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8A – Daily News – Tuesday, July 20, 2010 Feds: Oil, gas leaking from BP’s cap NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Oil and gas are leaking from the cap on BP’s rup- tured oil well but the cork will stay in place for now, the federal government’s point man on the spill said Monday. The leaks — which start- ed late Sunday night — aren’t ‘‘consequential,’’ retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said, relieving concerns that they are a sign the cap is creating too much pressure underground. That could mean the cap that’s stopped oil since Thursday would have to be opened. Allen said BP could con- tinue evaluating the cap and keeping it shut, for at least another 24 hours. He said BP must keep rigorously monitoring for any signs that this test could worsen the overall situation. If there was a quick rise in pressure, the well would be vented immediately to keep from creating leaks deep underground, Allen said. The next step isn’t clear. Syria bans full Islamic face veils at universities DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria has forbidden the country’s students and teachers from wearing the niqab — the full Islamic veil that reveals only a woman’s eyes — taking aim at a gar- ment many see as political. The ban shows a rare point of agreement between Syria’s secular, authoritarian government and the democ- racies of Europe: Both view the niqab as a potentially destabilizing threat. 8049 Hwy 99E, Los Molinos, CA ‘‘We have given direc- WORLD BRIEFING would leave tives to all universities to ban niqab-wearing women from registering,’’ a government official in Damascus told The Associated Press on Monday. The order affects both public and private universi- ties and aims to protect Syria’s secular identity, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not autho- rized to speak publicly about the issue. Hundreds of pri- mary school teachers who were wearing the niqab at government-run schools were transferred last month to administrative jobs, he added. The ban, issued Sunday by the Education Ministry, does not affect the hijab, or headscarf, which is far more common in Syria than the niqab’s billowing black robes. Dems ready to pass extension WASHINGTON (AP) — With a new face and a 60th vote for breaking a Republican filibuster, Sen- ate Democrats are preparing to restore jobless checks for 2.5 million people whose benefits ran out during a congressional standoff over deficit spending. President Barack Obama says, ‘‘It’s time to do what’s right.’’ But first, Obama and his Democratic allies are press- ing for maximum political advantage, blaming Repub- licans for an impasse that halted unemployment checks averaging $309 a week for those whose eligi- bility had expired. Obama launched a fresh salvo on Monday, demand- ing that the Senate act on the legislation — after a vote already had been scheduled for Tuesday — and blasting Republicans for the holdup. ‘‘The same people who didn’t have any problem spending hundreds of bil- lions of dollars on tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans are now saying we shouldn’t offer relief to middle-class Americans,’’ Obama said. Republicans say they do favor the benefits but are insisting that they be paid for with spending cuts else- where in the government’s $3.7 trillion budget. After initially feeling heat when a lone GOP senator, Jim Bun- ning of Kentucky, briefly blocked a benefits extension back in February, the GOP has grown increasingly comfortable in opposing the legislation. Cleric says Obama will bog down US in Yemen CAIRO (AP) — A U.S.-born, al-Qaida- linked cleric warned the American people that President Barack Obama will mire U.S. forces in Yemen just as Afghanistan, in a message appearing Monday on militant websites. The 13-minute audio message, in English, comes just days after the U.S. Treasury department put Anwar al-Awlaki on its list of Specially Desig- nated Global Terrorists. ‘‘If George W. Bush is remembered as being the president who got Ameri- ca stuck in Afghanistan and Iraq, it’s looking like Obama wants to be remembered as the presi- dent who got America stuck in Yemen,’’ he said. In another message released separately, al- Qaida’s deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri vowed that the American troops 384-1563 WE ACCEPT FOOD “Your Family Supermarket” We appreciate your business - and we show it! 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Critics, mean- while, have warned that imposing a deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. forces in Afghanistan and Iraq could provide the ter- ror network a propaganda tool. Clinton urges review of Lockerbie bomber case WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama adminis- tration has asked the gov- ernments of Scotland and Britain to review the deci- sion last summer to release the Libyan con- victed in the Lockerbie airliner bombing. In letters to U.S. law- makers, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the U.S. was encour- aging the Scottish and British authorities to review the circumstances leading to the release of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi. Four senators wrote Clin- ton last week, questioning whether oil giant BP played a behind-the- scenes role in the deci- sion. In her response, Clin- ton wrote that she remained deeply troubled by the Libyan’s release. ‘‘That al-Megrahi is living out his remaining days outside of Scottish custody is an affront to the victims’ families, the memories of those killed in the Lockerbie bomb- ing, and to all of those who worked tirelessly to ensure justice was served,’’ Clinton wrote. British Prime Minister David Cameron called the Scottish decision ‘‘com- pletely and utterly wrong,’’ in remarks to the BBC a day before begin- ning an official visit to Washington. Abortion rights groups denounce Obama administration WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortion foes have won a round in the first test of how President Barack Obama’s health care law will be applied to the politically charged issue. Meanwhile, traditional allies of the administra- tion are grumbling about a decision to ban most abortion coverage in insurance pools for those unable to purchase health care on their own. The Catholic bishops ‘‘welcome this new poli- cy,’’ said Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, although he added the organization remains concerned that other parts of the health care overhaul will pro- mote abortion. NARAL Pro-Choice America called it ‘‘inex- plicable and wronghead- ed.’’ Abortion politics flared up after at least one state — New Mexico — initially decided to allow coverage of elective abor- tion in a new federally funded program to pro- vide coverage for high- risk uninsured people turned away by private carriers.