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4A – Daily News – Tuesday, April 5, 2011 WORLD BRIEFING Holder: Avowed 9/11 mastermind faces military commissions WASHINGTON (AP) — Yielding to political opposition, Attorney Gener- al Eric Holder announced Monday that 9/11 master- mind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged henchmen will be referred to military commis- sions for trial rather than to a civilian federal court in New York. The families of those killed in the Sept. 11 attacks have waited almost a decade for justice, and ‘‘it must not be delayed any longer,’’ Holder told a news confer- ence. Holder had announced the earlier plan for trial in New York City in Novem- ber 2009, but that foundered amid widespread opposition to a civilian court trial from Republicans and even some Democrats, particularly in New York. Congress passed legislation that prohibits bringing any detainees from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States. Monday, the attorney general called the congres- sional restrictions unwise and unwarranted and said a legislative body cannot make prosecutorial deci- sions. Most Republicans applauded the turnabout, but Holder said he is still con- vinced that his earlier deci- sion was the right one. The Justice Department had been prepared to bring ‘‘a powerful case’’ in civilian court, he said. Obama launches bid for 2nd term WASHINGTON (AP) — No longer the fresh voice of change, President Barack Obama embarked on a bid for re-election Monday ask- ing a divided, anxious elec- torate to let him finish the job they gave him in 2008. He’s getting an early start against a Republican field that’s still undefined, but he’s saddled with an ailing economy that isn’t working for millions of voters Obama began with an effort to recapture his out- sider’s touch of 2008, bypassing a public state- ment from the White House in favor of an email sent to millions of supporters. He offered a kickoff video in which official Washington is ignored and even Obama himself only makes a fleeting appear- ance. What the campaign wanted voters to see instead were people like them speaking of real-life con- cerns and their faith in him, against wholesome back- drops: a church, a farm, a family in a kitchen, an American flag. Yet this time around, Obama carries both the ben- efits and baggage of being the establishment candidate. Republicans maneuver on big federal spending cuts WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republi- cans maneuvered on two fronts Monday in the federal spending showdown, gibbsautobodydsl@chiconet.com 780 EAST AVE. (behind Food Maxx) Since 1950 530-527-2649 WE ACCEPT ALL INSURANCE COMPANIES Voted BEST in Tehama County ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09 & ‘10 We understand you have a choice, thank you for choosing us! Streets of Downtown April 9th Great Red Bluff Heist Robin Hood Desperado’s will be robbing “loot” from local businesses. 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But he also emphasized in a statement that the $33 billion total often cited ‘‘is not enough and many of the cuts that the White House and Senate Democrats are talking about are full of smoke and mir- rors.’’ Boehner has said repeat- edly he does not want a shutdown. Yet a new public opinion poll underscored the political dilemma con- fronting the leader of a con- servative majority swept into power with the support of tea party supporters. In a survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, 68 per- cent of tea party adherents said lawmakers should stick to their principles in the bud- get negotiations, even if it means the government shuts down. Radioactive water dumped into the sea TOKYO (AP) — Work- ers began pumping more than 3 million gallons of contaminated water from Japan’s tsunami-ravaged nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean on Monday, freeing storage space for even more highly radioactive water that has hampered efforts to sta- bilize the reactors. It will take about two days to pump most of the less-radioactive water out of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex, whose cooling systems were knocked out by the magni- tude-9.0 earthquake and tsunami on March 11. Radioactivity is quickly diluted in the ocean, and government officials said the dump should not affect the safety of seafood in the area. Since the disaster, water with different levels of radioactivity has been pool- ing throughout the plant. People who live within 12 miles (20 kilometers) have been evacuated and have not been allowed to return. The pooling water has damaged systems and the radiation hazard has pre- vented workers from getting close enough to power up cooling systems needed to stabilize dangerously vul- nerable fuel rods. Libyan forces push back into oil town BREGA, Libya (AP) — Rebel fighters pushed back into this hard-fought oil town on Monday, seizing half of Brega and pledging to drive out Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s forces in hours in an advance that would open a vital conduit for oil sales by the opposition. Control of Brega’s small refinery and Mediterranean port could significantly boost the rebels’ hunt for revenues they can use to purchase heavy weapons for the fight against Gadhafi’s bet- ter-equipped troops and militiamen. Lightly armed and loosely organized opposi- tion forces have surged into and beyond Brega sev- eral times in recent weeks from their strongholds in eastern Libya, only to be driven out by Gadhafi loy- alists exploiting the rebels’ inability to hold territory. In recent days the opposi- tion has placed the front lines under the control of former military men, creat- ing a more disciplined advance against Gadhafi’s forces. ‘‘We’re more organized now, and that’s played a big role,’’ said Salam Idrisi, 42, a rebel fighter. The opposition advanced under artillery fire throughout the day and took the streets of New Brega, a largely residential section separated from the town’s oil facilities by a stretch of highway and a university campus, where the rebels were battling Gadhafi fighters at close range. Have Your Party at Chris’