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8A Daily News – Saturday, January 25, 2014 WORLD BRIEFING tioned in five U.S. states, he said. Judge orders hospital to remove life support from brain-dead woman FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A judge on Friday ordered a Texas hospital to remove life support for a pregnant, brain-dead woman whose family had argued that she would not want to be kept in that condition. Judge R. H. Wallace Jr. issued the ruling in the case of Marlise Munoz. John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth has been keeping Munoz on life support against her family's wishes. The judge gave the hospital until 5 p.m. CST Monday to remove life support. Munoz was 14 weeks pregnant when her husband found her unconscious Nov. 26, possibly due to a blood clot. Both the hospital and the family agree that the fetus could not be born alive at this point. However, John Peter Smith Hospital had argued that it had to protect the life of the unborn child. Erick Munoz says he and his wife are paramedics who were clear that they didn't want life support in this type of situation. Her parents agreed. His attorney argued to the judge Friday that keeping the woman on life support would set a dangerous precedent for future cases of pregnant, braindead women. Attorneys for the family declined to say what the next steps were, pending a potential appeal from the hospital. Bombings rock Egypt, killing 6 CAIRO (AP) — A truck bomb blasted the main security headquarters in Cairo on Friday, one of a string of four bombings hitting police in the Egyptian capital within a 10-hour period, killing six people. Syrian gov't, opposition to meet 'in the same room' The most significant attack yet in the city fueled a furious backlash against the Muslim Brotherhood amid rising fears of a militant insurgency. In the hours after the blast, angry residents — some chanting for the ''execution'' of Brotherhood members — joined police in clashes with the group's supporters holding their daily street protests against the government. Smoke rose over Cairo from fires, and fighting around the country left 14 more people dead. The mayhem on the eve of the third anniversary of 2011's once hopeful revolution pointed to the accelerating, dangerous slide Egypt has taken since last summer's military ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi: A mounting confrontation between the militarybacked government and Islamist opponents amid the escalating militant violence. Saturday, the anniversary of the start of the 18-day uprising that ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak, raised the potential for new violence, as both military supporters and the Islamists vowed to take to the streets with rival rallies. After Friday's blasts, interim Preisident Adli Mansour vowed to ''uproot terrorism,'' just as the government crushed a militant Sacred Heart School Announces Its OPEN HOUSE To Celebrate Catholic Schools Week 2014 When:Thursday, Jan. 30th 6:00 - 7:00 pm Come Meet Our Faculty And Staff And Tour Our Classrooms And Facilities! 2255 Monroe Street Red Bluff For Further Information, Call (530)527-6727 Or Visit Our Website At: www.sacredheartredbluffschool.org insurgency in the 1990s. The state ''will not show them pity or mercy,'' he said. ''We ... will not hesitate to take the necessary measures.'' Hagel says 'something is wrong' inside Air Force nuke missile corps WASHINGTON (AP) — Vowing to look hard at problems inside the Air Force's nuclear missile corps, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Friday it's clear ''something is wrong'' and he is determined to restore public confidence in the nuclear force. Hagel told reporters that he is sure the problems will get fixed and that the nation's arsenal of nuclear weapons will remain safe and secure. He said he will convene a high-level meeting soon to probe the problems. At a Pentagon news conference, Hagel said the issues are complex and derive from a postCold War mindset that has reduced the focus on the nuclear weapons mission and led people to ''just take for granted'' that it will function correctly. ''This is cultural,'' he said, noting that the U.S. military has been intensely involved in fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for more than a decade — conflicts with little direct relevance to the mission of nuclear warriors. ''Over the years I do think we have taken some focus off of the responsibilities of these very dedicated, very bright young officers'' who operate intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs, sta"Serving our Community for over 19 years" GENEVA (AP) — Bending to intense international pressure, Syria's government and the Western-backed opposition agreed Friday to face each other for the first time since the start of the uprising against President Bashar Assad. After three days of hostile rhetoric and five hours spent assiduously avoiding contact within the United Nations, the two sides will meet ''in the same room,'' said the U.N. mediator trying to forge an end to the civil war that has left 130,000 people dead since 2011. Mediator Lakhdar Brahimi met separately with Assad's delegation and representatives with the Syrian National Coalition, who arrived at the U.N. European headquarters five hours apart to ensure their paths would not cross. ''We never expected it to be easy and I'm sure it's not going to be, but I think the two parties understand what's at stake,'' Brahimi said. ''Their country is in very, very bad shape.'' Brahimi, a famously patient mediator, is credited with efforts to stabilize Iraq and Afghanistan after the U.S. ousted their governments. But he faces a formidable task to build peace in Syria, which has been flooded with alQaida-inspired militants. The conflict has become a proxy war between regional powers Iran and Saudi Arabia. Ukraine clashes resume KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — As riots spread from Ukraine's embattled capital to nearly half of the country, President Viktor Yanukovych promised Friday to reshuffle his government and make other concessions — but a top opposition leader said nothing short of his resignation would do. Hours after the president's comments, huge fireballs lit up the night sky in central Kiev and plumes of thick black smoke rose from burning tires at giant barricades erected by protesters. Clashes resumed at the barricades, which are just yards from lines of riot police and also made up of bags of ice and scraps of furniture. Angry demonstrators hurled firebombs, rocks and fireworks at officers. Riot police responded with tear gas and several dozen protesters were rushed to a makeshift medical triage area to be treated. ''We will force the authorities to respect us,'' 27-year-old protester Artur Kapelan said. ''Not they, but we will dictate the conditions of a truce.'' Bombing damages rare collection of Islamic artifacts CAIRO (AP) — Centuries-old glass and porcelain pieces were smashed to powder, a priceless wooden prayer niche was destroyed and manuscripts were soaked by water spewing from broken pipes when a car bombing wreaked havoc on Cairo's renowned Islamic Art Museum. Experts scrambled to try to save thousands of priceless treasures as ceilings crumbled in the 19thcentury building, which had just undergone a multi-million-dollar renovation. The explosions, which targeted police and the main security headquarters, shook the museum located in the nearby old Cairo district of Bab elKhalq, propelling steal and ceiling plaster onto its glass cases and wooden artifacts. ''The museum was totally destroyed and needs to be rebuilt,'' Egypt's Minister of Antiquities Mohammed Ibrahim said. ''I am in a shock and speechless. Imagine if an attack struck the Metropolitan, what would happen? This museum is just like the Metropolitan in its significance,'' said former museum official Mohammed el-Kilani. Screams of victims leave mark on pileup rescuers MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — Cars were mangled, and some were burned despite the blowing snow. Other vehicles were crushed between jackknifed semi-tractors, so entwined that it was difficult to tell them apart. People were screaming, but emergency responders couldn't see many of them as they quickly tended the victims amid frigid conditions. Within seconds, traffic along snow-covered Interstate 94 in northern Indiana had become a mile-long pile of debris after whiteout conditions swept in during Thursday's evening commute. Three people were killed and nearly two dozen were injured. ''It was such a devastating scene, you don't know where to start,'' said Coolspring Township Fire Chief Mick Pawlik, whose volunteer crew was among the first on the scene about 60 miles south of Chicago. ''There were people in cars that you couldn't even see,'' Pawlik said during a news conference Friday. ''But when people are stuck in their cars, they look at you like we're Moses. 'Part the water. Save us.''' GOP activists defend Christie WASHINGTON (AP) — Chris Christie may have been nearly 200 miles away, but his struggles in New Jersey buzzed through the hallways of a Washington hotel this week as hundreds of Republican officials gathered to debate the GOP's future. Party activists from Mississippi to Massachusetts defended Christie's leadership, insisting this is no time to write his political obituary. But they also said it's far too soon to grant him presidential front-runner status. Christie's popularity has fallen in recent weeks amid revelations that senior members of his administration helped create massive traffic jams last fall, apparently to exact political retribution against a Democratic New Jersey mayor. Additional allegations of political bullying have emerged as federal prosecutors and Democratic legislators probe the matter. Four people close to Christie have been fired or have resigned. A roadblock for a possible presidential run? More like a speed bump, one activist said Friday. It could even help Christie among party conservatives by turning him into a martyr, said another. But he still faces resistance among some of those conservatives. A senior Christie adviser at the Republican National Committee meeting suggested the high-profile governor has already overcome the worst of his challenges, although federal prosecutors have subpoenaed his recent campaign and Democrats are pressing an abuse-of-power investigation. 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