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4A Daily News – Tuesday, September 25, 2012 Romney accuses Obama of minimizing ambassador death as one of several 'bumps in the road' PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Mitt Romney led a chorus of Republican crit- icism of the administra- tion's foreign policy on Monday, accusing Presi- dent Barack Obama of minimizing the recent killing of the U.S. ambas- sador to Libya as a mere ''bump in the road'' rather than part of a chain of events that threatens American interests. White House press sec- retary Jay Carney called the accusations ''desper- ate and offensive,'' an attempt by Romney and his allies to gain political advantage in the latter stages of a political cam- paign that seems to be trending the president's way. Obama flew from the White House to New York, one day before he speaks to world leaders at the opening of the annual session of the United Nations General Assem- bly. He and first lady Michele Obama also booked an appearance on television's ''The View.'' The back and forth on foreign policy occurred as Romney said he was shift- ing to a more energetic schedule of public cam- paign events, bidding to reverse recent erosion in battleground state polls. After days spent largely raising campaign cash — and trying to minimize the fallout from one speech to donors last spring — he pledged to make the case for ''real and positive change.'' While national polls make the race exceeding- ly close, Obama has gained ground on Rom- ney in many recent sur- veys when potential vot- ers are asked to compare the two rivals in their abil- ity to fix the economy. Sluggish growth and national unemployment of 8.1 percent make the economy by far the domi- nant issue in the race, and the two men have focused much of their time and Red Bluff Garden Club Is Brewing Up "A Bewitching Affair" Program & Luncheon Featuring Floral Design House of Design Sat., Oct. 27, 2012 Carlino's Event Ctr., Rolling Hills Casino Kate Gleim Reserved Tickets $25.00 Last date to purchase is October 16, 2012 Tickets: Kathy 527-9403 Diane 824-5661 House of Design 909 Jefferson St. Red Bluff advertising budgets on highlighting their differ- ences on taxes, spending and plans for job creation. UN envoy Brahimi: WORLD BRIEFING the region UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria's civil war is worsening and there is no prospect of a quick end to the violence, interna- tional envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Monday in a gloomy assessment to the U.N. Security Council. The new envoy leav- ened his message, howev- er, saying he was crafting a new plan that he hoped could break the impasse, but refused to give details or say when it would be ready. Syrian war is threatening Claunch early Saturday after responding to a call that the one-armed, one- legged man was causing a disturbance inside the home. Police have said Claunch cornered and threatened Marin, who reportedly told investiga- tors he didn't know the object in Claunch's hand was a pen. ''It is my desire to have everyone reserve judg- ment until all the facts and evidence in this investiga- tion have been gathered,'' McClelland said in a statement. Jodi Silva said she didn't know if FBI assistance in officer-involved shootings was rare, but said ''it's the step we're taking at this point.'' She referred other questions to McClelland's statement. Police spokeswoman Despite President Bashar Assad's refusal to end his family's 40-year grip on power, some ten- tative hope of a solution remained, Brahimi said in his first briefing to the council since he took over from Kofi Annan on Sept. 1 as the U.N.-Arab League special represen- tative for Syria ''I think there is no dis- agreement anywhere that the situation in Syria is extremely bad and getting worse, that it is a threat to the region and a threat to peace and security in the world,'' Brahimi told reporters after the closed- door talks. Activists claim nearly 30,000 people have died in the uprising which began in March 2011, including in attacks Mon- day by Syrian warplanes in the northern city of Aleppo. Syria's weather TEL RIFAAT, Syria (AP) — The days are still warm across the fertile plains of northern Syria around Aleppo, but night brings a chill — an omi- nous harbinger of winter's approach and the deepen- ing of the already severe humanitarian crisis grip- ping a country wracked by civil war. Warm temperatures and plentiful food have cush- ioned the blow somewhat for hundreds of thousands humanitarian crisis set to deepen with onset of cold $50 $ SAVE FROM With This Coupon TO 150 QUALITY 2-SIDED FLIPPABLE MATTRESSES FACTORY MATTRESS OUTLET (since 1920) 3650 Main St. in Cottonwood 347-3646 • FREE Delivery • FREE Take-Out Open 7 Days of Syrians displaced from their homes or living in refugee camps across the border. But the arrival of near-freezing temperatures could mean greater suffer- ing and even deaths from exposure, as international aid agencies scramble to cope. Among the first things to go will be the practice of sleeping outside to avoid the artillery and airstrikes that rain down late night death on homes. ''Most people sleep in missioned officers will be court-martialed for allegedly urinating on the bodies of Taliban fighters last year in Afghanistan and posing for unofficial photos with casualties, the Marine Corps said Mon- day. the fields at night, out of fear of the bombardments of the towns,'' said Abu Mohammed, who has taken to sleeping in the olive orchards outside Tel Rifaat, a rebel-controlled town north of Aleppo. ''In the winter the suffering will only increase.'' Like many people in Syria, he asked that his real name not be used for fear of retribution should the gov- ernment retake his town. 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In a statement Monday, the Marine Corps said disciplinary actions The disclosure in Janu- ary of a video showing four Marines in full com- bat gear urinating on the bodies of three dead men led to a criminal investi- gation by the Naval Crim- inal Investigative Service as well as a Marine inves- tigation of the unit involved, the 3rd Battal- ion, 2nd Marines, which fought in the southern Afghan province of Hel- mand for seven months before returning to its home base at Camp Leje- une, N.C., last September. In the video, one of the Marines looked down at the bodies and quipped, ''Have a good day, buddy.'' judge officer HOUSTON (AP) — The FBI will help investi- gate what led a Houston police officer to shoot and kill a wheelchair-bound double amputee who was agitated and threatening police with what turned out to be a ballpoint pen, the city's police chief said Monday. Houston police chief asks people to not yet 'red lines' DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In U.S.- funded ads running on Pakistani TV, subtitled clips show President Barack Obama extolling America's traditions of religious freedom. For many watching, though, the message misses the mark in efforts to calm the Islamic outrage over a film denigrating the Prophet Muhammad. America's free speech Muslim rage over Prophet film fed by hunt for America's free speech Police Chief Charles McClelland also asked the community to ''reserve judgment'' on the officer and his actions this weekend at the Heal- ing Hands group home for the mentally ill, and sought to reassure the public that all of the city's officers are trained to deal with people with mental problems. Officer Matthew Marin shot 45-year-old Brian laws and values of open- ness are not in question, but rather there is confu- sion and anger over how they are applied. A powerful theme binding the protests from Indonesia to Africa is the perception that the U.S. codes of free speech are somehow weighted against Islam — permitting the Inter- net video that insults the faith but placing clear limits on hot button issues such as hate speech, workplace dis- crimination and even what is acceptable on prime-time network TV. Beyond the rage, bloodshed and death threats — churning now for two weeks — is a quandary for American policymakers that will linger long after the lat- est mayhem fades: How to explain the U.S. embrace of free expres- sion to an Islamic world that increasingly sees only double standards? Although there are many nuances — includ- ing strict U.S. laws when hate speech crossed the line into threats or intimidation — they are mostly lost in the current outrage that included a peaceful march in Nigeria on Monday and Iran threat- ening to boycott the 2013 Academy Awards after the country's first Oscar-winning film this year. 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