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4A Daily News – Tuesday, August 16, 2011 WORLD BRIEFING Libyan rebels threaten to isolate Tripoli ZAWIYA, Libya (AP) — Libya’s rebels threat- ened to isolate Tripoli by blocking key supply routes and cutting oil pipelines on Monday after a dramatic weekend advance put them in the strongest position since the 6-month-old civil war began to attack Moammar Gadhafi’s stronghold. In Washington, the Obama administration said the U.S. was encour- aged by the rebel advances and hoped they had broken a monthslong stalemate with Gadhafi’s forces. ‘‘We are closing the roads for Gadhafi so there is no way for him to bring anything to Tripoli,’’ a rebel field commander, Jumma Dardira, told The Associated Press. The rebels’ push into the strategic city of Zawiya on Saturday brought them within 30 miles of Tripoli, the clos- est they have ever gotten. After three days of fierce battles for the city of 200,000 on the Mediter- ranean coast, rebel com- manders said they con- trolled the south and west of the city and were fight- ing for the refineries. Oil- rich Libya’s only func- tioning refineries are in Zawiya. Perry says jobs record, experience tops in 2012 GOP field DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry contended Monday he has the best economic 8049 Hwy 99E, Los Molinos, CA We Accept EBT “Your Family Supermarket” We appreciate your business - and we show it! HOURS: 7AM - 9 PM DAILY WE FEATURE BLACK CANYON ANGUS BEEF SPECIALLY CUT MEATS AT NO EXTRA CHARGE Boneless Country Style Pork Ribs $199 lb. Fresh Red, Green or Romaine Lettuce 2 for $100 Mott’s Clamato Juice 32 oz. bottles $ 500 2 for Ocean Spray Juice Blends 64 oz. bottles $199 ea. 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The Texan argued that the Obama administra- tion’s Department of Labor and Environmental Protection Agency, for instance, had restrained business growth with excessive restrictions. Taken together, Perry’s comments about his own credentials and the policy proposal were an effort to establish him as the strongest Republican able to challenge Obama on the economy — and lay claim to Romney’s mantle of the jobs candidate. Bomb blasts rip through Iraq, killing 63 BAGHDAD (AP) — A relentless barrage of bombings killed 63 peo- ple Monday in the most sweeping and coordinated attack Iraq has seen in over a year, striking 17 cities from northern Sunni areas to the southern Shi- ite heartland. The surprising scope and sophistication of the bloodbath suggested that al-Qaida remains resilient despite recent signs of weakness. 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