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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2017
WORLD IN BRIEF
Associated Press
Six killed in Canada mosque
shooting; Trudeau calls it terror
QUEBEC CITY — A shooting at a Quebec City mosque during
evening prayers left six people dead in an attack that Canada’s
prime minister called an act of terrorism. Police initially arrested
two men but later said just one remains a suspect.
More than 50 people were at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre
when the shooting erupted Sunday night. In addition to the six who
died, five were in critical condition and 12 others suffered minor
injuries, University of Quebec Hospital Centre spokeswoman Gen-
evieve Dupuis said today. The dead ranged in age from 35 to 65.
Quebec City court clerk Isabelle Ferland identified Alexandre
Bissonnette and Mohamed el Khadir as the suspects. Police later
said one of them was just a witness, though they did not say which.
One was arrested at the scene and another nearby, in his car on
a bridge near d’Orleans where he called 911 to say he wanted to
cooperate with police. Police said they did not believe there were
other suspects but were investigating.
Police didn’t give a possible motive for the attack.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier Philippe
Couillard both characterized the attack as a terrorist act, which
came amid heightened tensions worldwide over President Don-
ald Trump’s travel ban on several Muslim countries. Neither leader
specified who carried out the attack or what the motive might be.
Trump called Trudeau to express condolences to the Canadian
people and to offer any assistance that might be needed, Trudeau’s
office said.
“We condemn this terrorist attack on Muslims in a center of
worship and refuge,” Trudeau said in an earlier statement. “It is
heart-wrenching to see such senseless violence. Diversity is our
strength, and religious tolerance is a value that we, as Canadians,
hold dear.
Trump denies immigration
restriction caused airport chaos
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump today denied his
immigration order was to blame for the chaos at the nation’s air-
ports over the weekend, instead pointing to computer glitches, pro-
testers and even the “tears of Senator Schumer.”
Later he shifted the focus away from the weekend’s immigra-
tion turmoil, signing an executive action aimed at cutting regula-
tions for small businesses. White House officials called the direc-
tive a “one in, two out” plan, requiring government agencies
requesting a new regulation to identify two others they will cut.
Trump signed the order in the Oval Office surrounded by small
business leaders, saying it would “massively” cut regulations and
calling it the “biggest such act that our country has ever seen.”
Trump’s business announcement came as protests continued
around the country over his immigration order. Early today, he
took to Twitter to defend the move, saying that only 109 out of
325,000 people “were detained and held for questioning.” Trump
also said swift action was important, noting that there are a “lot of
bad ‘dudes’ out there.”
Trump’s order temporarily suspends all immigration for citi-
zens of seven majority-Muslim countries for 90 days.
Top Trump aides also defended the order, comparing it to a
2011 policy on Iraqi refugees. In 2011, President Barack Obama
imposed additional checks on Iraqi refugees after two Iraqis were
charged with terrorism offenses in Kentucky.
In an interview today on ABC’s “Good Morning America,”
Trump aide Kellyanne Conway wrongly claimed that the 2011 pol-
icy “was never covered in the press.” She also falsely described it
as Obama’s own “ban” on refugees.
The 2011 policy was reported by several media outlets, includ-
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ing The Associated Press. Unlike Trump’s order that imposed a
90-day ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries, the
Obama policy applied only to Iraqi refugees and never specifically
prohibited entry.
Storms preview sea-rise damage
to California roads, cities
SAN FRANCISCO — Ocean rise already is worsening the
floods and high tides sweeping California this stormy winter, cli-
mate experts say, and this month’s damage and deaths highlight that
even a state known as a global leader in fighting climate change has
yet to tackle some of the hardest work of dealing with it.
The critical steps yet to come include starting to decide which
low-lying cities, airports and highways, along with threatened
landmarks like San Francisco’s Embarcadero, to hoist above the
rising water and which to abandon — and where to start getting the
many billions of dollars for those climate rescues.
“People always tell us we’re ahead of the curve” on climate
change, said Larry Goldzband, head of a regional San Francisco
Bay commission that late last year stepped up regional efforts to
identify and prioritize communities and infrastructure at risk from
rising sea level. As proud as Californians are of their climate-change
efforts, “I always think, ‘Man, if we are ahead of the curve, I feel
sorry for the rest of the country,’” Goldzband said.
A 2009 study by the Pacific Institute, a California-based envi-
ronment think-tank, estimated $100 billion in property was at risk
from ocean rise in California, two-thirds of it in the low-lying San
Francisco Bay region. That’s far more than the state takes in from
income taxes each year.
Experts say the real cost of raising, shielding or evacuating vul-
nerable spots, which include mass-transit systems, power plants
and sewage plants, could be far higher.
“Astronomical. The San Francisco airport? What would it cost
to replace that?” asked Gary Griggs, director of the Institute of
Marine Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Entrepreneurs race to develop
long dreamed of flying car
WASHINGTON — Even before George Jetson entranced kids
with his cartoon flying car, people dreamed of soaring above traffic
congestion. Inventors and entrepreneurs have long tried and failed
to make the dream a reality, but that may be changing.
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YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar politicians, activists and
others shocked by the assassination of a longtime adviser to leader
Aung San Suu Kyi gathered today at a cemetery for an emotional
funeral ceremony, while police investigated the motive for the
killing.
Ko Ni, a prominent lawyer and member of Myanmar’s Muslim
minority, was shot in the head at close range as he walked out of the
Yangon airport Sunday.
“This is a great loss not only for our community but also for the
country,” Win Myint, a Muslim religious leader, said at the funeral.
“He was necessary to our country’s democratic system.”
The killing shocked many in Yangon because attacks on promi-
nent people are rare, although security forces are notorious for bru-
tal behavior in remote rural areas, especially when dealing with
ethnic minorities.
Ko Ni “is irreplaceable for both Aung San Suu Kyi and the
party,” Suu Kyi’s ruling National League for Democracy party said
in a statement. He was especially valued as an expert in constitu-
tional law, looking for ways to sidestep provisions placed in the
charter by an earlier military junta to retain power at the expense of
elected governments.
Senate vote on State pick to
trigger debate on Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is pressing ahead on Pres-
ident Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of State, with a proce-
dural vote likely to trigger an extended debate over the president’s
executive order banning travel from specific Muslim-majority
countries and U.S. policy toward Russia.
Rex Tillerson, Trump’s pick to be the nation’s chief diplomat,
needs the backing of just 51 senators this evening to put his nom-
ination on track for confirmation later this week in the Republi-
can-led chamber.
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., wants a delay in the
vote until Tillerson answers for Trump’s travel ban order, a post-
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