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Saturday, August 10, 2013 – Daily News 3B WORLD BRIEFING Obama: Will 7 Saudi work for militants 'appropriate' killed SANAA, Yemen (AP) changes in — At least seven suspected Saudi Arabia NSA spying militants fromthe alleged alwere among WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama promised Friday to work with Congress on ''appropriate reforms'' for the domestic surveillance programs that have stirred criticism at home and abroad, and said it is time to recalibrate the United States' relationship with Russia, which is harboring NSA secrets leaker Edward Snowden. ''It's not enough for me to have confidence in these programs,'' the president declared of NSA domestic intelligence-gathering programs at a White House news conference, one day before his scheduled departure on a weeklong vacation. ''The American people have to have confidence in them as well.'' The president announced a series of changes in a program begun under the anti-terror Patriot Act that was passed in the wake of the attacks of Sept, 11, 2001. But none of the moves would alter the basic core of the program, the collection of millions of Americans' phone records. As for Snowden, recently granted temporary asylum by Russia, Obama said he is not a patriot, as some have suggested, and challenged him to return to the United States to face espionage charges. On Russia, Obama said that given recent differences over Syria, human rights and Snowden, it is ''probably appropriate for us to take a pause, reassess where it is that Russia is going ... and recalibrate the relationship.'' Qaida members killed in Yemen in a recent wave of U.S. drone strikes, senior Yemeni officials said Friday, suggesting that Saudis are increasingly crossing the border to carry funds or seek terrorist training. With several U.S. diplomatic posts closed temporarily in Africa and the Middle East this week amid a global alert about terrorism, Washington evacuated most of its personnel from Lahore, Pakistan's secondlargest city. The U.S., along with Britain, also flew diplomatic staff out of Yemen's capital of Sanaa this week. Since July 27, drone attacks in Yemen's southern and central provinces have killed a total of 34 militants suspected of being members of the country's alQaida branch, known as alQaida in the Arabian Peninsula, security officials have said. On Thursday alone, the officials said U.S. drones conducted three airstrikes, killing 12 militants. The drone strikes occurred in areas where the terrorist group enjoys protection from anti-government tribes or hides in mountainous areas. covered by The Associated Press, the man at the center of the latest terror threat barely mentions the extremist methods that have transformed his organization into al-Qaida's most dangerous branch. Instead, he urges his jihadist colleague whose fighters had just seized northern Mali to make sure the people living in the areas they have just conquered have electricity and running water. And he offers tips for making garbage collection more efficient. Family of missing teen relieved by sighting al-Qaida's Yemen boss left blueprint for jihad An air tanker drops fire retardant on a hot spot as firefighters continue to battle a wildfire on Friday near Banning. Southern California firefighters are facing another day of battle as they try to corral a wildfire that has destroyed 26 homes. Southern California's destructive wildfire has grown to 25 square miles, but containment has also increased. TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — A year before he was caught on an intercept discussing the terror plot that prompted this week's In what reads like a lesson plan for the less-experienced jihadist, Nasser alWahishi, who spent years as Osama bin Laden's person- AP photo sweeping closure of U.S. embassies abroad, alQaida's top operative in Yemen laid out his blueprint for how to wage jihad in letters sent to a fellow extrem- ist. al secretary, provides a stepby-step assessment of what worked and what didn't in Yemen. Yet in the never-beforeseen correspondence dis- SAN DIEGO (AP) — Family members of a California teen who has been missing for nearly a week say they are relieved she was sighted with her possible abductor in the Idaho wilderness. Hannah Anderson's father, Brett Anderson, said Friday he was cautiously optimistic about the chances of her safe return. Anderson says he can't explain why his daughter didn't ask the horseback riders for help. He says it is impossible to understand her state of mind. We're making a great thing even better. Check out the redesign of Tehama County's number one website See a preview at www.redbluffdailynews.com DAILY NEWS www.redbluffdailynews.com RED BLUFF DESKTOP. LAPTOP. MOBILE. TABLET. TEHAMA COUNTY redbluffdailynews.com