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4A – Daily News – Tuesday, May 3, 2011 WORLD BRIEFING Bin Laden’s hideout near capital raises questions ABBOTTABAD, Pak- istan (AP) — Osama bin Laden made his final stand in a small Pakistani city where three army regiments with thousands of soldiers are based not far from the capital — a location that is increasing suspicions in Washington that Islamabad may have been sheltering him. The U.S. acted alone in Monday’s helicopter raid, did not inform Pakistan until it was over and pointedly did not thank Pakistan at the end of a wildly successful opera- tion. All this suggests more strain ahead in a relationship that was already suffering because of U.S. accusations that the Pakistanis are sup- porting Afghan militants and Pakistani anger over American drone attacks and spy activity. Pakistani intelligence agencies are normally very sharp in sniffing out the presence of foreigners in small cities. Sen. Carl Levin, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Commit- tee, said bin Laden’s loca- tion meant Pakistan had ‘‘a lot of explaining to do.’’ ‘‘I think this tells us once again that unfortu- nately Pakistan at times is playing a double game,’’ said Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, a member of the Armed Services Com- mittee. Bin Laden mythology lives on WASHINGTON (AP) — Knowing there would be disbelievers, the U.S. says it used convincing means to confirm Osama bin Laden’s identity dur- ing and after the firefight that killed him. But the mystique that surrounded the terrorist chieftain in life is persisting in death. Was it really him? How do we know? Where are the pictures? Already, those ques- tions are spreading in Pakistan and surely beyond. 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U.S. officials are bal- ancing that skepticism with the sensitivities that might be inflamed by showing images they say they have of the dead al- Qaida leader and video of his burial at sea. Still, it appeared likely that pho- tographic evidence would be produced. ‘‘We are going to do everything we can to make sure that nobody has any basis to try to deny that we got Osama bin Laden,’’ John Bren- nan, President Barack Obama’s counterterror- ism adviser, said Monday. He said the U.S. will ‘‘share what we can because we want to make sure that not only the American people but the world understand exactly what happened.’’ Army Corps prepares to blow up Mississippi River levee SIKESTON, Mo. (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers pumped liquid explosives into an earthen levee Monday as demoli- tion crews prepared to blow a two-mile-wide hole in the barrier — part of a desperate bid to save an Illinois town imperiled by rising floodwaters. Engineers went on with their work, even though the agency did not plan to announce a final decision on the plan until later Monday. But doubts persisted about whether breaking open the levee will pro- vide the relief needed. How much water would the blast really divert from the Mississippi River? And will authori- ties have to do the same thing at other trouble spots downstream? Time was running short to find answers. Five more inches of rain fell overnight, further strain- ing the flood wall protect- ing tiny Cairo, Ill. The seemingly endless rain has overwhelmed rivers and strained levees, including one protecting Cairo, at the confluence of the Ohio and Missis- sippi rivers. Mourners in Libya demand revenge TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libyans shouting for revenge buried Moammar Gadhafi’s second youngest son to the thun- dering sound of anti-air- craft fire Monday, as South Africa warned that the NATO bombing that killed him would only bring more violence. Libya’s leader did not attend the tumultuous funeral of 29-year-old Seif al-Arab, but older brothers Seif al-Islam and Mohammed paid their respects, thronged by a crowd of several thou- sand. Jostling to get clos- er to the coffin, draped with a green Libyan flag, mourners flashed victory signs and chanted ‘‘Revenge, revenge for you, Libya.’’ Three of Gadhafi’s grandchildren, an infant and two toddlers, also died in Saturday’s attack, which NATO says target- ed one of the regime’s command and control centers. Gadhafi and his wife were in the com- pound at the time, but escaped unharmed, Libyan officials said, accusing the alliance of trying to assassinate the Libyan leader. NATO officials have denied they are hunting Gadhafi to break the bat- tlefield stalemate between Gadhafi’s troops and rebels trying for the past 10 weeks to depose him. Rebels largely control eastern Libya, while Gad- hafi has clung to much of the west, including the capital, Tripoli. Fierce battles have raged in Misrata, a besieged rebel-held city in western Libya, which has been shelled by Libyan forces every day in recent weeks. Records at one hospital showed that at least eight people were killed and 54 injured in shelling on Monday that lasted all morning and for a brief period dur- ing the afternoon. Obama awards Medal of Honor WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Barack Obama expressed his pride in America’s men and women in uni- form, he was speaking about those who hours earlier had killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and those who six decades earlier had given their lives in the Korean War. During a somber cere- mony Monday in the White House East Room, Obama bestowed the Medal of Honor posthu- mously on two Army pri- vates — Anthony T. Kaho’ohanohano of Pukalani, Hawaii, and Henry Svehla of Belleville, N.J. ‘‘Today we remember them with the highest mil- itary decoration that our Peter S. Ungar, chairman of anthropology at the University of Arkansas. The new report, by Thure E. Cerling of the University of Utah and colleagues, is published in Tuesday’s edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sci- ences. Cerling’s team ana- lyzed the carbon in the enamel of 24 teeth from 22 individuals who lived in East Africa between 1.4 million and 1.9 mil- lion years ago. One type of carbon is produced from tree leaves, nuts and fruit, another from grass- es and grasslike plants called sedges. It turns out that the early human known as Paranthropus boisei did not eat nuts but dined more heavily on grasses than any other human ancestor or human rela- tive studied to date. Only an extinct species of grass-eating baboon ate more, they said. nation can bestow,’’ Obama said, describing the pair as ‘‘hometown kids who stood tall in America’s uniform.’’ The commander in chief also reflected on the news of bin Laden’s death at the hands of U.S. forces during a raid in Pakistan, saying ‘‘I think we can all agree this is a good day for America.’’ Kaho’ohanohano was in charge of a machine- gun squad with Company H, 17th Infrantry Regi- ment, 7th Infantry Divi- sion on Sept. 1, 1951, when they were overrun by enemy forces. He ordered the squad to fall back and seek cover, then gathered up some grenades and fought the enemy alone. When his ammunition ran out, he fought them hand-to-hand until he was killed. Unpleasant truth behind debt debate WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s all but impossible to glean from the political rhetoric, but government borrowing will grow by trillions of dollars over the next decade if the bud- get backed by House Republicans translates into law. And by a few trillion more if President Barack Obama gets his way. Call it the unpleasant truth behind a political struggle over raising the Crafter’s Boutique Tues.-Fri. 11-5 • Sat 11-3 Closed Sunday & Monday First Friday Night of every month is Womens Night Out Open: 11am - 8 pm 650 Main St., Red Bluff 530 528-2723 Gifts for family & friends Plenty of parking on Pine Street debt limit that is expected to intensify as lawmakers return Monday from a two-week break. While polls show vot- ers angry over the debt, and politicians support a goal of paying it down, the two principal deficit- reduction plans would merely restrain its growth for the next decade — the Republicans’ significant- ly more so than the presi- dent’s. To do otherwise, Con- gress ‘‘would have to enact policies that would produce a surplus,’’ with money left over to begin retiring debt, said Robert Bixby, executive director of the anti-deficit Con- cord Coalition. New study says million- year-old ’Nutcracker Man’ didn’t eat nuts WASHINGTON (AP) — Nutcracker Man didn’t eat nuts after all. After a half-century of referring to an ancient pre-human as ‘‘Nutcracker Man’’ because of his large teeth and powerful jaw, scien- tists now conclude that he actually chewed grasses instead. The study ‘‘reminds us that in paleontology, things are not always as they seem,’’ commented • VITAMINS • MINERALS • HERBS Kelp Herb Shop Available Open: Tuesday-Friday 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Suite #E, Red Bluff, CA 96080 (530) 528-2930 333 So. Main St. Eye clinics, federal aid all part of Ala. relief TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — In the tornado- shattered South, survivors are getting what they need — sometimes more than they ever expected. And it is coming from every- where. Volunteers in golf carts ferry sausage biscuits and bottled water to them. Federal workers are inter- viewing them so they can get emergency cash. And neighbors with chain saws roam devastated streets, cutting up downed trees. Residents and elected officials praised churches, charities, volunteers and even the much maligned Federal Emergency Man- agement Agency. The second-deadliest tornado outbreak in U.S. history — and a record 226 in one day — killed 342 people and left stretches of the South in ruin. In a region that is all too familiar with fumbled emergency responses, res- idents from hardest-hit Alabama to Tennessee have seen a steady flow of aid. By Monday, survivors could find a place to charge a dead cell phone or get a free haircut or restock on prescription medicine. ‘‘I’m getting every- thing, probably even more than I expected,’’ said Amy Hall, 23, who limped through the shelter set up at a community center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., with a broken foot, cradling her 11-month-old daughter. 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