Issue link: https://www.epageflip.net/i/597246
Nation+Worldnewsfeed 36dead:Emergencymemberspickthroughthewreckageof aSoviet-madeAntonov cargo plane which crashed Wednesday along the banks of the Nile River a er taking off from South Sudan's capital of Juba. Killed were 36people and le an infant clinging to life. The plane had an added load of unregistered people and had le the international airport bound for the Paloich oil fields. SOUTH SUDAN PLANE CRASH JASON PATINKIN — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EvidencesuggestsaRussianjet that crashed over Egypt's Sinai des- ert may have been brought down by a bomb, the British government said Wednesday, suspending flights to and from the Sinai Peninsula as a precaution. Prime Minister David Cameron's office said British aviation experts were traveling to the Sinai tourist re- sort of Sharm el-Sheikh, where the flight that crashed Saturday origi- nated, to assess security before Brit- ish flights there would be allowed to leave. No British flights were flying to the resort on Wednesday, but several were scheduled to depart. Cameron's Downing Street office said in a statement that it could not say "categorically" why the Russian jet had crashed. "But as more information has come to light, we have become con- cerned that the plane may well have been brought down by an explosive device," it said. —TheAssociatedPress RUSSIAN AIRLINER DOWNED Britain:Evidencesuggests bomb brought down airliner Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta announced the resignation of his government Wednesday follow- ing huge protests in the wake of a nightclub fire that killed more than 30 people. "I'm handing in my mandate, I'm resigning, and implicitly my govern- ment too," Ponta said in a statement. He said the government would stay on until a new one is in place. "I am obliged to take note of the legitimate grievances which exist in society," said Ponta. "I hope handing in my and my government's man- date will satisfy the demands of pro- testers." Thousands took to the streets Tuesday night in a spontaneous pro- test. They shouted "Shame on you!" and "Assassins!" and waved Roma- nian flags. Anger has been brewing for some time in Romania against the govern- ment, which many perceive as being corrupt, and Friday's fire has added to the discontent. — The Associated Press NIGHTCLUB FIRE Romanian government resigns following huge protests A police officer who was lauded as a hero after his fatal shooting trig- gered an intense and costly manhunt in fact killed himself because he was about to be exposed as a thief, and he carefully staged his death to make it seem like he died in the line of duty, authorities said Wednesday. Fox Lake Police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz embezzled thousands of dollars from the town's Police Ex- plorer program for seven years, and spent the money on such things as mortgage payments, travel expenses, gym memberships and adult web- sites, Lake County Major Crimes Task Force Commander George Filenko said. Two others may be involved, he suggested. Minutes before he died on Sept.1, Gliniewicz radioed that he was chasing three suspicious men in a swampy area of Fox Lake. Backup of- ficers followed a trail of equipment to the Army veteran's body, about 50 yards from his squad car. — The Associated Press ILLINOIS 'Hero' officer staged suicide, embezzled from youth program Justin Trudeau was sworn in Wednesday as Canada's new Liberal prime minister, promising a less con- trolling style of "government by Cab- inet" after almost 10 years of Conser- vative rule under Stephen Harper. The 43-year-old Trudeau, a former schoolteacher and member of Par- liament since 2008, became the sec- ond youngest prime minister in Ca- nadian history. "Government by Cabinet is back," Trudeau said, vowing to have an open and transparent government. Power in Harper's government was centered around his office. The new leader is the son of the late Pierre Trudeau, who served as prime minister from 1968 to 1984 with a short interruption and re- mains one of the few Canadian poli- ticians known in other countries. "I think of my father and how pleased he must be that Canada so firmly came together around an am- bitious vision for the country that we presented," Trudeau said. — The Associated Press CANADA Justin Trudeau sworn in as new prime minister Donald Trump is demanding as much as $75 million from hundreds of condo owners in Panama City's Trump Ocean Club, alleging that its directors wrongfully fired his com- pany as administrator managing the luxury building that is the tallest in Central America. The Republican presidential can- didate and celebrity businessman filed his claim confidentially with the Paris-based International Cham- ber of Commerce court of arbitra- tion, Trump's claim alleged a crim- inal conspiracy to remove his man- agement company from its unpaid position as building administrator for the luxury property in Panama City. As the AP reported last month, the owners' board of directors had accused Trump's managers of re- peatedly exceeding budgets, paying themselves bonuses without permis- sion and improperly passing costs from the building's Trump-con- trolled hotel. — The Associated Press INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE Fired by Panama condo owners, Trump wants $75M As Iran marks the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Em- bassy in Tehran, there are signs that the Islamic Republic's attitude to- ward the United States is as negative as ever. The arrests of U.S. citizens, hints of a Cold War-style prisoner swap, fears of Western infiltration and even the shutdown of a lookalike KFC restaurant show the suspicion still held by hard-liners. In the short term, things may even get worse, analysts say, as Iran's Su- preme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khame- nei continues to warn about Amer- ican influence, a crucial parliamen- tary election approaches and the country's intelligence and military services try to hold onto their eco- nomic and political power. "I think many Americans and many Iranians didn't take the leader at his word that this does not mean detente, that this is a one-off trans- action," said Cliff Kupchan, the chairman of the Eurasia Group. — The Associated Press TENSIONS Iran holds negative attitude toward US despite nuclear deal By Juliet Williams and Paul Elias The Associated Press MERCED A sheriff said Wednesday that a college student suspected of stab- bing four people before he was shot and killed by po- lice has been tentatively identified, but his name is not being released because authorities have not been able to reach his family. The weapon used in the stabbings on the University of California, Merced cam- pus was a hunting knife be- tween 8 and 10 inches long, Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke said during a news conference. Two people were injured inside a classroom, and the assailant attacked and hurt two others after fleeing the room, Campus Police Chief Albert Vasquez said. Two campus police offi- cers saw the suspect outside and shot him as he turned toward them, Vasquez said. The student was a Califor- nia resident living in an on- campus dorm, the police chief said. Two of the victims were taken by helicopter to nearby hospitals, and all the injured were expected to survive, authorities said. Campus officials reported earlier in the day that five people were stabbed. All the victims were con- scious when paramedics reached them, Assistant Vice Chancellor Patti Waid said. The two victims who were airlifted were brought to hospitals in Modesto, but their conditions were not immediately known. The three others had injuries that were minor enough that they could be treated on campus, Waid said. Campus officials said the assailant was a student, but they had not confirmed his identity or provided a mo- tive for the attack. Officials said they were still work- ing out a timeline of events leading up to the stabbings, and it wasn't clear how the attack played out. University senior Phil Coba, a student government representative, said numer- ous students told him that the stabbings started inside a classroom and continued outside before campus po- lice shot and killed the at- tacker. Lensy Maravilla, 19, a first-year student, said she was in a biology class on the second floor of the same building, when a fe- male student ran in. Maravilla said the stu- dent "was crying hysteri- cally and came in and said that she had seen somebody get stabbed, or slashed, in the throat and she ran." Maravilla did not have other details, but she said that shortly afterward someone came in the class and said classes were can- celed. Student Itzel Franco, 18, said half of her dorm re- mains evacuated because it is close to the site of where the assailant was shot. She said it happened in an area known as the "passing bridge." Authorities have not con- firmed those accounts and have said the attack oc- curred outside a building as students went in to class shortly after 8 a.m. Student Alex Lopez was heading to class when he realized something was wrong on campus. "I was listening to a podcast, and there was a break in talk- ing, and I just hear a gun- shot," he said. He said police and first responders flooded the scene. "You see this stuff all over the news and stuff, and you see it happen to all these other schools," but you don't expect it to happen at your school, said Lopez, 21. The university about 120 miles south of Sacra- mento in the farm-rich San Joaquin Valley was locked down for about an hour and a half after the stabbings. The lockdown was lifted, but classes were canceled and entrances to the cam- pus were blocked off. Campus officials said the university, which has about 6,000 students, also would be closed Thursday and urged the community to seek counseling services that were available. The campus in the city of Merced opened a decade ago and is the newest one in the University of Califor- nia system. It was erected in the state's farm belt in response to the burgeoning enroll- ment in the nine other Uni- versity of California cam- puses. Regents also felt the mainly agricultural re- gion was unrepresented by higher education. Elias reported from San Francisco. Associated Press writer Lisa Leff contributed to this story. MERCED 4 stabbed, attacker killed at California university campus ANDREW KUHN — MERCED SUN-STAR VIA AP Merced County Sheriff SWAT members enter the University of California, Merced campus a er a reported stabbing in Merced on Wednesday. | NEWS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2015 8 A