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8A Daily News – Tuesday, July 9, 2013 WORLD BRIEFING Egypt fasttracks timetable for amending constitution CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's interim president has issued a swift timetable for the process of amending the constitution, setting parliamentary and presidential elections for early 2014. Under the constitutional declaration by Adly Mansour late Monday, he would create two appointed committees to work out amendments to the Islamist-drafted constitution passed under ousted President Mohammed Morsi. A referendum on the new document would be held within four months. Elections for a new parliament would be held within two months after that, around mid-February. Once the new parliament convenes, it would have a week to set new presidential elections. The declaration came after clashes with security forces early Monday left more than 50 Morsi supporters dead. Both sides exchanged blame over who sparked the bloodshed. Cutoff of aid to Egyptian military would hurt security interests WASHINGTON (AP) AP photo Hundreds of people line Montezuma Street Sunday in downtown Prescott, Ariz. to pay respects as 19 hearses slowly roll by carrying the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot firefighters killed a week ago by an out-of-control blaze near Yarnell, Ariz. The nearly five-hour-long procession began near the state Capitol in Phoenix, went through the town where the Granite Mountain Hotshots were killed and ended in the mountain community of Prescott, where they lived and will be laid to rest this week. — The Obama administration signaled Monday that U.S. national security interests will trump its promotion of Egypt's budding democracy, stressing the importance of continued aid to the Egyptian military, which overthrew the elected president last week. As violence blazed between security forces and supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, the White House and State Department both urged the military to exercise ''maximum restraint.'' They also said the military would not be punished with a cutoff of its $1.3 billion in annual U.S. aid for toppling Morsi. But if the American government makes a legal determination that the removal was done through a coup d'etat, U.S. law would require ending all non-humanitarian aid to Egypt, the vast majority of which goes to the military. Administration officials said lawyers were still reviewing developments to make that ruling. However, the absence of a Now … Every time you run a print Display ad in DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY your online search engine results improve! How's that? Print display ads from the paper are now linked to advertisers' business listings in the Local Business Directory on www.redbluffdailynews.com and stay fully searchable for 30 days. 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And officials said the White House had made clear in U.S. inter-agency discussions — as recently as a Monday morning conference call — that continued aid to Egypt's military was a priority for America's national security, Israel's safety and broader stability in the turbulent Middle East that should not be jeopardized. Perry reshaped Texas but faltered nationally SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry was a champion of fiercely conservative social activism long before the tea party was born. He oversaw the ''Texas Miracle'' job-creation boom and became the state's most powerful governor since Reconstruction. But nationally, Perry is better known for his 'oops' presidential debate brain freeze or for not opposing forcefully enough the notion that Texas could secede from the union. For many outside the Lone Star State, he's a political punchline on par with Dan Quayle — if he's known at all. Now, the longest-serving governor in Texas history is quitting his day job. Perry announced Monday that he won't seek a fourth full term in office next year, but notably didn't say whether another run for the White House in 2016 could be next. ''The time has come to pass on the mantle of leadership. Today I'm announcing I will not seek re-election as governor of Texas,'' Perry said Monday. ''I will spend the next 18 months working to create more jobs, opportunity and innovation. I will actively lead this great state. And I'll also pray and reflect and work to determine my own future.'' But for that future to include another run for president, Perry will first need to concentrate on rebuilding his tattered image outside of Texas. Jurors may learn Martin had pot in body at time of death SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has ruled that jurors at George Zimmerman's trial may be told that Trayvon Martin had small amounts of marijuana in his body when he died. Judge Debra Nelson on Monday denied a prosecution request to keep out parts of a toxicology report that shows Martin had small amounts of marijuana in his system. Prosecutors argued the information would be prejudicial. But defense attorneys said it was relevant since Zimmerman believed Martin was under the influence at the time he spotted him in his neighborhood. Zimmerman is pleading not guilty to seconddegree murder. He is claiming he fatally shot Martin in self-defense. 13 killed in deadly Canada oil train derailment L AC - M E G A N T I C , Quebec (AP) — The death toll in the devastating oil train derailment in Quebec reached 13 on Monday, while about 40 people remained missing, officials said after investigators finally got near where the runaway train exploded. Quebec provincial police Sgt. Benoit Richard said Monday eight more bodies had been found in the wreckage, after conditions improved enough for inspectors to get better access to the charred site two days after the disaster. Police would not say where the bodies were located for fear of upsetting families. All but one of the train's 73 tanker cars were carrying oil when they came loose early Saturday, sped downhill nearly seven miles (11 kilometers) into the town of Lac-Megantic, near the Maine border, and derailed, with at least five of the cars exploding. The blasts destroyed about 30 buildings, including a public library and a popular bar that was filled with revelers. Five bodies were found over the weekend. Richard said inspectors could now go where they needed. Officials had to wait for firefighters to dose the flames and cool the oil tankers that could have exploded. Report castigates Pakistani officials ISLAMABAD (AP) — Al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden was able to live in Pakistan undetected for nine years because of a breath- taking scale of negligence and incompetence at practically all levels of the Pakistani government, according to an official government report published by a TV channel on Monday. The 336-page report was written by a commission tasked with investigating the circumstances surrounding the covert U.S. raid that killed bin Laden in Pakistan in May 2011. The pan-Arab AlJazeera satellite channel published the report on its website after it was leaked to the station by unknown sources. Pakistani officials did not respond to requests for comment on the report's authenticity. The U.S. Navy SEALs raid that killed bin Laden in the northwest town of Abbottabad outraged Pakistani officials because they were not told about it beforehand. U.S. officials have said they kept Pakistan in the dark because they were worried the alQaida founder would be tipped off. The fact that the compound where bin Laden was hiding was located only about one kilometer (half a mile) from Pakistan's equivalent of West Point led many in the U.S. to suspect Pakistani officials of aiding the alQaida chief, although Washington never found evidence to back that up. NY judge gives Pa. father, son prison for promoting prostitution NEW YORK (AP) — A case that became a tabloid spectacle when high-priced prostitutes testified in support of father-and-son pimps from Pennsylvania ended Monday with the pair being sentenced to three to nine years in prison. Prosecutors had sought a much stiffer sentence for Vincent George Sr. and Vincent George Jr., who were convicted by a judge last month of money laundering and promoting prostitution but acquitted of more serious sex-trafficking charges. Judge Ruth Pickholtz announced the sentence on Monday without elaboration, and the defendants showed no strong reaction. But Desiree Ellis, an admitted prostitute who was a defense witness, openly wept as she sat in the audience. Before hearing the sentence, the jailed Vincent George Jr. apologized to Ellis and other women ''for not being there for them'' since his arrest last year and for ''wasting the court's time.'' His father declined to speak, but prosecutors said that in pre-sentence interviews, both men refused to take responsibility for their crimes. Randy Travis hospitalized NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country music star Randy Travis was in critical condition Monday in a Texas hospital, a day after he was hospitalized viral cardiomyopathy. A news release from the singer's publicist says Travis was admitted to the hospital Sunday in Dallas and is in critical condition. Kirt Webster, Travis' publicist, said no other details about Travis' condition were available Monday. Viral cardiomyopathy is a heart condition caused by a virus. The illness is a continuation of a tough run for the 54-year-old ''Three Wooden Crosses'' singer after a handful of recent high-profile appearances, including a performance during the Country Music Association Festival's nightly concert series.