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4B – Daily News – Tuesday, February 15, 2011 WORLD BRIEFING Awave of protest across the Mideast DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The possi- ble heirs of Egypt’s uprising took to the streets Monday in different corners of the Middle East: Iran’s belea- guered opposition stormed back to central Tehran and came under a tear gas attack by police. Demonstrators faced rubber bullets and birdshot to demand more freedoms in the relative wealth of Bahrain. And pro- testers pressed for the ouster of the ruler in poverty- drained Yemen. The protests — all with critical interests for Wash- ington — offer an important lesson about how groups across Middle East are absorbing the message from Cairo and tailoring it to their own aspirations. The heady themes of democracy, justice and empowerment remain intact as the protest wave works it way through the Arab world and beyond. What changes, however, are the objectives. The Egypt effect, it seems, is elastic. ‘‘This isn’t a one-size- fits-all thing,’’ said Mustafa Alani, a regional analyst at the Gulf Research Center in Dubai. ‘‘Each place will interpret the fallout from Egypt in their own way and in their own context.’’ For the Iranian opposi- tion — not seen on the streets in more than a year — it’s become a moment to reassert its presence after facing relentless pressures. Gulf oil spill claims process beset by red tape NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Barack Obama vowed during a White House speech last June that the $20 billion he helped coax out of BP for an oil spill compensation fund would take care of victims ‘‘as quickly, as fairly and as transparently as possible.’’ Eight months later, that’s not how things look to many people along the Gulf Coast. Tens of thousands of fishermen, oyster shuckers, business owners, hotel oper- ators and hairdressers still await payment. Many others whose claims have been turned down question the evenhandedness. And with- out the data to determine who is right, attorneys gen- eral and members of Con- gress question the openness. An Associated Press review that included inter- views with legal experts, government officials and more than 300 Gulf resi- dents found a process beset by red tape and delay, and at the center of it all a fund administrator whose ties to BP have raised questions about his independence. Now, the dissatisfaction has reached a fever pitch: Lawmakers in Washington are demanding the White House step in, the Louisiana governor and others want a federal judge to intervene, and the people most affected by the Deepwater Horizon disaster are threatening to line the courthouse steps if they don’t get the changes they seek from administra- tor Kenneth Feinberg. GM to pay millions of dollars in bonuses DETROIT (AP) — Less than two years after entering bankruptcy, General Motors will extend millions of dol- lars in bonuses to most of its 48,000 hourly workers as a reward for the company’s rapid turnaround after it was rescued by the government. The payments, disclosed Monday in company docu- ments, are similar to bonus- es announced last week for white-collar employees. The bonuses to 76,000 Ameri- can workers will probably total more than $400 million — an amount that suggests executives have increasing confidence in the automak- er’s comeback. In the four years leading up to its 2009 bankruptcy, GM piled up more than $80 billion in losses and was burdened by enormous debt and costly labor contracts. ‘‘On the whole, we made tremendous progress last year,’’ CEO and Chairman Dan Akerson said Monday in an e-mail message to employees announcing the payments. ‘‘With our collec- tive teamwork, this can be just the beginning.’’ 345 So. 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During the recession, retail- ers and clothing makers cut frills and experimented with fabric blends to keep prices in check. But cotton has more than doubled in price over the past year, hitting all-time highs. The price of synthetic fabrics has jumped roughly 50 percent as demand for alternatives has risen. Clothing prices are expected to rise about 10 percent in coming months, with the biggest increases in the second half of the year, said Burt Flickinger III pres- ident of Strategic Resource Group. High-fiber diet may lower risk of death CHICAGO (AP) — Eat more fiber and you just may live longer. That’s the message from the largest study of its kind to find a link between high- fiber diets and lower risks of death not only from heart disease, but from infectious and respiratory illnesses as well. The government study also ties fiber with a lower risk of cancer deaths in men, but not women, possibly because men are more likely to die from cancers related to diet, like cancers of the esophagus. And it finds the overall benefit to be strongest for diets high in fiber from grains. Most Americans aren’t getting enough roughage in their diets. The average American eats only about 15 grams of fiber each day, much less than the current daily recommendation of 25 grams for women and 38 grams for men, or 14 grams per 1,000 calories. For example, a slice of whole wheat bread contains 2 to 4 grams of fiber. In the new study, the peo- ple who met the guidelines were less likely to die during a nine-year follow-up peri- od. Migrating monarch butterflies make partial comeback in Mexico MEXICO CITY (AP) — The number of monarch butterflies migrating from Canada and the U.S. to Mexico has increased this year, a hopeful sign follow- ing a worrying 75 percent drop in their numbers last year, experts reported Mon- day. The total amount of for- est covered by the colonies — millions of orange-and- black butterflies that hang in clumps from the boughs of fir trees — more than dou- bled from last year’s historic low. But concerns persist about the monarchs’ long- term survival, because their numbers remain well below average. 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