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6B Daily News – Wednesday, May 25, 2011 WORLD BRIEFING Netanyahu: Israel willing to make compromises WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a cheering U.S. Congress on Tuesday he was will- ing to make ‘‘painful compromises’’ for peace with the Palestinians, but he offered little concrete to entice Palestinians back to the bargaining table. By giving such a high- profile speech before overwhelmingly support- ive U.S. lawmakers, Netanyahu was able to demonstrate to Israelis that he retains strong backing in the United States despite his frosty relations with President Barack Obama. He also moved the nee- dle on territorial compro- mise, for the first time explicitly saying in his address that Israel would have to give up some West Bank settlements. But Palestinians imme- diately rejected his overall peace package, which for the most part was a recy- cling of previously stated positions that the Pales- tinians had turned down. One senior Palestinian official even dubbed Netanyahu’s peace blue- print a ‘‘declaration of war.’’ Friday & Saturday May 27, 28 State Theatre for the Arts (STFTA) ‘Capital Campaign’ Fund for Acquisition of The State Theatre THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW FRIDAY 05.27.11 10:30 PM Doors Open 11:30 Pre-show 12 Midnight Rocky Horror Picture Show Starts $10 Tickets at Door • Concession Available VARIETY SHOW SATURDAY 05.28.11 6 pm Doors Open • 7-10 pm Show Tickets in advance: $10 Adults $5 Children (under 12) At the door: $12 Adults • $6 Children (under 12) Concessions and Beer / Local Wines ANTSY MCCLAIN WELCOME Chad Bushnell (Country/Guitar) Mill Creek (American Acoustic) Reflections (Beatle Acoustic Band) California Heat (Sweet Adeline’s) Pizza Number 24 (Banjo & Piano) Stacy Stone (Country Western) Vista Jazz Band Mumblefinger (Acoustic Set) Dance Red Bluff Kurt Cameron (Vocals Guitar) DIG Red Bluff - Disc Golf Demo Student Art Exhibit Purchase you tickets at: Sky River Music, 613 Main Street or Wink, 332 Oak Street (across from the State Theatre) For more information call 529-ARTS Published through a project co- sponsorship agreement with D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY All proceeds go to Speaking before a sympathetic Congress that showered him with more than two dozen sus- tained standing ovations, Netanyahu said Israel wants and needs peace and would make ‘‘gener- ous’’ territorial conces- sions. Under any final peace accord, he added, ‘‘some settlements will be beyond Israel’s borders.’’ Rescuers race to find Joplin tornado survivors JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Emergency crews drilled through concrete at a ruined Home Depot, mak- ing peepholes in the rub- ble in hopes of finding lost shoppers and employ- ees. A dog clambered through the shattered remains of a house, sniff- ing for any sign of the woman and infant who lived there. Across devastated Joplin, searchers move from one enormous debris pile to another, racing to respond to any report of a possible survivor. The toll Tuesday was at least 122 dead, with perhaps as many as 17 rescued. Searchers fought the clock because any- body still alive after the deadliest single tornado in 60 years was losing pre- cious strength two days after the disaster. And another round of storms was closing in. For Milissa Burns, hope was fading that her 16-month-old grandson, whose parents were both from government build- ings they seized. As the death toll mounted, Saleh called for a cease-fire. German authorities to hospitalized after the tor- nado hit their home, would be found. On Tuesday, she showed up at a demol- ished dental office near the child’s home to watch a search team. At one point, a dog identified possible human remains, prompting eight searchers to dig frantically but came away with nothing. Burns was weary but composed. Her daughter — the boy’s aunt — sobbed next to her. Gates: cuts will mean a limited military WASHINGTON (AP) — In a parting shot by one of the nation’s longest-serving Pentagon chiefs, Robert Gates on Tuesday warned that shrinking defense budgets will mean a smaller mili- tary and a diminished American role in the world. Gates, a self-described ‘‘old Cold Warrior’’ who will retire next month, said that barring a cata- strophic world conflict or a new threat to the very existence of the U.S., there will be no foresee- able return to the boom- ing Pentagon budgets of the past decade. ‘‘The money and the political support simply aren’t there,’’ he said. This means the Obama administration and Con- gress must now decide how much military power the U.S. should give up, how that fits U.S. goals for maintaining global influence, and how to pay for it, Gates said. ‘‘A smaller military, no matter how superb, will be able to go fewer places and be able to do fewer things,’’ he said in a speech at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative-leaning think tank that is general- ly hostile to defense cuts. His speech marked the culmination of a series of recent remarks in which Gates has acknowledged that the Pentagon’s free- spending ways are end- ing, while also cautioning against budget cuts so deep as to ‘‘hollow out’’ the military. Warning against a temptation for the country to lower its guard and relax when threats seem less pressing, he wants his legacy to be that he steered the Penta- gon toward long-term sta- bility. Battles grip Yemen city SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Fighters from Yemen’s powerful tribes fired on government buildings Tuesday, prompting sol- diers to respond with intense shelling in street battles that left at least 38 dead as the uprising against President Ali Abdullah Saleh threat- ened to become a militia- led revolt. Medical officials said 24 tribesmen were killed in the fiercest fighting on Sanaa’s streets in years. Government officials said 14 soldiers were killed and 20 were missing as the situation deteriorated following the collapse of an Arab mediation effort to get Saleh to step down. As the battles devel- oped, the heart of Yemen’s capital was turned into a no man’s land with heavy gunfire, mortar rounds and artillery fire from govern- ment forces. As the death toll mounted, Saleh called for a cease-fire. A statement from his office called on both sides to lay down their arms and asked the tribesmen to withdraw close airspace BERLIN (AP) — Ger- man weather authorities say airspace over the country’s northern cities will close early Wednes- day, due to elevated levels of ash in the atmosphere stemming from an Ice- landic volcano. Germany’s Meteoro- logical Service said Tues- day it would not allow any takeoffs or landings at Bremen airport, starting at 5:00 a.m. (0300GMT), or at Hamburg airport, start- ing at 6:00 a.m. (0400GMT) Wednesday. The service said was possible the airspace over Berlin and Hannover could also be affected. Hundreds of flights over Britain were can- celed Tuesday as winds blew the cloud of ash from Iceland’s Grimsvotn volcano. Experts say that particles in the ash could stall jet engines and sand- blast planes’ windows. Mubarak to face trial CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s prosecutor gener- al ordered Tuesday for- mer President Hosni Mubarak put on trial on charges of corruption and conspiring in the deadly shootings of protesters during the uprising that ousted him, a stunning step against a leader whose power was nearly unquestioned for three decades. The announcement that Mubarak would face a criminal court grants a major demand of Egyp- tians who have threatened a second revolution amid growing worries about the slow pace of change under the country’s new military rulers. The charges could carry the death sentence, said the prosecutor-general spokesman Adel el-Said. It would be the first time an Arab leader is sent to trial solely by his own people in modern history. Iraq’s leader Sad- dam Hussein was toppled during the U.S. invasion in 2003 and sentenced three years later to death for killing 140 Shiites.