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ByMichelleFaul The Associated Press KADUNA, NIGERIA Ten generals and five other se- nior military officers have been found guilty in courts- martial of providing arms and information to Boko Haram extremists, several Nigerian newspapers said Tuesday, though the mili- tary insisted there was no truth in the reports. They follow months of al- legations from politicians and soldiers who said that some senior officers were helping the Islamic extrem- ists and that some rank- and-file soldiers even fight alongside the insurgents and then return to army camps. They have said that information provided by army officers has helped in- surgents in ambushing mili- tary convoys and in attacks on army barracks and out- posts in their northeastern stronghold. Leadership newspa- per quoted one officer say- ing that four other officers, in addition to the 15, were found guilty of "being dis- loyal and for working for the members of the sect." DefenseMinistryspokes- man Maj. Gen. Chris Oluko- lade reiterated in a state- ment on Tuesday that de- fense headquarters "wishes to state once again categor- ically that there is no truth whatsoever in the report." He called it a "falsehood" concocted by those who "appear hell-bent on mis- leading Nigerians and the international community to give credence to the nega- tive impression they are so keen to propagate about the Nigerian military." Nigeria'smilitaryoftende- nies substantiated reports, such as on extrajudicial kill- ings of civilians and detain- ees.Itisaccusedofsuchgross human rights violations that the U.S. efforts to help in the rescue of nearly 300 ab- ducted schoolgirls have been limited by U.S. law restrict- ing sharing of some types of information and technology with abusive security forces. The alleged sabotage by senior officers could ex- plainthemilitary'sfailureto curba5-year-oldIslamicup- rising by Boko Haram that has killed thousands despite a year-long state of emer- gency in the northeast. NIGERIA Report: 10 generals guilty of arming Boko Haram By Juergen Baetz The Associated Press BRUSSELS President Barack Obama's move to limit U.S. carbon emissions may prompt an important shift by China in its climate policies, where officials are increasingly worried about the costs of pollution any- way, according to a Chinese expert and activists closely following the international negotiations. Theinitiativemaybeacru- cial move in pressuring Bei- jing to accept binding goals to cut greenhouse gases, while also allowing the U.S. to start catching up with the European Union in the fight against climate change. "This is the kind of lead- ership that's highly needed," said Martin Kaiser, head of international climate poli- tics at Greenpeace. The pro- posal should have been twice as ambitious, he added, but "it demonstrates that the Obamaadministrationwants to seriously tackle climate change." The plan, unveiled Mon- day, would reduce carbon dioxide emissions from U.S. power plants, many of which are coal-fired, by 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030. Governments want an agreement by late next year in Paris to curb emissions of greenhouse gasses blamed for global warming. Unlike the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which exempted developing nations from emissions lim- its, this deal is supposed to cover every country. The U.S. never ratified the Kyoto protocol, handing China and others an easy ex- cuse to dodge tougher action as well. "Thenewinitiativeisafirst firm commitment that puts the U.S. in a serious negoti- ating position for the upcom- ing climate talks in Paris," said Georg Zachmann, an ex- pert with the Brussels-based think tank Bruegel. "It gives hope that further steps in that direction will be forthcoming," he added. The U.S. announcement came just ahead of interna- tional climate talks start- ing Wednesday in Bonn, Germany, where govern- ments will discuss how am- bitioustobeintacklingglobal warmingoverthecomingde- cades. Climate change is also on the agenda at a meeting of the G-7 leaders in Brussels Thursday, bringing together Obama and his counterparts from the other leading West- ern economies. China, the world's biggest polluteraheadoftheU.S.,has promised to curb its output but has so far resisted bind- ing limits. The U.S. move will give incentive to the Chinese to do more, many experts be- lieve. "Obama's plan to cut greenhouse gas may have some impact on China's de- cision-making," said Wang Ke, a professor at the School of Environment and Natural Resources at People's Uni- versity in Beijing. "But Chi- na's goal will be based on its domestic needs in the trans- formation of its economy and handling smog." United Nations climate chief Christiana Figueres on Saturday insisted she fully expected "action by the United States to spur others in taking concrete action." Greenpeace's Kaiser sounded an optimistic note on China, saying that wit- nessing high pollution in their own cities had con- vinced leaders in Beijing that only joint action could tackle the problem. "Both coun- tries, the U.S. and China, have seen the consequences of climate change at home and realize now that only joint international action with binding targets can be a solution," he added. WORLD Em is si on s pl an c ou ld b oo st c lim at e ta lk s ANDYWONG—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS A Chinese boy cycles past a cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant in Dadong, Shanxi province, China, in 2009. Washington 83/68 New York 80/63 Miami 86/75 Atlanta 89/71 Detroit 70/50 Houston 91/72 Chicago 64/51 Minneapolis 77/58 Kansas City 86/62 El Paso 105/77 Denver 84/53 Billings 77/53 Los Angeles 79/62 San Francisco 68/53 Seattle 72/50 AIRQUALITYFORECAST Whatitmeans: 0-50:Good; 51-100:Moderate; 101-150:Unhealthyforsensitivepeople; 151+:Unhealthyforall. Source: Airnow.gov City Today'sairquality City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W CALIFORNIA CITIES National and world forecast s-sunny,pc-partly cloudy,c-cloudy,sh-showers,t-thunderstorms,r-rain,sf-snow flurries,sn-snow,i-ice City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Summary National Extremes World Extremes North and South America Asia, Australia Africa CarsonCity Hawthorne Reno Herlong Lovelock Sacramento Yuba City Napa Ukiah Chico Corning Lakeview Alturas Susanville Redding Red Bluff Laytonville Fort Bragg Point Arena Eureka Redway Mount Shasta Yreka Crescent City Ashland Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Shown are today's noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. ALMANAC Precipitation Temperatures ALLERGY REPORT Pollenlevels Source: National Allergy Bureau TODAY'S UV INDEX (The higher the number, the faster skin damage will occur.) Extreme Very high High Moderate Low SUN SETTINGS, MOON PHASES Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Hoursofsunlight River Levels SacramentoRiver Flood 7a.m. 24-hr Stage yest. chg. Lake Levels Elevation Yesterday Storage (acre-feet) Percent Capacity Q: A: THURSDAY 100° 62° FRIDAY 97° 63° Ho t with plenty of sun Mostly sunn y and ho t SATURDAY 102° 64° Ho t with blazing sunshine SUNDAY 102° 63° Blazing sunshine and hot TODAY 101° 61° Mostly sunny and hot. Clear tonight. High ....................................................................... 86° Low ........................................................................ 59° Normal high ......................................................... 86° Normal low ........................................................... 59° Record high ........................................... 108° in 1960 Record low .............................................. 43° in 1944 Humidity noon today ........................................ 19% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.00" Month to date ................................................... 0.00" Normal month to date ..................................... 0.08" Season to date ................................................ 12.41" Normal season to date .................................. 24.12" Red Bluff through 2 p.m. yesterday Chico .......................................................... Moderate Napa ........................................................... Moderate Red Bluff .............................................. Not available Redding ..................................................... Moderate Yuba City ............................................. Not available Allergy, dust and dander today: Beneficial Grass ...................... High Mold .........................Low Trees ............. Moderate Weeds ........... Moderate 8 Highest at 12 p.m. Today 5:41 a.m. 8:34 p.m. 12:05 p.m. 12:36 a.m. Thursday 5:40 a.m. 8:35 p.m. 1:02 p.m. 1:06 a.m. 14 hr., 53 min. Jun5 First Jun12 Full Last Jun19 New Jun27 aboveBendBridge......................27 ...........3.40 ....... -0.10 atHamiltonCity.........................148 ......129.50 .......none atOrdFerry................................114 ........97.20 ......+0.10 atRedBluffDiversionDam.......253 ......239.10 .......none atTehamaBridge ......................213 ......201.70 ......+0.10 atVinaWoodsonBridge............183 ......167.60 .......none BlackButte ....................460.23..............84,612 .....58.9% LakeOroville..................754.83.........1,723,033 .....46.1% LakeShasta ...................966.23.........2,157,286 .....47.4% LakeTrinity..................2275.02.........1,188,438 .....44.9% Whiskeytown...............1208.73............237,037 .....98.3% Weather Trivia ™ Who invented the lightning rod? Ben Franklin. Today Thursday Anaheim 83/59/s 83/60/s Bakersfield 93/68/s 94/69/s Chula Vista 78/59/pc 77/60/pc Crescent City 60/46/pc 60/46/pc Death Valley 113/81/s 115/81/s Eureka 62/45/pc 63/44/pc Fremont 74/55/pc 75/56/s Fresno 96/66/s 98/68/s Glendale 84/60/s 84/60/s Huntington Beach 71/59/pc 70/60/pc Irvine 73/60/pc 75/63/s Lake Tahoe 75/40/s 76/38/s Long Beach 77/61/pc 77/62/pc Los Angeles 79/62/pc 79/62/pc Mammoth Mountain 77/44/s 79/44/s Modesto 93/60/s 97/61/s Monterey 63/51/pc 65/52/pc Moreno Valley 89/57/s 87/57/s Napa 78/52/s 77/53/s Needles 106/73/s 107/79/s Oakland 69/53/pc 68/55/s Oxnard 66/55/s 67/57/pc Redding 101/61/s 102/62/s Riverside 90/58/s 87/59/s Sacramento 92/55/s 94/56/s San Bernardino 89/57/s 88/58/s San Diego 74/63/pc 74/64/pc San Francisco 68/53/pc 68/54/pc San Jose 79/55/pc 79/55/s San Luis Obispo 72/49/pc 73/51/pc Santa Ana 75/62/pc 74/63/pc Santa Barbara 71/55/s 73/55/pc Santa Clarita 86/58/s 85/59/s Stockton 93/56/s 96/56/s Ventura 71/55/s 69/57/pc Yosemite Valley 87/54/s 88/54/s Today Thursday Albuquerque 100/67/s 99/66/s Atlanta 89/71/t 89/70/t Baltimore 85/64/s 81/57/t Boston 66/57/c 66/56/r Buffalo 69/50/pc 65/50/pc Chicago 64/51/r 73/50/pc Cincinnati 82/58/t 75/55/pc Dallas 95/76/s 97/77/s Denver 84/53/pc 81/53/pc Detroit 70/50/r 71/49/pc El Paso 105/77/s 106/79/s Fargo 80/61/pc 79/56/t Honolulu 88/76/s 87/76/pc Houston 91/72/pc 92/74/s Indianapolis 79/55/t 76/55/pc Kansas City 86/62/pc 78/64/c Las Vegas 99/72/s 99/79/s Louisville 87/65/t 78/59/c Miami 86/75/pc 88/77/pc Minneapolis 77/58/pc 77/60/pc New Orleans 88/73/t 88/73/pc New York City 80/63/pc 73/59/r Oklahoma City 96/73/pc 96/73/pc An area of heavy rain and damaging thunder- storms is forecast to target the Midwest today. The greatest risk of damaging winds will occur over the Ohio Valley, while the potential for flood- ing rain will stretch farther north toward the Great Lakes. Drenching showers and thunderstorms are also in the offing for New England. Typical June heat and humidity will continue over the South with the risk of severe storms pushing across the Appalachians and into Virginia at night. Cool air will settle over the Upper Midwest to the central Plains. Much of the West will be sunny. High ............................. 108° in El Paso, TX Low ............... 25° in Mammoth Lakes, CA High ............ 118° in Jacobabad, Pakistan Low ... -17° in Summit Station, Greenland Bogota 67/47/t 67/47/c Buenos Aires 60/45/r 59/42/s Caracas 91/75/s 91/75/s Ensenada 84/58/pc 83/59/pc Mexico City 73/55/t 74/55/t Montreal 70/55/sh 68/55/sh Rio de Janeiro 78/68/s 83/74/s Tijuana 79/58/pc 79/60/pc Toronto 71/52/pc 68/52/pc Vancouver 66/51/pc 67/48/pc Orlando 90/70/pc 92/73/pc Philadelphia 84/64/pc 76/59/r Phoenix 108/80/s 107/78/s Pittsburgh 75/55/t 70/48/pc Portland, ME 60/52/c 64/52/sh Portland, OR 76/51/pc 76/52/pc St. Louis 92/62/t 79/62/c Salt Lake City 81/56/s 84/57/s Seattle 72/50/pc 72/49/pc Tucson 107/74/s 106/73/s Washington, DC 83/68/s 81/61/t Cairo 110/77/pc 92/66/s Casablanca 77/60/s 84/62/c Johannesburg 68/48/s 66/30/s Kinshasa 90/72/pc 90/71/s Lagos 87/76/t 87/76/t Nairobi 79/63/t 77/63/t Tripoli 79/61/s 91/66/s Baghdad 97/75/s 105/82/s Beijing 88/67/pc 95/72/s Hong Kong 90/82/pc 90/82/t Jerusalem 94/75/pc 80/58/pc Kabul 87/60/s 87/60/c Manila 93/81/t 93/81/t Melbourne 62/50/sh 59/46/sh New Delhi 109/84/pc 113/86/pc Seoul 84/65/s 82/63/c Singapore 87/78/t 89/80/t Sydney 70/49/pc 69/50/sh Tehran 82/63/s 81/65/s Tokyo 78/64/pc 72/66/sh Amsterdam 63/53/r 62/52/sh Athens 75/65/t 83/67/s Belgrade 77/55/s 81/57/s Berlin 73/57/pc 69/48/pc Budapest 76/53/pc 80/57/pc Dublin 59/43/pc 59/43/pc London 58/49/r 66/47/pc Madrid 83/56/s 85/56/pc Moscow 84/56/pc 88/59/s Paris 63/44/r 68/52/pc Rome 77/58/s 76/58/s Stockholm 67/57/c 72/54/r Vienna 73/57/t 71/54/t Zurich 69/43/r 68/44/pc 85/49 91/56 88/58 88/50 90/54 92/55 95/60 78/52 93/51 96/62 98/63 78/44 85/40 86/48 101/61 101/61 86/48 63/47 64/50 62/45 87/51 86/45 93/45 60/46 86/44 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2014 Tehama County Department of Education is inviting Private School participation for the design and development of grant program activities. 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