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6B – Daily News – Monday, December 27, 2010 WORLD BRIEFING Shoppers out in force for bargains ATLANTA (AP) — An East Coast snowstorm put a damper on after-Christmas shopping Sunday. But shoppers across the rest of the country scoured clearance racks and spent gift cards during the afterglow of the best holiday sea- son for retailers since 2007. Blizzard warnings stretched from New Jersey to Maine. Up to 20 inches of snow were expected in Philadelphia and Boston and up to 16 inches in New York City, where snow was falling by mid- morning. ‘‘The forecast will tend to keep (shoppers) at home. It’s not the best day for shopping,’’ said Scott A. Bernhardt, chief operating offi- cer at weather research firm Plan- alytics. At least one mall, MacArthur Center in Norfolk, Va., planned to close early because of the snow. Because the storm is after Christmas, the loss will hurt retail- ers less than last year’s snowstorm the Saturday before Christmas BOOK BARN - Jan. 3rd We will be closed Dec. 24th for our annual holiday vacation. Reopen Jan 4th Happy Holidays Jack & Linda 619 Oak St., Red Bluff that buried much of the same area. That one cost retailers about $2 billion. This time, there’s no Dec. 25 deadline. Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo faces last chance ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — West African leaders are giving the man who refuses to leave Ivory Coast’s presidency a final chance to hand over power and are threatening to remove Laurent Gbagbo by force if needed, though doubts exist about whether the operation could be carried out. Meanwhile, the U.N. refugee agency said at least 14,000 people have fled the violence and politi- cal chaos in Ivory Coast, some walking for up to four days with little food to reach neighboring Liberia. At least one child drowned while trying to cross a river. The U.N. has said at least 173 people have been killed in vio- lence over the disputed presiden- tial runoff election held nearly one month ago, heightening fears that the country once divided in two could return to civil war. The toll is believed to be much higher, though, as the U.N. mission has been blocked from investigating other reports including an allega- tion of a mass grave. On Sunday, the interior minis- ter appointed by Gbagbo accused the U.N. of only telling half the story. ‘‘The government of Ivory Coast denounces the lack of objectivity and balance in the pro- cedures carried out by the U.N. Human Rights Council,’’ said Emile Guirieoulou, the interior minister. He said that at least 36 of the victims were police or other security forces who ‘‘were target- ed by gunfire coming from the protesters.’’ Suicide bombing ends food relief KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — Some 300,000 desperately poor villagers impoverished by fighting in Pakistan’s tribal belt are scram- bling to feed themselves after a female suicide bomber killed 45 people outside a World Food Pro- gram food distribution center, trig- gering a district wide suspension of the relief project. Pakistan says the attack is a sign of insurgent desperation, but the bombing and ongoing battles challenge Islamabad’s claims of victory over al-Qaida and the Tal- iban in this part of the porous northwest border. WFP district coordinator Sha- hab Khan said on Sunday that all four food relief centers run by the United Nations agency in the Bajur district had been shut indef- initely since Saturday’s bombing in the area’s main town of Khar. The WFP project in Bajur feeds 41,000 families — or 300,000 people — who returned to the district from camps for the displaced elsewhere in the coun- try, even though their livelihoods having been ruined by fighting between Pakistan troops and insurgents. Painda Khan, a 48-year-old farmer who abandoned his crops months ago, said his family of 11 was now desperate for their Tehama District Jr. Livestock 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) 2595 + cert. Pass or FREE retest 527-9841 • 195 S. 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The group of about 30 attack- ers armed with guns and knives even killed two people passing by Victory Baptist Church. The assailants only left after setting the church and pastor’s house ablaze. Danjuma Akawu, the church’s secretary, managed to escape after he and others climbed over the church’s fence. ‘‘I cannot understand these attacks,’’ Akawu said. ‘‘Why Christians? Why Christians? The police have failed to protect us.’’ Annual Meeting Wed., Jan 12th 6pm held in the Tehama Room @ Tehama District Fairgrounds t s C n A o ll i t e c n u s r