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8A – Daily News – Tuesday, September 21, 2010 WORLD BRIEFING Obama implores voters to stick with Democrats WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama reached out fervently Monday to skeptical voters who are still hurting long after the declared end of the recession, imploring them to stick with him in elections that could inflict catastrophic losses on Democrats in just six weeks. Recognizing the economy is the campaign’s Issue No. 1 — and a peril for his party — Obama vigorously defended his recovery efforts and challenged tea party activists as well as the Republicans who are clamoring to take over Congress to spell just how they would do better. Republicans said that’s just what they intended to do, on Thursday. House Republicans said they would roll out a roughly 20-point agenda — on jobs, spending, health care, national security and reforming Congress — at a hardware store in suburban Virginia. Unimpressed in advance, the president said, ‘‘We have tried what they’re offering.’’ Addressing the GOP and tea party candidates, he said, ‘‘It’s not enough just to say, ’Get control of government.’’’ Campaign style, Obama finished his town hall-like event on the economy and then headed to Pennsylvania to raise money and rally dispirited Democrats for Joe Sestak in a tough Senate race against Republican Pat Toomey. Genetically altered salmon WASHINGTON (AP) — Fish or frankenfish? A Massa- chusetts company wants to market a genetically engineered version of Atlantic salmon, and regulators are weighing the request. If approval is given, it would be the first time the government allowed such modified animals to join the foods that go onto the nation’s dinner tables. Ron Stotish, CEO of AquaBounty, said at Monday’s first of two days of hearings that his company’s fish product is safe and environmentally sustainable. Food and Drug Administration officials have largely agreed with him, saying that the salmon, which grows twice as fast as its conventional ‘‘sisters,’’ is as safe to eat as the tra- ditional variety. But they have not yet decided whether to approve the request. Critics call the modified salmon a ‘‘frankenfish’’ that could cause allergies in humans and the eventual decimation of the wild salmon population. An FDA advisory committee is reviewing the science of the genetically engineered fish this week and hearing such criticisms as the agency ponders approval. Whether the public will have an appetite for it is another matter. Genetic engineering is already widely used for crops, but the government until now has not considered allowing the consumption of modified animals. Although the poten- tial benefits — and profits — are huge, many people have qualms about manipulating the genetic code of other living creatures. Thousands of Yemenis flee SAN’A, Yemen (AP) — Thousands of people have fled a village in southern Yemen where security forces are laying siege to al-Qaida militants, a security official said Monday, signaling an escalation in the government’s U.S.-backed campaign to uproot the terror network’s local offshoot. Government forces have moved into the village of Hawta Dr. Andrew PomazalD.O. 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Troops also fired on vehicles of residents fleeing the village and another nearby trouble spot, the city of Lawder, killing two civilians and wounding three others, according local government and medical officials. Hawta is in Yemen’s mountainous Shabwa province, one the areas where al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula has taken root over the past year and a half beyond the reach of a weak central government that has little control beyond the capital. The United States is deeply concerned about the threat from Yemen’s al-Qaida branch. The group claimed respon- sibility for the December attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner, linking the plot to Yemen’s cooperation with the U.S. military in strikes on al-Qaida targets. Bahrain widens crackdown BAGHDAD (AP) — Bahrain’s king warned that mosques would be key targets in sweeps against suspected Shiite dissent in his tiny Gulf nation and vital U.S. ally. The first blow was a big one: stripping the citizenship of a pow- erful Shiite cleric with close ties to Iraq before next month’s parliamentary elections. The move is seen as stern warning by the kingdom’s Sunni rulers as they struggle to hold down protests by the majority Shiites, who claim they are the targets of discrimi- nation and suspicion for their ancestral bonds with the Shi- ite centers Iran and Iraq. But the showdown in Bahrain — an island no bigger in area than New York City — speaks of wider stakes for the region and Washington. Unrest in Bahrain comes right to the doorstep of the U.S. Fifth Fleet, which is the Navy’s front-line flotilla against Iran. Bahrain also has been the main experiment with demo- cratic reforms in the Gulf. Any rollback could harden the political positions of Sunni leaders from Kuwait to the Unit- ed Arab Emirates and feed their perceptions of being in a fight against Iranian influence. ‘‘This is happening to discourage open political debate,’’ said Stephen McInerney, a director at the Project on Middle East Democracy in Washington. House Republicans to outline new election-year agenda WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans plan to unveil a roughly 20-point agenda Thursday, less than six weeks before midterm congressional elections in which A Clean, Reliable, Trustworthy, Chimney Company... Possible? ”Their tarps are always clean and my home is always clean afterward. What I like best is their reliability and quality.” “I can trust them!” Dr. Evan Reasor Flue Season 527 3331 THE Chimney Professionals COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR All makes and models. We perform dealer recommened 30K, 60K, 90K SERVICES AT LOWER PRICES Smog Check starting at $ (most cars and pick-ups) 2995 + cert. 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The ‘‘America Speaking Out’’ project collected 160,000 ideas and received 1 million votes and comments on the proposals, according to a report issued Friday by its chairman, Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California. The agenda is still being drafted and details were not immediately available, but aides familiar with it said it would echo ideas Republican leaders have already touted, such as scrapping President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul and requiring that all legislation be made publicly available before it comes to the House for a vote. Wisconsin governor seeks to remove prosecutor who ’sexted’ domestic abuse victim MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s governor said Monday he would start the process of removing a district attorney caught sending sexually harassing text messages to a domestic abuse victim. At a news conference after The Associated Press report- ed the messages, Gov. 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