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8A – Daily News – Wednesday, August 18, 2010 WORLD BRIEFING Blagojevich found guilty on 1 count CHICAGO (AP) — A federal jury found former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagoje- vich guilty on Tuesday of one count of lying to feder- al agents, and the judge said he intends to declare a mis- trial on the remaining counts. Prosecutors said imme- diately after the verdict was read that they intend to retry the case against Blagojevich and his co-defendant broth- er as soon as possible. He had faced 24 counts in all, including charges that he tried to sell or trade Presi- dent Barack Obama’s old Senate seat. His brother, Nashville, Tenn., businessman Robert Blagojevich, had faced charges associated with that alleged scheme as well. Judge James B. Zagel set a hearing for Aug. 26 to decide manner and timing of their retrial. The count on which Blagojevich was found guilty included accusations that he lied to federal agents when he said he did not track campaign contribu- tions and kept a ‘‘firewall’’ between political cam- paigns and government work. It carries a sentence of up to five years in prison. Palestinian took hostages TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A Palestinian gious freedom, the pres- ident’s position was cold and academic, lacking compassion and empathy for the vic- tims’ families. ‘‘He is thinking like a lawyer and not like an American, making dec- larations without Amer- ica’s best interest in mind,’’ said Andrew Harris, a Republican running for Congress in Maryland against first- term Democratic Rep. Frank Kratovil. who broke into the Turk- ish Embassy in Israel trying to take hostages and demanding asylum was turned over to Israeli authorities late Tuesday, ending a tense standoff. Seven hours after he forced his way into the embassy, the attacker was escorted out of the embassy and bundled into an Israeli ambu- lance. Wearing a light blue shirt and limping slightly from an appar- ent gunshot wound, he raised his arms briefly and shouted before Israeli police and para- medics subdued him. An hour earlier, the Turkish government said it had the situation in hand. ‘‘Our embassy guards neutralized the individ- ual as he tried to take the vice consul as hostage after shouting around for asylum,’’ the Turkish Restaurant Breakfast ★ Lunch Served 6:30am-2pm daily Lunch Special BBQ Bacon (With purchase of beverage) No substitutions 7875 HWY 99E - LOS MOLINOS, CA (530) 384-1265 Orders to go China Buffet CHINESE RESTAURANT Open 7 Days A Week Sunday Buffet Special $ 9.99 COUPON China Buffet Lunch Dinner $9.99 $6.99 Monday - Saturday 343 S. 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And they could compli- cate U.S. efforts to pros- ecute Binalshibh, who has been described as one of the ‘‘key plot facilitators’’ in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Apparently the tapes do not show harsh treat- ment — unlike videos the agency destroyed of the questioning of other suspected terrorists. The two videotapes and one audiotape are believed to be the only existing recordings made within the clan- destine prison system and could offer a reveal- ing glimpse into a four- year global odyssey that ranged from Pakistan to Romania to Guan- tanamo Bay. The tapes depict Binalshibh’s interroga- tion sessions in 2002 at a Moroccan-run facility the CIA used near Rabat, several current and former U.S. offi- cials told The Associat- ed Press. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because the videos remain a closely guarded secret. GOP pans Obama for backing rights of Muslims WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican candi- dates around the coun- try seized on President Barack Obama’s sup- port for the right of Muslims to build a mosque near ground zero, assailing him as an elitist who is insensitive to the families of the Sept. 11 victims. From statehouses to state fairs on Tuesday, Republican incumbents and challengers unleashed an almost unified line of criticism against the president days after he forcefully defended the construc- tion of a $100 million Islamic center two blocks from the site of the 2001 terror attacks. 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