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4A Daily News – Tuesday, December 27, 2011 WORLD BRIEFING Republican campaign for caucus enters final week DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa caucus campaign that has cycled through several Republi- can presidential front-run- ners entered its final week Monday, as unpredictable as the day conservatives began competing to emerge as Mitt Romney's chief rival. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, released a new television commercial for the state in which he cited a ''moral imperative for America to stop spending more money than we take in. It's killing jobs,'' he said. Texas Gov. Rick Perry countered with an adver- tisement that said four of his rivals combined — none of them Romney — have served 63 years in Congress, ''leaving us with debt, earmarks and bailouts.'' Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who has invested more time in Iowa than any other con- tender, was the only one in the state during the day. That changes Tuesday, with bus tours planned by Perry, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, all eager to energize their existing supporters and attract new ones. Nigerians fear more attacks MADALLA, Nigeria (AP) — Women returned to clean the blood from St. Theresa Catholic Church on Monday and one man wept uncontrol- lably amid its debris as a Nigerian Christian asso- ciation demanded pro- tection for its churches. At least 35 people died at St. Theresa and dozens more were wounded as radical Mus- lim militants launched coordinated attacks across Africa's most populous nation within hours of one another. Four more people were killed in other violence blamed on the group known as Boko Haram. Crowds gathered among the burned-out cars in the church's dirt parking lot Monday, angry over the attack and fearful that the group will target more of their places of worship. It was the second year in a row that the extrem- ists seeking to install Islamic Shariah law across the country of 160 million staged such attacks. Last year, a series of bombings on Christmas Eve killed 32 people in Nigeria. Rev. Father Christo- pher Jataudarde told The Associated Press that Sunday's blast happened as church officials gave parishioners white pow- der as part of a tradition celebrating the birth of Counseling Center Giving Families Hope! Did you think we were just for children? • Individual & Family Counseling • Couple/Relationship Issues • Anger • Depression • Anxiety • Emotional Trauma • Family Relationships • Parenting Call our office for more info. 529-9454 Red Bluff 590 Antelope Blvd. Suite B-30 Corning Counseling Center 275 Solano Street #2 through Sunday night and into Monday morn- ing, meticulously searching the apartment where the bodies were found, along with vehi- cles parked outside. 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Police seek family history after man shot 6 relatives on Christmas GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — Police in a quiet Fort Worth suburb worked Monday to piece together a family history after a man dressed in a Santa Claus suit apparently shot six relatives and himself on Christmas. Grapevine police spokesman Sgt. Robert Eberling said the shoot- er showed up in the Santa outfit shortly before gunfire erupted and that the family appeared to have been opening Christmas pre- sents. Police responding to a 911 call found four women and three men dead, along with two handguns. ''We think he was just inside there cele- brating Christmas with the rest of them and decided for whatever reason that's how he's going to end things,'' Eberling told The Asso- ciated Press. Investigators worked Eberling said investi- gators are piecing together a ''family his- tory,'' but he declined to get into specifics. 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