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Nation+Worldnewsfeed SOUTH SEVERE WEATHER PETROSGIANNAKOURIS—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS A Syrian children looks out from a tent during rainfall, as refugees wait to be allowed to cross the the Greek-Macedonian border near the northern Greek village of Idomeni, Wednesday. The Greek interior ministry said about 12,000people have been stranded in Greece since neighbor Macedonia began turning Afghan immigrants away at the border and slowing the number of crossings for others heading to central and northern Europe. AmmonBundyandanother15de- fendants have pleaded not guilty to a federal conspiracy charge related to the armed takeover of an Oregon wildlife refuge. U.S. District Judge Anna Brown in Portland reminded the defen- dants Wednesday that they are con- sidered innocent until proven guilty. Several of the accused doubted that assertion. One of them, Jason Pat- rick, said: "You're the federal govern- ment; you're going to do whatever you want." The judge set an April 29 trial date, though that seems unlikely to occur. Assistant U.S. Attorney Ethan Knight said a superseding indict- ment with additional charges was likely. Defense lawyers and their investi- gators plan to visit the refuge Thurs- day. It will be their first look at the scene of the 41-day standoff. The judge denied Bundy's request to tag along with his attorneys. —TheAssociatedPress OREGON Bundys,otherspleadnotguilty to refuge standoff charges Investigators say they noticed something strange when they began tracking food stamp transactions coming out of two small convenience stores in a polygamous community on the Arizona-Utah border. The volume of food stamp pur- chases was so large that it rivaled big-box stores. They said they ultimately learned that residents were scanning their food stamp debit cards at the stores but getting no items in return, al- lowing leaders of the polygamous sect to funnel the money to front companies. The proceeds paid for a John Deere loader, a Ford truck and $17,000 in paper products, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. The alleged scheme is at the heart of a major takedown of top lead- ers of the secretive sect in which fol- lowers believe that having multiple wives brings exaltation in heaven. Eleven people were charged with food stamp fraud and money laun- dering. — The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY Polygamous sect leaders face food stamp fraud charges Pakistani police raided two mil- itant hideouts on the outskirts of the port city of Karachi, sparking shootouts in which 12 militants were killed, a senior police officer said Wednesday. Seven of the slain men belonged to Pakistan's anti-Shiite Lashkar-e- Jhangvi militant group, while five were from al-Qaida's branch in the Indian subcontinent, said the officer, Rao Anwar. The shootouts occurred over the past 48 hours, Anwar told reporters, adding that the slain suspects were involved in killings of civilians and attacks on security forces. He said two policemen were also wounded in the shootouts and that officers recov- ered bomb-making material, guns and assault rifles from the militants' hideouts. Earlier Wednesday, the Pakistani military said army chief Gen. Raheel Sharif ordered troops to launch the final phase an operation to purge militants in a tribal region near the Afghan border. — The Associated Press PAKISTAN Police: Shootouts near Karachi kill at least 12 militants Israel's defense minister on Wednesday accused Iran of build- ing an international terror network that includes "sleeper cells" that are stockpiling arms, intelligence and operatives in order to strike on com- mand in places including Europe and the U.S. Moshe Yaalon said Iran aims to destabilize the Middle East and other parts of the world and is train- ing, funding and arming "emissar- ies" to spread a revolution. He said Tehran is the anchor of a "dangerous axis" that includes Baghdad, Damas- cus, Beirut, Sanaa and other cities in the region. "The Iranian regime through the Iranian Revolutionary Guard corps is building a complex terror infrastructure including sleep- ing cells that are stockpiling arms, intelligence and operatives and are ready to act on order including in Europe and America," Yaalon said after talks with his Cypriot counter- part. Israel considers Iran the big- gest threat to the region. — The Associated Press CYPRUS Israel says Iran building terror network in Europe, US Dozens of Palestinian detainees at an Israeli detention facility have been subjected to mistreatment, and in some cases torture, two Is- raeli human rights groups alleged on Wednesday. The report was released at a time of heightened violence. In new bloodshed Wednesday, Israeli troops accidentally shot and killed a fel- low soldier as they thwarted a Pales- tinian stabber in the West Bank, the military said. The report by the B'Tselem and HaMoked rights groups presented accounts by 116 Palestinian detain- ees on conditions at the Shikma in- terrogation facility, run by the Israeli Shin Bet internal security agency. It said detainees have been incar- cerated in small, rank cells, often in isolation. Palestinian detainees told the Israeli rights groups that they were at times exposed to extreme heat or cold, bound to a chair and denied access to a shower for days or weeks. — The Associated Press MIDEAST Israel rights groups: Dozens of Palestinians detained abused The White House is consider- ing Republican Gov. Brian Sando- val of Nevada as a possible nomi- nee to the Supreme Court, two peo- ple familiar with the process said Wednesday. The nomination of a Republi- can would be seen as an attempt by President Barack Obama to break the Senate GOP blockade of any of his choices. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has said his 54-member GOP caucus is opposed to holding confirmation hearings or vote on Obama's pick, insisting that the choice rests with the next pres- ident. Mari St. Martin, Sandoval's com- munications director, said Wednes- day that the governor hasn't been contacted by the White House. "Neither Gov. Sandoval nor his staff has been contacted by or talked to the Obama administration re- garding any potential vetting for the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court," she said. — The Associated Press SUPREME COURT White House considers Nevada Gov. Sandoval for Supreme Alloffersforalimitedtime.Notallbuyerswillqualifyforindividualprograms.SeeRedBluffChrysler/Jeep/Dodge/Ramforcompletedetailsandvehiclequalificationsforallcurrentlyrunningprograms.0%and1.9%APRfinancing are not applicable on these new selected models. All rebates in lieu of special APRs offered by Chrysler. 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