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ByBrianRohan The Associated Press CAIRO ACroatianhostage abducted in Egypt by Is- lamic State militants has been beheaded, according to a gruesome image circu- lated Wednesday online — a killing that, if confirmed, would be the first of its kind involving a foreign captive in the country, undermin- ing government efforts to project stability and but- tress an economic turn- around. The killing of the 30-year- old oil and gas sector sur- veyor would deal a blow to President Abdel-Fattah el- Sissi's attempts to burnish the country's reputation a week after he unveiled a new extension of the Suez canal in a much-hyped cer- emony attended by interna- tional dignitaries. It will also likely rattle companies with expatri- ate workers in Egypt and cast a cloud over hopes of boosting international in- vestment and tourism fol- lowing years of unrest in the wake of Egypt's Arab Spring uprising. The still photo, circu- lated by IS supporters on social media, appeared to show the body of Tomislav Salopek, a married father of two, wearing a beige jump- suit like the one he wore in a previous video. A black flag used by the Islamic State group and a knife were planted in the sand next to his body. A caption in Arabic said Salopek was killed "for his country's participation in the war against the Is- lamic State," and came af- ter a deadline had passed for Egypt to meet his cap- tors' demands to free jailed Islamist women. The picture also con- tained an inset of two Egyp- tian newspaper reports, one declaring Croatia's support for Egypt's war against ter- rorism and another noting Croatia's support for the Kurds, who have been bat- tling the IS group in Syria and Iraq. Croatian troops fought in the U.S.-led coali- tion in Iraq and still serve in the NATO-led force in Af- ghanistan. Al-Azhar, the Sunni Mus- lim world's prestigious reli- gious institute, condemned the apparent killing, calling it a "demonic act of which all religions and human tra- ditions are innocent." The statement also said Islamic law stipulates that it is for- bidden to shed the blood of foreigners. Exiled members of the Muslim Brotherhood group, branded a terror- ist organization by author- ities, though it, too, has con- demned IS brutality, said the beheading was a sign the Egyptian government had failed to curb the rise of extremism. Concerns were also raised about the economic impact on the country. "It's obviously bad for the perceptions foreign in- vestors have of Egypt, and I think it's probably bad for the perceptions that po- tential tourists have," said Hani Sabra, Middle East and North Africa head of the New York-based risk consultancy Eurasia Group. "This increases the per- ception that North Africa as a region is unstable across the board — Libya, Tuni- sia, Egypt," he said, adding that he didn't think it would undermine el-Sissi's govern- ment domestically. "This is something the authorities will use to ad- vance the narrative that they've pushed that they are fighting ruthless, blood- thirsty terrorists," Sabra said. In a televised address to the nation Wednesday, Cro- atian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said authorities there could not confirm the killing with certainty. "We cannot 100 percent confirm it is true, but what we see looks horrific. A con- firmation may not come for several days," he said, add- ing that the search for Salo- pek will continue as long as there is a glimmer of hope. Egyptian Foreign Min- ister Sameh Shoukry said authorities were working to verify the authenticity of the image, adding that Egypt was just one of many nations targeted by extrem- ists. "These terrorist opera- tions target citizens of dif- ferent nationalities in a number of countries in the region and the world," he told al-Arabiya television late Wednesday. The Associated Press could not independently verify the image, though it bore markings consistent with the filmed hostage de- mand released last week by Egypt's Islamic State affil- iate, the Sinai Province of the Islamic State. It was not clear where that video was shot. In that footage, the group set an Aug. 7 deadline for Egyptian authorities to free female Islamist pris- oners detained in a sweep- ing government crackdown following the 2013 military ouster of the country's Is- lamist president. The videotaped demand was shot in the style of pre- vious IS propaganda videos. The sister of an Egyptian woman jailed on charges of belonging to the Mus- lim Brotherhood, Esraa el- Taweel, said she spoke to her sister about the threat against Salopek's life dur- ing a recent prison visit. BEHEADING ISaffiliateinEgyptreleasesimageofslainCroatiancaptive THEASSOCIATEDPRESSFILE This image made from a militant video purports to show a militant standing next to another man who identifies himself as 30-year-old Tomislav Salopek, kneeling down as he reads a message at an unknown location. Washington 87/69 New York 83/68 Miami 91/76 Atlanta 88/70 Detroit 84/68 Houston 97/77 Chicago 86/69 Minneapolis 89/71 Kansas City 86/67 El Paso 98/ 74 Denver 92/62 Billings 96/66 Los Angeles 90/68 San Francisco 72/59 Seattle 85/61 AIRQUALITYFORECAST Whatitmeans:0-50:Good; 51-100:Moderate; 101-150:Unhealthyforsensitivepeople; 151+:Unhealthyforall. 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Extreme Very high High Moderate Low SUN SETTINGS, MOON PHASES Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Hoursofsunlight River Levels SacramentoRiver Flood 7a.m. 24-hr Stage yest. chg. Lake Levels Elevation Yesterday Storage (acre-feet) Percent Capacity Q: A: FRIDAY 93° 66° SATURDAY 101° 67° Ho t with plenty of sun Plenty of sun SUNDAY 104° 69° Ho t with sunshine MONDAY 103° 66° Ho t with plenty of sunshine TODAY 92° 61° Partly sunny. Clear tonight. High ....................................................................... 91° Low ........................................................................ 62° Normal high ......................................................... 96° Normal low ........................................................... 64° Record high ........................................... 114° in 1935 Record low .............................................. 54° in 1945 Humidity noon today ........................................ 28% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.00" Month to date ................................................... 0.00" Normal month to date ..................................... 0.05" Season to date .................................................. 0.03" Normal season to date .................................... 0.16" Red Bluff through 2 p.m. yesterday Chico .......................................................... Moderate Napa ................................................................... Good Red Bluff .............................................. Not available Redding ............................................... Not available Yuba City ........................................................... Good Allergy, dust and dander today: Beneficial Grass ....................... Low Mold .........................Low Trees .................. Absent Weeds ........... Moderate 7 Highest at 12 p.m. Today 6:18 a.m. 8:09 p.m. 5:30 a.m. 7:29 p.m. Friday 6:19 a.m. 8:08 p.m. 6:28 a.m. 8:03 p.m. 13 hr., 51 min. Aug14 New Aug22 First Full Aug29 Last Sep5 aboveBendBridge......................27 ...........2.30 .......none atHamiltonCity.........................148 ......129.01 ......+0.01 atOrdFerry................................114 ........96.53 ....... -0.07 atRedBluffDiversionDam.......253 ......238.50 ....... -0.10 atTehamaBridge ......................213 ......201.20 ....... -0.10 atVinaWoodsonBridge............183 ......167.15 ......+0.05 BlackButte ....................450.93..............56,100 .....39.0% LakeOroville..................680.30.........1,110,507 .....29.7% LakeShasta ...................952.40.........1,916,831 .....42.1% LakeTrinity..................2228.39............781,269 .....29.5% Whiskeytown...............1208.94............237,704 .....98.6% Weather Trivia ™ During what time of year are the jet stream winds weakest in the U.S.? Late July and early August. Today Friday Anaheim 92/66/s 95/67/s Bakersfield 96/68/s 95/71/s Chula Vista 82/68/s 84/68/s Crescent City 66/55/c 67/54/pc Death Valley 113/82/s 115/80/s Eureka 66/54/pc 68/53/pc Fremont 77/60/pc 80/58/pc Fresno 96/66/s 96/67/s Glendale 93/67/s 95/68/s Huntington Beach 82/68/s 84/68/s Irvine 86/67/s 89/68/s Lake Tahoe 80/49/s 79/42/s Long Beach 89/68/s 92/70/s Los Angeles 90/68/s 92/70/s Mammoth Mountain 83/46/s 85/47/s Modesto 91/62/s 92/63/s Monterey 72/59/pc 72/57/pc Moreno Valley 99/68/s 102/69/s Napa 79/52/pc 86/52/pc Needles 112/88/pc 115/89/s Oakland 73/60/pc 77/58/pc Oxnard 78/60/s 80/62/s Redding 93/62/pc 92/67/s Riverside 100/68/s 102/69/s Sacramento 88/58/s 92/60/s San Bernardino 101/65/s 103/67/s San Diego 80/69/s 83/70/s San Francisco 72/59/pc 75/58/pc San Jose 78/59/pc 81/58/pc San Luis Obispo 78/58/s 85/61/s Santa Ana 85/69/s 86/70/s Santa Barbara 82/61/s 84/62/s Santa Clarita 97/65/s 99/68/s Stockton 89/58/s 92/60/s Ventura 81/63/s 83/64/s Yosemite Valley 90/56/s 90/57/s Today Friday Albuquerque 94/68/s 96/69/s Atlanta 88/70/s 86/69/s Baltimore 84/59/s 87/65/s Boston 81/64/pc 83/66/s Buffalo 76/66/s 79/65/t Chicago 86/69/s 90/70/pc Cincinnati 81/61/s 86/65/s Dallas 97/76/s 97/76/s Denver 92/62/t 92/64/t Detroit 84/68/pc 85/68/t El Paso 98/74/pc 99/76/pc Fargo 93/64/t 95/70/s Honolulu 90/77/c 89/77/sh Houston 97/77/t 97/76/s Indianapolis 83/64/s 85/67/pc Kansas City 86/67/s 87/66/s Las Vegas 102/82/pc 105/82/s Louisville 84/63/s 86/68/pc Miami 91/76/t 90/77/t Minneapolis 89/71/t 92/72/pc New Orleans 94/78/s 94/77/pc New York City 83/68/s 86/71/s Oklahoma City 90/67/pc 90/67/s A large high pressure area will spread a swath of sunshine with low humidity and seasonable temperatures from parts of the southern Plains, much of the interior South, the lower Great Lakes and much of New England today. Exceptions will be a few drenching showers and thunderstorms in Florida and along part of the Gulf and southern Atlantic coasts and northern New England. Parts of Florida can receive heavy rainfall, which could cause new flooding problems, but may also bring some minor drought relief. A cool front will push showers and storms into the North Central states. High .......................... 108° in Thermal, CA Low ............... 29° in Bodie State Park, CA High ............. 118° in Yenbo, Saudi Arabia Low ..... -1° in Summit Station, Greenland Bogota 67/49/t 65/50/c Buenos Aires 53/46/r 56/43/pc Caracas 90/80/t 90/77/t Ensenada 88/66/pc 90/67/pc Mexico City 71/54/t 76/52/t Montreal 73/57/pc 79/64/t Rio de Janeiro 79/66/s 81/67/s Tijuana 84/67/pc 87/67/pc Toronto 79/64/s 82/63/t Vancouver 77/62/s 67/59/r Orlando 87/72/t 88/73/t Philadelphia 84/66/s 88/70/s Phoenix 111/89/pc 114/89/s Pittsburgh 80/62/s 86/66/pc Portland, ME 78/58/pc 80/61/s Portland, OR 88/63/pc 73/59/c St. Louis 88/71/s 89/70/s Salt Lake City 93/73/pc 93/71/s Seattle 85/61/pc 67/59/sh Tucson 106/80/t 105/79/pc Washington, DC 87/69/s 90/73/s Cairo 96/76/s 99/79/s Casablanca 83/70/pc 80/64/c Johannesburg 70/46/s 73/50/s Kinshasa 86/68/t 86/68/pc Lagos 83/75/t 83/75/t Nairobi 74/55/pc 78/56/s Tripoli 88/75/pc 91/77/s Baghdad 111/85/s 113/85/s Beijing 95/74/pc 90/69/pc Hong Kong 89/82/t 91/83/t Jerusalem 87/68/s 89/69/s Kabul 90/61/s 92/59/s Manila 91/78/t 91/79/t Melbourne 55/46/c 60/44/sh New Delhi 90/80/t 91/80/t Seoul 88/71/pc 86/71/pc Singapore 88/78/t 88/79/t Sydney 65/47/s 65/47/s Tehran 99/75/s 99/76/s Tokyo 85/79/t 90/79/t Amsterdam 83/68/pc 79/61/sh Athens 92/77/s 92/75/s Belgrade 99/68/t 98/69/s Berlin 86/69/s 96/70/pc Budapest 97/71/t 95/69/s Dublin 66/51/pc 63/47/pc London 76/65/t 70/55/sh Madrid 86/60/s 85/64/pc Moscow 83/53/sh 68/50/s Paris 88/63/t 74/58/sh Rome 90/69/s 88/69/pc Stockholm 70/51/s 73/52/pc Vienna 97/72/s 97/71/s Zurich 90/61/t 79/58/t 89/52 97/55 92/58 91/52 98/54 88/58 90/62 79/52 85/54 88/58 91/61 88/46 90/43 87/47 93/62 92/61 78/52 67/57 69/56 66/54 79/51 82/47 90/57 66/55 89/60 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 www.tehamaestatesretirement.com Summer Summer Coupon Special 235SMainSt.,RedBluff 530 527-1657 www.thefurnituredepot.net HOURS: MONDAY-FRIDAY 9:00-6:00 SATURDAY 9:00-5:00 • SUNDAY 11:00-5:00 Furniture DEPOT RED TAG ITEMS SelectMerchandisethroughoutthestore Don't Miss Our 1/2 off | WEATHER | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2015 8 B