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ByElenaBecatoros The Associated Press ATHENS, GREECE Bit- ter cold, biting winds and rough winter seas have done little to stem the seem- ingly endless flow of desper- ate people fleeing war or poverty for what they hope will be a brighter, safer fu- ture in Europe. As 2016 dawns, boatloads continue to reach Greek shores and thousands trudge across Balkan fields and country roads heading north. More than a million peo- ple reached Europe in 2015 in the continent's largest refugee influx since the end of World War II — a crisis that has tested European unity and threatened the vision of a borderless con- tinent. Nearly 3,800 peo- ple are estimated to have drowned in the Mediterra- nean last year, making the journey to Greece or Italy in unseaworthy vessels packed far beyond capacity. The European Union has pledged to bolster patrols on its external borders and quickly deport economic migrants, while Turkey has agreed to crack down on smugglers operating from its coastline. But those on the front lines of the crisis say the coming year prom- ises to be difficult unless there is a dramatic change. Greece has borne the brunt of the exodus, with more than 850,000 peo- ple reaching the country's shores, nearly all arriving on Greek islands from the nearby Turkish coast. "The (migrant) flows continue unabated. And on good days, on days when the weather isn't bad, they are increased," Ioannis Mouzalas, Greece's minis- ter responsible for migra- tion issues, told The Asso- ciated Press. "This is a prob- lem and shows that Turkey wasn't able — I'm not saying that they didn't want — to respond to the duty and ob- ligation it had undertaken to control the flows and the smugglers from its shores." Europe's response to the crisis has been fractured, with individual countries, concerned about the sheer scale of the influx, intro- ducing new border controls aimed at limiting the flow. Theproblem is compounded by the reluctance of many migrants' countries of ori- gin, such as Pakistan, to ac- cept forcible returns. "If measures are not taken to stop the flows from Turkey and if Europe doesn't solve the problems of the returns as a whole, it will be a very difficult year," Mouzalas warned. AlongtheBalkanmigrant route, an undetermined number of men, women and children considered eco- nomic migrants have found themselves stranded, their hopes of reaching prosper- ous northern EU countries dashed by recent border closures. Greece, with thou- sandsofmilesofcoastline,is the only country that cannot feasibly block people from entering without breaking internationallawsaboutres- cuingthoseindistressatsea. "It's a bad sign, this un- abated flow that continues," Mouzalas said. "It creates difficulties for us, as the borders have closed for par- ticular categories of people and there is a danger they will be trapped here." The number of those esti- mated to be stuck in Greece runs in the thousands. Mo- hammed Abusaid is one of them. A baby-faced 27-year-old Moroccan electrician, Abu- said left home with dreams of finding work in Germany or even the United States. Like tens of thousands before him, he made his way with a group of friends to Turkey and then braved the short but perilous sea crossing to the Greek is- land of Lesbos in early No- vember. From there, they headed north only to discover the Macedonian border was openonlytothosefromwar- wracked Syria, Afghanistan or Iraq. The young Moroc- cans now spend their nights huddling for warmth in a tent beneath a straggly tree outside Athens' old airport. "I'm living here like a tramp. But I'm not a tramp," Abusaid said quietly. "I'm single, my parents are old. I want to look for work. We don't cause trouble, we just want to work." But Abusaid finds him- self trapped in a country battered by a five-year fi- nancial crisis that has left unemployment hovering around 25 percent. Desper- ate, cold and hungry, two of his friends have opted for the voluntary repatria- tion scheme offered by the International Organization for Migration and are head- ing home this month. DESPERATE PEOPLE Europe braces for more waves of migrants By Aya Batrawy The Associated Press DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIR- ATES Saudi Arabia car- ried out at least 157 execu- tions in 2015, with behead- ings reaching their highest level in the kingdom in two decades, according to sev- eral advocacy groups that monitor the death penalty worldwide. Coinciding with the rise in executions is the num- ber of people executed for non-lethal offenses that judges have wide discre- tion to rule on, particularly for drug-related crimes. Rights group Amnesty International said in No- vember that at least 63 peo- plehadbeenexecuted since the start of the year for drug-related offenses. That figure made for at least 40 percent of the total number of executions in 2015, com- pared to less than four per- cent for drug-related execu- tions in 2010. Amnesty said Saudi Arabia had exceeded its highest level of execu- tions since 1995, when 192 executions were recorded. But while most crimes, such as premeditated mur- der, may carry fixed pun- ishments under Saudi Ara- bia's interpretation of the Islamic law, or Shariah, drug-related offenses are considered "ta'zir", mean- ing neither the crime nor the punishment is defined in Islam. Discretionary judg- ments for "ta'zir" crimes have led to arbitrary rul- ings. In a lengthy report is- sued in August, Amnesty International noted the case of Lafi al-Shammari, a Saudi national with no previous criminal record who was executed in mid- 2015 for drug trafficking. The person arrested with him and charged with the sameoffensesreceiveda10- year prison sentence, de- spite having prior arrests related to drug trafficking. Human Rights Watch found that of the first 100 prisoners executed in 2015, 56 had been based on judi- cial discretion and not for crimes for which Islamic law mandates a specific death penalty punishment. Shariah scholars hold vastly different views on the application of the death penalty, particularly for cases of "ta'zir." Delphine Lourtau, re- search director at Cornell Law School's Death Pen- alty Worldwide, adds that there are Shariah law ex- perts "whose views are that procedural safeguards surrounding capital pun- ishment are so stringent that they make death pen- alty almost virtually im- possible." She says in Saudi Ara- bia, defendants are not provided defense lawyers and in numerous cases of South Asians arrested for drug trafficking, they are not provided translators in court hearings. 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A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cash- ier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or fed- eral savings and loan associa- tion, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Sec- tion 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the du- ly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and in- terest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust de- scribed below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances , to pay the re- i i i i l f h , p y maining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, inter- est thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: DONNA J REYES, A MAR- RIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY Duly Appointed Trustee: LAW OFFICES OF LES ZIEVE Deed of Trust recorded 2/5/2010 as In- strument No. 2010001242 in book --, page -- of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Tehama County, California, Date of Sale:1/19/2016 at 2:00 PM Place of Sale: At the main en- trance to the Tehama County Courthouse 633 Washington Street Red Bluff, CA Estimated amount of unpaid bal- ance and other charges: $317,988.02 Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the p sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt owed. Street Address or other common designation of real property: 17965 HOOKER CREEK RD COTTONWOOD, CALIFORNIA 96022 Described as follows: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST A.P.N #.: 007-510-25-1 The undersigned Trustee dis- claims any liability for any in- correctness of the street ad- dress or other common designa- tion, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficia- ry within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on 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 ownershi p of the property. h ld l b h p p p y 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 no- tice of sale may be postponed 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, h h d l d i d d p p , , pp , the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (714) 848-9272 or visit this Internet Web site www.elite postandpub.com, using the file number assigned to this case 15-37407. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be re- flected in the telephone infor- mation or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Dated: 12/18/2015 Law Of- fices of Les Zieve, as Trustee 30 Corporate Park, Suite 450 Irvine, CA 92606 For Non-Automated Sale Infor- mation, call: (714) 848-7920 For Sale Information: (714) 848- 9272 www.elitepostandpub.com Maria Cesena, Trustee Sale Offi- cer THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY IN- FORMATION WE OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. EPP 15147 Publish: 12/26, 1/2, 1/9/16 Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices | NEWS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 2016 8 B