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Monday, January 2, 2012 – Daily News 5A WORLD BRIEFING Yemenis rally in major cities SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen's opposition on Sunday accused outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh of trying to torpedo a power transfer deal by sparking a new crisis, as troops loyal to him clashed with opposition forces, killing three. The violence was evi- dence that the president's signature on a power transfer deal has not ended months of turmoil that have benefited al- Qaida-linked militants. Sunday's clashes fol- lowed Saleh's decision not to leave the country, a move likely to embolden his relatives, who control key security posts. His opponents demand the removal of all of Saleh's relatives from top security positions. Huge crowds of protesters have called for Saleh himself to be put on trial for the killing of hundreds of protesters, though the power transfer deal gives him immunity from pros- ecution. Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi told his new national unity government on Sunday, in their first official session, that the power transfer agreement, engineered by Yemen's powerful Gulf Arab neighbors, must be implemented soon. Fire destroys landmark clock factory PERU, Ill. (AP) — A fire at a massive former clock factory that police say was deliberately lit provided an eerie back- drop for a northern Illi- nois city's New Year's celebrations, and despite the efforts of firefighters from throughout the area, the city landmark was destroyed. The blaze at the former Westclox Co. clock com- plex, which covers a two- said King, who has spo- ken with local authorities and Capano's family. ''Next thing you know, shots are fired.'' McGoey went into Charlie's Family Pharma- cy in Seaford, a small shorefront Long Island town, at about 2 p.m. on New Year's Eve, police said. He announced a holdup and was given what he came for: painkillers and money. Capano, a trained explosives expert who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan, confronted McGoey as he tried to leave the store. Mean- while, an off-duty NYPD officer and a retired Nas- sau County police officer who happened to be at a deli next door were alert- ed that someone was try- ing to rob the pharmacy, King said. Divers recover bodies of 2 boys who fell by-four-block span of downtown Peru, began around the time people were counting down the last seconds of 2011, Gary Eccles, an engineer with the city's fire depart- ment, told The Associated Press. By 11 a.m. Sunday, the fire was burning itself out but had destroyed the building and caused it to cave in on itself, he said. Karen Torri, a local resident, told the (LaSalle) News Tribune that she was at party and was startled when she looked out the window. ''Just as we were kiss- ing, I looked out the win- dow and saw the fire- works, but it wasn't fire- works; it was fire engines,'' she said. The only reported injury from the blaze was to a firefighter who was rushed to a hospital for emergency knee surgery, Eccles said. Established 1982 Federal agent slain in NY pharmacy robbery NEW YORK (AP) — An off-duty federal law enforcement agent who died while confronting a pharmacy robber was picking up his elderly father's cancer medica- tion, a New York con- gressman said Sunday. Veteran agent John Capano had chased down the suspect inside the store and was trying to subdue him on the ground when he died, said Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y. The robber, who was also shot to death, was identified Sunday by police as 43- year-old James McGoey of Hampton Bays. ''John was with him on the ground wrestling,'' in canal MARICOPA, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona authori- ties say they've recovered the bodies of two boys from an 11-foot-deep irri- gation canal. Pinal County Sheriff's Office spokesman Elias Johnson says an 8-year- old special needs child apparently fell in the canal in Maricopa Sunday after- noon and his two brothers, ages 9 and 11, slid down the canal's steep embank- ment while trying to save him. Johnson says the boys didn't know how to swim. He says the 9-year-old was able to make it out of the canal and ran home to get help. Divers found the boys Sunday evening near where they had slipped into the water. Police had originally thought they had washed several hun- dred yards downstream to a grate. Established 1985 Passers-by rescue children after river crash SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As many as 10 people jumped into an icy Utah river to help save three trapped children after a car plunged down a 10-foot embankment and flipped over, the state's Highway Patrol said Sunday. The rescuers helped turn the Honda Accord upright in the Logan River, and one man shot out the car's window with a handgun and cut a seat belt to help free the chil- dren after the Saturday afternoon accident, patrol Lt. Steve Winward said. The driver, Roger Andersen, 46, of Logan, lost control as he tried to brake while heading northbound on U.S. 89 during slick conditions. His 9-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son were trapped along with a sec- ond 9-year-old girl. ''He was panicked, doing everything he could to get in through the doors, but they wouldn't budge,'' said rescuer Chris Willden, who had jumped into the water with his own father after coming upon the crash scene. Willden, a Department of Defense contractor with a background in law enforcement, shot out one window with his Glock handgun after trying unsuccessfully to open windows and doors. As he reached upward searching for arms and legs, he felt nothing. Hunting Mass. trooper accidentally shoots woman NORTON, Mass. (AP) — An off-duty state trooper who was hunting in south- east Massachusetts shot and wounded a 66-year-old woman who was out walk- ing her two dogs when he mistook her pets for a deer. The woman was shot in the torso while walking on a wooded path in Norton about 5 p.m. Saturday. Police said the trooper called 911 after realizing he had mistaken the tails of the two retrievers for a deer's tail. The unidentified woman who lives in Norton was taken to Rhode Island Hos- pital for treatment. Authori- ties provided no further information on her condi- tion. State police on Sunday said investigators deter- mined the shooting was an accident. The name of the trooper, who also lives in Norton, was not released because he faces no charges. The investigation continued. 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