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ByDusanStojanovic The Associated Press BELGRADE, SERBIA Most nations along Europe's refugee corridor abruptly shut their borders Thurs- day to those not coming from war-torn countries such as Syria, Afghani- stan or Iraq, leaving thou- sands desperately seeking a better life in the conti- nent stranded at Balkan border crossings. The overnight decision triggered the domino ef- fect that both asylum- seekers and European na- tions had feared given the record number of people fleeing to Europe this year, and reflected new worries about possible militants coming in with the refu- gees. Macedonia, Serbia, Cro- atia and Slovenia weren't allowing in so-called eco- nomic migrants whose countries aren't shattered by war. To cross, asylum- seekers needed to display identity documents to prove that they are from Syria, Af- ghanistan or Iraq — which many of them could not, even if they did come from those states. "We're extremely wor- ried about the latest de- velopments and fear that people will be stranded without any assistance, shelter and food just as winter sets in," said Ste- phane Moissaing, the Doc- tors Without Borders head in Serbia. "It is not acceptable that people who want to seek asylum are being segre- gated by nationalities," Moissaing added. "The right to ask for asylum is universal and cannot be connected to certain na- tionalities." In the Greek village of Idomeni at the border with Macedonia, police said the border was essentially shut down to all since Thursday morning. Some 3,000 peo- ple were waiting at a camp nearby that provides tem- porary shelter for those heading north through the Balkans. About 500 people from Iran, Morocco and Algeria gathered on the border be- tween Greece and Mace- donia to protest the clo- sure. As a result, nobody else from the nationali- ties that Macedonia is let- ting through — Syrians, Af- ghans or Iraqis — were able to cross. Dariush Yazdani, 25, from Tehran, said he was determined to reach Ger- many and faced imprison- ment were he to return to Iran. "I will never go back," he said. Mohammed Mirzam, a 30-year-old from Afghan- istan, knew he could go across but his wife and two children, Ilia, 5, and Elena, 3, are Iranians who would be blocked. "We're trapped," he said from the Greek side of the border at Idomeni. "They won't let my family across. We have no money, and we're waiting without any idea of what is to hap- pen." On the Serbian border with Macedonia, the Serbs were letting in only mi- grants from Syria, Afghan- istan and Iraq. And on the Croatia-Serbia border, Cro- ats were only accepting peo- ple from those three coun- tries plus Palestine. Slovenia — the next coun- try in the chain — also said it has been turning back economic migrants. "This is going to be def- initely a challenging situa- tion," U.N. refugee agency spokeswoman in Serbia Melita Sunjic said. "UN- HCR does not think that there is any nation that can be excluded from interna- tional protection .... each case individually should be screened." The partial closure of the borders could trigger huge pileups of desperate people along the Balkan corridor that has seen hundreds of thousands of people cross as they head to wealthy EU states, mostly Germany. Al- though Syrians are the big- gest group among the asy- lum-seekers, tens of thou- sands of people fleeing poverty — such as Paki- stanis, Bangladeshis or Sri Lankans — have also joined the surge. Serbian Labor Minister Aleksandar Vulin blamed EU-members Slovenia and Croatia for the ban, saying they have started turning back economic migrants — those fleeing poverty, not war. "We have to protect our country. That is why we have applied reciprocal measures toward the people Slovenia and Croatia have no room for," Vulin said. Slovenia's decision to start turning back people it considers economic mi- grants triggered the chain reaction along the Balkan migrant route. "These foreigners do not qualify for international protection," said Slovenian police spokesman Drago Menegalia. Slovenian officials say they will continue to allow refugees from war-ravaged countries such as Syria, Af- ghanistan and Iraq to pass through on their way to Austria and other richer EU states. THOUSANDS STRANDED Europeannationsshutborderstoeconomicmigrants MUHAMMEDMUHEISEN—THEASSOCIATEDPRESSFILE A Syrian refugee woman and a girl make their way out of the water a er as they arrive on a dinghy from the Turkish coast to the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos. By Hamza Hendawi, Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Ken Dilanian The Associated Press BAGHDAD The Islamic State group is aggressively pursuing development of chemical weapons, setting up a branch dedicated to research and experiments with the help of scientists from Iraq, Syria and else- where in the region, accord- ing to Iraqi and U.S. intelli- gence officials. Their quest raises an alarming scenario for the West, given the determi- nation to strike major cit- ies that the group showed with its bloody attack last week in Paris. U.S. intelli- gence officials don't believe IS has the capability to de- velop sophisticated weap- ons like nerve gas that are most suited for a terrorist attack on a civilian target. So far the group has used mustard gas on the battle- field in Iraq and Syria. Still, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Thursday warned that Is- lamic extremists might at some point use chemical or biological weapons. "Terrorism hit France not because of what it is do- ing in Iraq and Syria ... but for what it is," Valls told the lower house of Parliament. "We know that there could also be a risk of chemical or biological weapons," he added, though he did not talk of a specific threat. Iraqi officials expressed concern that the large safe haven the extremists con- trol since overrunning parts of Iraq and Syria last year has left Iraqi authori- ties largely in the dark over the IS program. "They now have complete freedom to select locations for their labs and produc- tion sites and have a wide range of experts, both ci- vilians and military, to aid them," a senior Iraqi intel- ligence official told The As- sociated Press. The official, like others from the Iraqi and U.S. in- telligence agencies who have first-hand knowledge of the IS chemical weapons program, spoke on condi- tion of anonymity to dis- cuss the sensitive informa- tion. So far, the only overt sign of the group's chemi- cal weapons program has been the apparent use of mustard gas against Iraqi Kurdish fighters and in Syria. In mortars that hit Kurdish forces in northern Iraq earlier this year, pre- liminary tests by the U.S. showed traces of the chem- ical agent sulfur mustard. Iraqi authorities clearly fear the use could be ex- panded. Over the summer, Iraq's military distributed gas masks to troops de- ployed west and north of Baghdad, one general told the AP. A senior officer in Salahuddin province, north of Baghdad, said 25 percent of the troops deployed there were equipped with masks. More recently, Iraq's mil- itary received from Rus- sia 1,000 protective suits against chemical attacks, said Hakim al-Zamili, the head of the Iraqi parlia- ment's security and defense committee. IS has set up a branch tasked with pursuing chem- ical weapons, according to a senior Iraqi military intel- ligence officer and two of- ficials from another Iraqi intelligence agency. They wouldn't give details of the program, including how many personnel it is be- lieved to have or its budget. But al-Zamili, citing in- telligence reports he has access to, told the AP that the group has managed to attract chemical ex- perts from abroad as well as Iraqi experts, including ones who once worked for Saddam Hussein's now- dissolved Military Indus- trialization Authority. The foreigners include experts from Chechnya and south- east Asia, the Iraqi intelli- gence officials said. IS recently moved its re- search labs, experts and materials from Iraq to "se- cured locations" inside Syria, al-Zamili added — apparently out of concern of an eventual assault on Mosul, Iraq's second larg- est city, captured by IS in the summer of 2014. "Daesh is working very seriously to reach produc- tion of chemical weapons, particularly nerve gas," al- Zamili said, using an Ara- bic acronym for the group. "That would threaten not just Iraq but the whole world." Still, U.S. intelligence of- ficials say they don't believe IS has the technological ca- pability to produce nerve gas or biological agents, and that the militants were more likely to harm them- selves trying to make them. A European official privy to intelligence on the ex- tremist group's programs agreed, saying so far even IS production of mustard gas was in small quantities and of low quality. The United States and its allies accused the military of Syrian President Bashar Assad of using chemical weapons in its nearly 5-year war with rebels, including a 2013 attack in a rebel- held Damascus suburb that killed hundreds. The Syr- ian government denies us- ing any such weapons, but after that attack it struck a deal to give up its chemical weapons stockpiles. Still, it has been accused of con- tinuing to use chlorine gas, a claim it denies. Retired Lt. Gen. Rich- ard Zahner, who was the top American military in- telligence officer in Iraq in 2005 and 2006 and went on to lead the National Secu- rity Agency's electronic spy- ing arm, noted that al-Qa- ida tried for two decades to develop chemical weapons and didn't succeed, show- ing the technical and sci- entific difficulties. However, he said, U.S. intelligence agencies have consistently underesti- mated the Islamic State group, which has shown it- self to be more capable and innovative than al-Qaida and has greater financial resources. "Even a few competent scientists and engineers, given the right motiva- tion and a few material re- sources, can produce haz- ardous industrial and weap- ons-specific chemicals in limited quantities," Zahner said. MIDDLE EAST Officials: Islamic State is determined to produce chemical weapons THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Volunteers adjust a student's gas mask and protective suit during a session on reacting to a chemical weapons attack, in Aleppo, Syria. GIANNIS PAPANIKOS — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A migrant holds a sign reading ''Where is humanity gone'' as Macedonian policemen guard the borders of their country near Idomeni village, northern Greece on Thursday. LEGALNOTICE APN: 039-171-03-1 TS No: CA08002616-15-1 TO No: 14- 0007323 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UN- DER A DEED OF TRUST DATED April 14, 2010. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On December 28, 2015 at 01:00 PM, Main Entrance, Tehama County Superior Court, 633 Washington St., Red Bluff, CA 96080, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Ap- pointed Trustee, under and pur- suant to the power of sale con- tained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on April 20, 2010 as Instrument No. 2010004106 and that said Deed of Trust was modified by Modification Agree- ment recorded on October 2, 2014 as Instrument Number 2014011288 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Tehama County, California, exe- cuted by BRET BRANSON, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY , as Trustor(s), in favor of MORT- GAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRA- TION SYSTEMS, INC. as nominee for ACADEMY MORTGAGE COR- PORATION, A UTAH CORPORA- TION as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE in lawful HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful mon- ey of the United States, all paya- ble at the time of sale, that cer- tain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property hereto- fore described is being sold "as is". The street address and oth- er common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 360 LA BRAY AVENUE, RED BLUFF, CA 96080 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any in- correctness of the street ad- dress and other common desig- nation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, pos- session, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and ex- penses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obliga- tions secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimat- ed costs, expenses and advan- ces at the time of the initial pub- lication of this Notice of Trust- ee's Sale is estimated to be $117,247.33 (Estimated). Howev- premiums, $117,247.33 (Estimated). er, prepayment premiums, ac- crued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary's bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier's check drawn on a state or na- tional bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or feder- al savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issu- ance of the Trustee's Deed Upon Sale until funds become availa- ble to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to con- vey title for any reason, the suc- cessful bidder's sole and exclu- sive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Notice to Potential Bidders If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should under- stand that there are risks in- volved in bidding at a Trustee auction. You will be bidding on lien, the itself. bidding a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not auto- matically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, be- fore you can receive clear title to the property. You are encour- aged to investigate the exis- tence, priority, and size of out- standing liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a ti- tle insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property. Notice to Property Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be post- poned one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that in- formation about Trustee Sale postponements be made availa- ble to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date postponed, and, applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call Auction.com at 800.280.2832 for information re- garding the Trustee's Sale or visit the Internet Web site ad- dress www.Auction.com for in- formation regarding the sale of this property, using the file num- ber assigned to this case, CA08002616-15-1. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that oc- cur close in time to the sched- uled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone in- formation or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: November 6, 2015 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA08002616-15-1 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 949-252- 8300 TDD: 866-660-4288 Miguel Ochoa, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OB- TAINED ONLINE AT www.Auction .com FOR AUTOMATED SALES IN- FORMATION PLEASE CALL: Auc- tion.com at 800.280.2832 MTC Fi- nancial Inc. dba Trustee Corps MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COL- LECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COL- LECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ORDER NO. CA15-004041-1 PUB DATES: 11/13/2015, 11/20/2015, 11/27/2015 i}> ÌVià i}> ÌVià i}> ÌVià i}> ÌVià i}> ÌVià i}> ÌVià i}> ÌVià i}> ÌVià i}> ÌVià i}> ÌVià | NEWS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2015 8 B