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Tuesday, September 13, 2011 – Daily News 5A WORLD BRIEFING Libya's revolutionary leader calls for civil state TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — The chief of Libya's revolutionary movement has addressed a crowd of thousands in a land- mark square in central Tripoli, calling for a democratic state with strong civic institutions. The speech by Mustafa Abdul-Jalil came late Monday night during the largest public gathering of revolution- ary leaders since rebel forces stormed into the capital last month, effec- tively ending the rule of Moammar Gadhafi. Abdul-Jalil heads the National Transitional Council, founded in the eastern city of Benghazi early in the six-month civil war. Its leaders have been arriving in the capital over the last week to start building a new government. Anti-Gadhafi forces have not extended their control over all of Libya, with pockets still held by Gadhafi loyal- ists. Arizona turns to $25 prison visitor fees FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — PJ Longoni has shelled out hundreds of dollars to pay for toi- letries, a television and legal fees for family and friends locked up in Ari- zona prisons. When she learned she'd have to pay a one-time $25 background check fee to visit her son, she was angry. Under a new state law, some adults who want to visit incarcerat- ed inmates must pay the fee, with the money raised going toward maintaining 10 state-run prisons. "For me, it is not the $25 fee that is an issue," she said. "It is when it is combined with the other costs of caring for an inmate, then it becomes a burden to me." 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Some worried that the fee would reduce the number of visitors, essentially eliminating the kinds of family con- tact with prisoners that could improve the chances for rehabilita- tion. Obama's policies could throw NY House election to Republicans NEW YORK (AP) — To gauge how political- ly weakened President Barack Obama has become, look to the 9th Congressional District in New York City, where voters unhappy with the president may elect a Republican for the first time. Tuesday's special election to replace for- mer Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner has become too close to call, with public opinion polling showing a slight edge for Republican Bob Turner, a retired media executive with no prior political experi- ence. Panicked at the prospect of an embar- rassing loss, Democrats have poured cash into the race and sent in their On Monday, House Republican Leader Eric Cantor argued that a Turner victory would be an "unprecedented win" and the latest evidence of voter dissatisfaction with Obama. France aims to limit fallout from nuke accident PARIS (MCT) — The French government and nuclear authorities on Monday moved quickly to staunch fears over the fallout from a blast at a nuclear waste process- ing center near Mar- coule in southern France, which killed one person and injured four. The Nuclear Safety Authority, or ASN, said an incinerator at the site, which destroys metal objects of a low level of radioactivity, had blown up, but it assured there had been no leak of radioactive material. "This accident bears no radiological risk nor (need for) action to pro- tect populations," the authority said in a state- ment. The building housing the incinerator had not been damaged and none of the four injured, one of whom suffered seri- ous burns, had been contaminated, ASN said. Tests carried out out- side the building by the operator of the centre and the emergency ser- vices "revealed no cont- amination," the nuclear watchdog said, declar- ing the incident "over" by Monday evening. The operator of the facility, the government and state electricity sup- plier EDF, which man- ages the adjacent Mar- coule nuclear site, also assured there had been no contamination. A security perimeter had been set up around the site, but the employ- ees were not evacuated. The facility is run by Socodei, a subsidiary of EDF, which specializes in the treatment of low- level radioactive waste. The center is situated in Condolet, near Mar- coule, one of France's oldest nuclear sites. A spokesman for the company, speaking to television reporters at the site, called it a level- one nuclear accident — the lowest level on a scale of seven — and assured there were "absolutely no conse- quences" in terms of public health. The badly injured worker was being trans- ferred to a hospital in the city of Montpellier, he said. The cause of the blast was still unclear. "The analysis of what hap- pened has yet to be done," the spokesman said. B of Awill eliminate 30,000 jobs NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America is slashing 30,000 jobs as part of an effort to reverse a crisis of confi- dence among investors. It's the largest single job reduction by a U.S. company this year. What CEO Brian Moynihan is trying to do is nothing less than save the nation's largest bank. Investors have cut the bank's market value by half this year. The bank is facing huge lia- bilities over soured mortgage investments on Sept. 11, 2001, faced difficult memories, but also said they felt a sense of closure. and concerns over whether it has enough capital to withstand more financial shocks. The cuts, which affect Bank of Ameri- ca's consumer business- es, represent 10 percent of the Charlotte, N.C. bank's work force. The bank said it hopes the cuts and other measures will result in $5 billion in annual savings by 2014. The bank has already cut 6,000 jobs this year. The bank also said it would look for cost savings at its other businesses in a six- month review that will begin next month. ''It's as if someone has hit the panic but- ton,'' said Bert Ely, president of banking consultant Ely & Co. Funeral for remains of Flight 93 SHANKSVILLE, Pa. 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After a weekend that saw thousands of visi- tors, President Barack Obama and his two pre- decessors attend the dedication of the nation- al memorial, a rabbi, a Buddhist sensei, a Catholic priest and a Lutheran minister offi- ciated at the private bur- ial. After the religious leaders spoke, the Som- erset County Honor Guard played taps, and the American flags on each of the three dark brown caskets were folded and given to those in attendance. Nearly 500 people attended the ceremony, including the family members, police, fire and emergency workers who had responded to the crash. The park was closed to the public to give them privacy.