JOIN THE NEW GENERATION OF GOOD LISTENERS Every Wednesday May 29 June 5, 12, 19 & 26 Pine Street Plaza 332 Pine Street, Suite G Red Bluff, CA Stacy L. Garcia Hearing Aid Dispenser Lic. #7440 (800) 843-4271 mate window into the ascent of an extremely ambitious terrorist leader, who split off from regional command because he wanted to be directly in touch with al-Qaida central. It's a glimpse into both the inner workings of a highly structured terrorist organization that requires its commanders to file monthly expense reports, and the internal dissent that led to his rise. And it foreshadows a terrorism landscape where charismatic jihadists can carry out attacks directly in alQaida's name, regardless of whether they are under its command. Rudolph Atallah, the former head of counterterrorism for Africa at the Pentagon and one of three experts who authenticated the 10page letter dated Oct. 3, said it helps explain what happened in Algeria and Niger, both attacks that Belmoktar claimed credit for on jihadist forums. No toxic inhalants burning at site of train derailment WHITE MARSH, Md. (AP) — The fire chief says no toxic inhalants are burning at the site of a freight train derailment outside Baltimore. Baltimore County Fire Chief John J. Hohman said at a news conference Tuesday that fire crews would let the fire on two remaining cars burn out. CSX spokesman Gary Sease says in an email that sodium chlorate is on one of the trains. He says the Department of Transportation classifies it as a hazardous material. But Hohman says the chemical is not in one of the cars that is burning. Fire officials did not order an evacuation. Europe signals Syria diplomacy a priority BEIRUT (AP) — Russia on Tuesday harshly criticized Europe's decision to allow the arming of Syrian rebels, saying it undercuts international efforts to negotiate an end to the civil war, and a rebel general said he's ''very disappointed'' weapons won't come fast enough to help opposition fighters defend a strategic Syrian town. The European Union decision, coupled with a Russia's renewed pledge to supply Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime with advanced missiles, could transform an already brutal civil war into an East-West proxy fight. Israel, meanwhile, threatened to strike such air defense missiles systems if delivered to Syria, portraying them as a threat to the Jewish state and raising the risk of regional conflagration. The possibility of an arms race in Syria overshadowed attempts by the U.S. and Russia to bring representatives of the Assad regime and Syria's political opposition to peace talks at an international conference in Geneva, possibly next month. The talks, though seen as a long shot, constitute the international community's only plan for ending the conflict that began more 741 Main Street, Suite #2 Red Bluff, CA 96080 1-800-287-2187 (530) 527-2187 C & C PROPERTIES An Independently owned and operated Member of Coldwell Banker Residential Affiliates. 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In Syria, the commander of the main Western-backed umbrella group of rebel brigades told The Associated Press he urgently needs Western anti-tank and antiaircraft missiles to prevent further regime gains on the battlefield. The rebels' weapons are no match for the Syrian regime's modern tanks and warplanes, he said. 7 charged in $6 billion moneylaundering operation NEW YORK (AP) — Calling it perhaps the biggest money-laundering scheme in U.S. history, federal prosecutors charged seven people Tuesday with running what amounted to an online, underworld bank that handled $6 billion for drug dealers, child pornographers, identity thieves and other criminals around the globe. The case was aimed at Liberty Reserve, a currency-transfer and paymentprocessing company based in Costa Rica that authorities say allowed customers to move money anonymously from one account to another via the Internet with almost no questions asked. U.S. officials said the enterprise was staggering in scope: Over roughly seven years, Liberty Reserve processed 55 million illicit transactions worldwide for 1 million users, including 200,000 in the U.S. The network ''became the bank of choice for the criminal underworld,'' U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in announcing the unsealing of an indictment against the defendants, including Liberty Revenue founder Arthur Budovsky, an American who renounced his U.S. citizenship after deciding to set up in Costa Rica. Liberty Reserve allowed users to open accounts using fictitious names, including ''Russian Hacker'' and ''Hacker Account.'' One person was registered under the name of ''Joe Bogus'' and the address ''123 Fake Main Street'' in ''Completely Made Up City, New York.'' LONDON (AP) — One of two suspects shot by police following the slaying of a British soldier in London last week has been released from the hospital and taken to a police station for questioning, police said Tuesday. The release came as new details emerged about links between the other main suspect and a radical Islamic cleric in Kenya who had been sanctioned by the United States for being part of a terrorist network. The case centers on the brazen killing of off-duty soldier Lee Rigby, 25, who was slain by two men wielding knives and meat cleavers near his barracks in southeast London's Woolwich area. The two suspects were shot by police and arrested on suspicion of murder. The younger suspect, 22-year-old Michael Adebowale, was judged well enough to be released from the hospital and taken into police custody. Police said he is also suspected of attempted murder of a police officer. The other suspect, Michael Adebolajo, 28, remains in a hospital in stable condition under armed guard. He was seen on a video boasting about the killing minutes after the attack. His family on Tuesday released a statement of condolence to Rigby's family, expressing horror and distress over the killing. Mile-high pile of debris after tornado MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Before residents of Moore can rebuild, they'll have to deal with the debris from the deadly tornado that devastated the Oklahoma City suburb: crushed wood, mangled siding and battered belongings that could make a pile reaching more than a mile into the sky. The splintered remains' first stop is a landfill where items will be sorted, then recycled or burned. Bricks, for instance, will go to charity projects such as Habitat for Humanity; wood, paper and clothing will be incinerated. ''I could be sad about it, but it's not going to make anything come back. It's just a house. It's just stuff. We have each other,'' Jessie Childs said as bulldozer and backhoe operators reduced her house near the Plaza Towers Elementary School to a 10-foot pile of rubble.