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Saturday, August 27, 2011 – Daily News 7A WORLD BRIEFING Irene takes aim on Northeast MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Irene caused extraordi- nary disruption Friday as it zeroed in for a cata- strophic run up the East- ern Seaboard. More than 2 million people were ordered to move to safer places, and New York announced plans to shut down its entire network of subways for the first time because of a natural disas- ter. As the storm's outer- most bands of wind and rain began to lash the Outer Banks of North Carolina, authorities in points farther north begged people to get out of harm's way. The hurri- cane lost some strength but still packed winds of almost 100 mph, and offi- cials feared it could wreak devastation in a region not used to tropical weather. ''Don't wait. Don't delay,'' said President Barack Obama, who decided to cut short his summer vacation by a day and return to Washington. ''I cannot stress this high- ly enough: If you are in the projected path of this hurricane, you have to take precautions now.'' Hurricane warnings were issued from North Carolina to New York, and watches were posted farther north, on the islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard off Massachusetts. Evacua- tion orders covered at least 2.3 million people, including 1 million in New Jersey, 315,000 in Maryland, 300,000 in North Carolina, 200,000 in Virginia and 100,000 in Delaware. ''This is probably the largest number of people that have been threatened by a single hurricane in the United States,'' said Jay Baker, a geography professor at Florida State University. Evacuations ordered for the 1st time in NYC NEW YORK (AP) — More than 300,000 people were told Friday to evacu- ate and New York ordered buses, planes and its entire subway system shut down as Hurricane Irene marched up the East Coast. It was the first time part of the nation's largest city was evacuated. And never before has the entire mass transit system been shuttered because of a storm. Despite not know- ing how the city would react, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he was confident people would get out of the storm's way. ''Waiting until the last minute is not a smart thing to do,'' Bloomberg said. ''This is life-threat- ening.'' Irene was expected to make landfall in North Carolina on Saturday, Today's Burning Issue Anyone Can Service Swamp Coolers....Can't They? Is it noisy? Do your doors swell from humidity? Does it leak on your roof? Have you ever had your cooler stop working in the middle of a heat wave? Residential and Commercial Evaporative coolers have been our business for over 25 years. Service, repairs, replacement and installations are handled professionally for reliable cool- ing during the hot days of summer. "You are nice. You came out right away. You solved the (cooler) problem. Your service is prompt, good, and pleasant." 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The beach- front community of Rock- aways and other neigh- borhoods around the city were also told to be out by Saturday at 5 p.m. Libya's capital largely calm TRIPOLI (AP) — Tripoli on Friday enjoyed its calmest day since the rebel takeover nearly a week ago, and hundreds even celebrated with a march chanting: ''Hold your head high! You are a free Libyan.'' The more relaxed atmosphere was one of the strongest signs yet that Moammar Gad- hafi and his loyalists have largely been driven out of the capital. As the fighting waned, the International Red Cross in Geneva expressed concern about treatment of detainees on both sides. Associated Press reporters saw eight wounded men, apparently Gadhafi supporters, who had been abandoned in a bombed out fire station in the Tripoli neighborhood of Abu Salim, scene of ferocious clashes on Thursday. Abu Baker Amin, 24, his right leg broken by a grenade, said he had not received food or water for two days. An emaciated man lay on the floor and pleading for water. Local residents made no attempt to get the wounded to a hospital. With the capital more secure, NATO and rebel fighters turned their atten- tion to Gadhafi's home- town of Sirte, his last major bastion of support. British warplanes struck a large bunker there, while local rebel commander Fadl-Allah Haron said that if city residents don't surrender fast, ''a battle will be waiting for them there.'' Back in Tripoli, some residents emerged ginger- ly from homes where they had taken cover from extensive gunbattles the rocked the city since the rebels rolled in on Sunday night. Republican field looking better to GOP voters WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans party elders are still grousing about the GOP choices for president — but the voters who will choose the nomi- nee are growing more satis- fied with the possibilities with Texas Gov. Rick Perry now in the race. Party leaders have been looking for a new con- tender who is strong enough to take on President Barack Obama. As recent- ly as this week, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Wis- consin Rep. Paul Ryan and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush — again — insisted they weren't running for president despite urging from supporters. But an Associated Press-GfK poll released Friday found that Republi- cans and Republican-lean- ing independents are com- ing around to the choices already on the table: About two-thirds are pleased with the party's presidential field, compared with just half in June. And they're paying more attention, with 52 percent expressing a ''great deal'' of interest in the GOP nomination fight — compared with 39 per- cent earlier this summer — after a period that saw Perry enter the race and Michele Bachmann win a test vote in Iowa, the lead- off caucus state, threaten- ing Mitt Romney's stand- ing at the top of the pack. The poll shows Perry, who has never run a nation- al campaign and is just now introducing himself to most people, benefiting from wall-to-wall news coverage over the past few weeks as he became a can- didate and jostled the until- then sleepy contest. Just 12 percent of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents have a negative impression of the Texas governor. And 63 percent of Republicans view him in a positive light, compared with 33 percent in June. Beyond that, Republi- cans didn't change their impressions much about Romney. Nearly 2 in 3 still view the former Massachu- setts governor positively, while just under a quarter see him negatively as he runs a cautious, methodical campaign that's facing its first true test in Perry. Car bombing in Nigeria kills 18 ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A car loaded with explosives crashed into the main United Nations' building in Nigeria's capi- tal and exploded Friday, killing at least 18 people 'Yard Sale Map' Updated Thursday afternoon – for weekend Yard Sales! Click on locations To see items for sale at each location, exact addresses and driving directions! ' ' can be easily accessed from our top menu at www.redbluffdailynews.com . Mouse over the red ' ' tab and scroll down to ' ' and click. A swimming hole, favorite hike, park site, fishing spot, Sunday drive, thing to do with kids? What's your FAVORITE Tehama County "Hidden Gem?" in one of the deadliest assaults on the interna- tional body in a decade. A radical Muslim sect blamed for a series of attacks in the country claimed responsibility for the bombing, a major escalation of its sectarian fight against Nigeria's weak central government. The brazen assault in a neighborhood surrounded by heavily fortified diplo- matic posts represented the first suicide attack to target foreigners in oil- rich Nigeria, where peo- ple already live in fear of the radical Boko Haram sect. The group, which has reported links to al- Qaida, wants to imple- ment a strict version of Shariah law in the nation and is vehemently opposed to Western edu- cation and culture. While police officers and local officials have primarily bore the brunt of Boko Haram's rage, now everyone seems to be a target in a nation often divided by religion and ethnicity. ''It is an attack on the global community,'' said Viola Onwuliri, a junior Nigerian foreign minister, as she looked at the bomb site. A sedan loaded with explosives crashed through two gates at the exit of the United Nations compound Friday morn- ing as guards tried in vain to stop it, witnesses told The Associated Press. The suicide bomber inside drove the car through the glass front of the main reception area of the building and detonat- ed the explosives, inflict- ing the most damage pos- sible, a spokesman for the Nigerian National Emer- gency Management Agency said. Deadly casino attack shocks Mexicans MONTERREY, Mexi- co (AP) — Mexicans have endured plenty of horrific crimes during their country's bloody five-year war against drug gangs: bodies hanging from overpasses, behead- ings, mass slayings of migrants and gunfights on crowded steets. The torching of the casino that killed at least 52 people on Thursday, however, was a shocking new low for many. In a nationally tele- vised speech, an angry President Felipe Calderon declared three days of mourning on Friday and labeled the attack on the Casino Royale in Monter- rey the worst against civilians in the nation's recent history. ''We are not con- fronting common crimi- nals,'' he said. ''We are facing true terrorists who have gone beyond all lim- its.'' The attack was differ- ent than others in recent years in that the victims weren't cartel foot sol- diers or migrants resisting forced recruitment by gangs. They were part of the middle class, working or gambling in an affluent part of a city that was once considered one of Mexico's safest. True wrath of Hurricane Irene is more rain, surge WASHINGTON (AP) — Forget the wind and fury. Hurricane Irene's most worrisome weapon is water. There's just way too much of it: storm surge pushing seawater ashore and heavy rainfall causing flooding. That's not unusu- al with hurricanes, but with Irene there are a couple of added factors that are mak- ing meteorologist nervous. This massive wet slow- moving hurricane is fore- cast to soak an already drenched Northeast and may come ashore at a time when tides are unusually high, making storm surge even worse — 4 to 11 feet with waves on top, fore- casters say. ''Water is the No. 1 killer,'' retired National Hurricane Center Director Max Mayfield said Friday afternoon. ''That's going to cause the greatest loss of life.'' Many deaths can be avoided if people leave the coast and don't drive into flooded areas, he said. MIT meteorology pro- fessor Kerry Emanuel said the flooding from Irene could be worse than the 1938 New England hurri- cane that killed 564 peo- ple. Check Out our online Ya Ya rd Sale Map Classified rd Sale Map