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8A Daily News – Tuesday, May 1, 2012 power BEIRUT (AP) — In fresh attacks on symbols of state power, twin suicide bombs exploded Monday near a government security compound in northern Syria and rockets struck the cen- tral bank in Damascus, killing nine people and wounding 100. The regime and the opposition traded blame, accusing each other of dooming a United Nations plan to calm violence that has largely failed so far. The head of the U.N. observer mission acknowledged that his force cannot solve the country's crisis alone and urged both sides to stop fighting. Fresh attacks target symbols of Syrian The attacks are the latest in a series of suicide bomb- ings that started in Decem- ber and have mostly targeted Syrian military and intelli- gence positions. The regime routinely blames the opposition, which denies having a role or the capability to carry out such attacks. After other similar bombings, U.S. offi- cials suggested al-Qaida militants may be joining the fray, and an al-Qaida- inspired Islamist group has Mon-Fri: 9am - 7pm Sat: 9am - 5pm Sun: Closed En Español 26 Sale Lane, Red Bluff (530) 529-2192 www.Claytonredbluff.com $48,505 3 bedroom, 2 bath Singlewide: Includes home, set-up, delivery, X12 foundation, gravel pad, A/C, skirting and steps Advanced Hearing Solutions WE ARE! Are You Happy With Your Hearing? claimed responsibility for previous attacks in Syria. The powerful blasts, which blew two craters in the ground and ripped the facade off a multistory building, came a day after Maj. Gen. Robert Mood, the head of the observer mis- sion, took up his post in Damascus. US reports only those resulting in WORLD BRIEFING and its military partners are working more closely with Afghan troops in prepara- tion for handing off security responsibility to them by the end of 2014. woman whose husband released dozens of wild creatures before commit- ting suicide. allied deaths WASHINGTON (AP) — The military is under- reporting the number of times that Afghan soldiers and police open fire on American and other foreign troops. The U.S.-led coalition routinely reports each time an American or other for- eign soldier is killed by an Afghan in uniform. But The Associated Press has learned it does not report insider attacks in which the Afghan wounds — or miss- es — his U.S. or allied tar- get. It also doesn't report the wounding of troops who were attacked alongside those who were killed. Such attacks reveal a level of mistrust and ill will between the U.S.-led coali- tion and its Afghan counter- parts in an increasingly unpopular war. The U.S. In recent weeks an Afghan soldier opened fire on a group of American sol- diers but missed the group entirely. The Americans quickly shot him to death. Not a word about this was reported by the International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, as the coalition is formally known. It was dis- closed to the AP by a U.S. official who was granted anonymity in order to give a fuller picture of the ''insid- er'' problem. ISAF also said nothing about last week's attack in which two Afghan police- men in Kandahar province fired on U.S. soldiers, wounding two. Reporters learned of it from Afghan officials and from U.S. offi- cials in Washington. The two Afghan policemen were shot to death by the Ameri- cans present. Animals to return to owner's widow REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio (AP) — State offi- cials will return five sur- viving exotic animals to a The Ohio Department of Agriculture announced the decision Monday at an agency hearing in which the state was to defend its authority to quarantine the animals — two leopards, two primates and a bear — on suspicion of infec- tious diseases. A spokeswoman for the agency said that the state had exhausted its authori- ty in the case and that the state's agriculture director would lift the quarantine order that was placed on the animals in October. Medical results released last week showed all five animals are free of the dangerously contagious or infectious diseases for which they were tested. That means the animals can be returned to Marian Thompson, of Zanesville, though it's unclear when. Logistics for retrieving the animals will have to be worked out between Thompson and the Columbus zoo, which has been holding the animals, said agriculture spokesman Erica Pitch- ford. Once the animals are returned to Thompson, nothing in Ohio law allows state officials to check on their welfare or require improvements to conditions in which they are kept, Pitchford said. THE Locally owned & operated Keep the WARM air out & the 5A>6 air in ENERGY EFFICIENT WINDOWS & DOORS with Better Built Windows REMEMBER US FOR ALL YOUR DOOR & MOLDING NEEDS. We're not just for contractors 1040 B Monroe St., Red Bluff (530) 527-7962 LIC#659256 GIBBS NOW OFFERS RENTAL CARS M-F 8AM-5PM on the rise CHICAGO (AP) — Less than a month old, Savannah Dannelley scrunches her tiny face into a scowl as a nurse gently squirts a dose of methadone into her mouth. Newborns with drug withdrawal drugs. The infant is going through drug withdrawal and is being treated with the same narcotic prescribed for her mother to fight addiction to powerful prescription painkillers. Center's rise NEW YORK (AP) — Girder by girder, glass pane by glass pane, the rise of what is now New York City's tallest sky- scraper was documented over the past year and a half in a time-lapse series of photographs by The Associated Press. On Monday, Photography shows new World Trade Disturbing new research says the number of U.S. babies born with signs of opiate drug withdrawal has tripled in a decade because of a surge in pregnant women's use of legal and illegal narcotics, including Vicodin, OxyContin and heroin, researchers say. It is the first national study of the problem. The number of newborns with withdrawal symptoms increased from a little more than 1 per 1,000 babies sent home from the hospital in 2000 to more than 3 per 1,000 in 2009, the study found. 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