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8A Daily News – Tuesday, July 17, 2012 Damascus BEIRUT (AP) — Syri- an rebels fired grenades at tanks and troops while regime armor shelled Damascus neighborhoods on Monday, sending terri- fied families fleeing the most sustained and wide- spread fighting in the cap- ital since the start of the uprising 16 months ago. A ring of fierce clashes nearly encircled the heav- ily guarded capital as rebels seeking to over- throw President Bashar Assad pushed the civil war that has been building in Syria's impoverished provinces closer to the seat of power. Syrian rebels push war into WORLD BRIEFING of war are clear through- out the city. They are bouncing off the build- ings.'' Romney While the clashes were focused in a string of neighborhoods in the city's southwest, for many of its 4 million people the violence brought scarily close to home the strife that has deeply scarred other Syrian cities. In high-end downtown cafes frequented by the business and government elite tightly bound to the Assad regime, customers watched as black smoke billowed on the horizon and the boom of govern- ment shells reverberated in the distance. ''Without a doubt, this is all anyone is talking about today,'' a Damascus activist who gave his name as Noor Bitar said via Skype. ''The sounds At the same time, though Romney endeav- ored to switch the cam- paign focus, questions about his tenure at Bain Capital, a venture capital company, seemed destined to shape the conversation at least a while longer. On a day devoted mainly to rais- ing money, Romney went on Fox News to complain that all Obama can do ''is attack me'' on Bain and other subjects rather than taking useful steps to improve the economy. Sure enough, the Demo- off Bain CINCINNATI (AP) — Using unusually vivid lan- guage, Mitt Romney tried to take the political offen- sive against President Barack Obama on Monday, accusing Obama of crony- ism that ''stinks'' in steer- ing federal contracts to sup- porters. He also dropped hints through a spokesman that a vice presidential pick could come any day. Unfazed, Obama nee- dled his Republican rival for finally having a job-cre- ation plan — for people overseas. seeks to move cratic incumbent showed no sign of letting up. Rallying for support in crucial Ohio, Obama said Romney's proposal to free companies from taxes on their foreign holdings would displace American workers. The president cited a study he said con- cluded that ''Gov. Rom- ney's economic plan would in fact create 800,000 jobs. There's only one problem, the jobs wouldn't be in America.'' Clinton calls peace with Arab neighbors JERUSALEM (AP) — Mideast peace, America's defining issue for decades of dealings with Israel and its Arab neighbors, was just a postscript Monday as Hillary Rodham Clinton made perhaps her final visit to the region as secretary of state. discussions with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the coun- try's president, foreign min- ister and defense minister. Clinton also met Pales- tinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, but she couldn't report any progress toward an accord that might secure an independent Palestine and an Israel at peace with its neighbors. In a departure from the usual pattern for top U.S. diplomats, she did not travel to the Palestinian Authori- ty's West Bank seat of gov- ernment in Ramallah. Three years after Presi- dent Barack Obama declared the plight of the Palestinians ''intolerable,'' his administration no longer sees the failing Arab-Israeli peace efforts with the same immediacy. U.S. interests are focused now on Iran and Syria, though the deep dif- ferences between Israel and the Palestinians are not ignored. ''Peace among Israel, the Palestinian people and all of Israel's Arab neighbors is crucial for Israel's long- term progress and prosperi- ty,'' Clinton said following Be prepared. Have your car AC serviced. repair, custom paint and matching 35 E7DH;57 EB75;3> "'//5 Auto repair and refinishing, glass +refrigerant, (134A) 530.527.6160 • 915 Madison St., Red Bluff Red Bluff Collision Through the Newspapers in Education program, area classrooms receive the Red Bluff Daily News every day thanks to the generosity of these local businesses & individuals. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING NEWS DAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY E VOICE OF TEHA M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 NEWSPAPERS It's heating up outside. $5 off Signature Service® Oil Change 190 S. 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