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Reminder: FREE Classified ads as above are available for private parties only! What are you waiting for? D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY Classified Advertising: 527-2151 x103 know who will replace Hayward or when it will happen. One of the most likely successors is BP Managing Director Bob Dudley, who is current- ly overseeing the British company’s spill response. Earlier Sunday, BP spokesman Toby Odone seemed to downplay media speculation about Hayward’s departure, saying he ‘‘remains BP’s chief executive, and he has the confi- dence of the board and senior man- agement.’’ BP’s board would have to approve a change in company leadership. An official announcement could come as early as Monday. Taliban: Captured US sailor held in ‘safe place’ KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban claimed Sunday that they killed a U.S. sailor and kidnapped another as NATO forces ramped up a massive search for the servicemen, who went missing two days earlier in an area held by the militants. The coalition force set up check- points and distributed fliers with the sailors’ pictures and are offering thou- sands of dollars in rewards for their return. There were conflicting reports about whether the body of one of the two had been recovered. U.S. and NATO officials confirmed that two American Navy personnel went missing Friday in the eastern province of Logar, after an armored sport utility vehicle was seen driving into a Taliban-held area. NATO offi- cials were unable to say what they were doing in such a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid also said the pair drove into an area under insurgent control, prompting a brief gunfight in which one American was killed and the other was captured. He said both were taken to a ‘‘safe area’’ and ‘‘are in the hands of the Taliban.’’ The sailors’ heavily reinforced white Land Cruiser has been recov- ered, according to a security official in Logar who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not autho- rized to disclose the information. Chavez threatens to suspend US oil CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez threatened on Sunday to cut off oil sales to the Unit- ed States if Venezuela is attacked by its U.S.-allied neighbor Colombia in a dispute over allegations Venezuela gives haven to Colombian rebels. Chavez made his warning in an outdoor speech to thousands of sup- porters, saying: ‘‘If there is any armed aggression against Venezuela from Colombian territory or anywhere else supported by the Yankee empire, we ... would suspend shipments of oil to the United States!’’ ‘‘We wouldn’t send another drop of oil to its refineries, not a single drop more!’’ Chavez shouted, adding that the United States is ‘‘the big one to blame for all the tension in this part of the world.’’ If actually carried out, such a threat would be titanic economic blow for Chavez’s government, which depends heavily on oil sales. The U.S. is the top buyer of oil from Venezuela, which is the United States’ fifth biggest foreign supplier. But Colombia has not threatened military action, and it’s likely Chavez made the warning in part to put Wash- ington and Bogota on notice that he will not stand for a more aggressive international campaign to denounce allegations that leftist Colombian rebels are finding refuge in Venezuela. Military action against Iran seems more likely WASHINGTON (AP) — A former CIA director says military action against Iran now seems more likely because no matter what the U.S. does diplomatically, Tehran keeps pushing ahead with its suspected nuclear pro- gram. Michael Hayden, a CIA chief under President George W. Bush, says that during his tenure a strike was ‘‘way down the list’’ of options. But he tells CNN’s ‘‘State of the Union’’ that such action now ‘‘seems inexorable.’’ He predicts Iran will build its pro- gram to the point where it’s just below having an actual weapon. Hayden says that would be as destabilizing to the region as the real thing. U.S. officials have said military action remains an option if sanctions fail to deter Iran. Iran says its nuclear work is for peaceful purposes such as power gen- eration. US-led armada holds drills off North Korea ABOARD USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (AP) — Fighter jets buzzed the skies and submarines cruised underwater Sunday as a flotil- la of U.S. and South Korean warships led by a nuclear-powered U.S. super- carrier began exercises that have enraged North Korea. U.S. officials denied North Korea’s claims the maneuvers off Korea’s east coast were a provocation, but said they were meant to send a strong message over the sinking of a South Korean warship in March that left 46 sailors dead. The drills, set to run through Wednesday, involve about 8,000 U.S. and South Korean troops, 20 ships and submarines and 200 aircraft. The USS George Washington, with several thousand sailors and dozens of fighter jets aboard, was deployed from Japan. ‘‘We are showing our resolve,’’ said Capt. David Lausman, the carrier’s commanding officer. The exercises will be the first in a series of U.S.-South Korean maneu- vers conducted in the East Sea off Korea and in the Yellow Sea closer to China’s shores in international waters. German police blame organizers in festival deaths DUISBURG, Germany (AP) — Throngs of techno fans followed the floats, the dancers and the throbbing music to the festival venue: an old freight railway station that local media estimated could handle 300,000 people. German media reported that as many as 1.4 million people showed up to the Love Parade, where a mass panic Saturday left 19 people crushed to death and 342 injured. Police blamed organizers and offi- cials in Duisburg, an industrial city that gave the world’s largest techno music festival a home after it was driven from Berlin because of noise and overcrowding. Witnesses, however, blamed police and private security staff.