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5A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2017 WORLD IN BRIEF Associated Press Nearly 200,000 remain under evacuation near California dam OROVILLE, Calif. — Nearly 200,000 people remained under evacuation orders today as California authorities try to fix erosion of the emergency spillway at the nation’s tallest dam that could unleash uncontrolled flood waters if it fails. About 150 miles northeast of San Francisco, Lake Oroville — one of California’s largest man-made lakes — had water levels so high that an emergency spillway was used Saturday for the first time in almost 50 years. The evacuation was ordered Sunday afternoon after engineers spotted a hole on the concrete lip of the secondary spillway for the 770-foot-tall Oroville Dam and told authorities that it could fail within the hour. “I’m just shocked,” said Greg Levias, who was evacuating with his wife, Kaysi, two boys and a dog. What they couldn’t fit in their trunk they piled as high as they could in their downstairs Yuba City apartment and joined the line of traffic attempting to leave the city where they had moved just three weeks ago. Banking regulations mean Oregon flush with pot cash MEDFORD — As legalized marijuana brings more business to Oregon, some communities are seeing a large amount of cash in the economy thanks to strict regulations keeping banks away from the businesses. The Mail Tribune reports that banking officials say that after years of moving away from cash, financial institutions have seen a recent influx due to the marijuana industry. Many banks will not offer lines of credit to marijuana busi- nesses due to high federal penalties for holding pot-tainted money. As a result, the marijuana industry operates with cash. Dispensaries pay their employees, landlords and lawyers with cash that is then spent in grocery stores and other daily tasks. People’s Bank Vice President and Operations Manager Dawn DeVita says the Southern Oregon-based institution does not work directly with marijuana businesses, but it has seen an increased volume of cash circulation. Drivers see higher premiums after not-at-fault crashes WASHINGTON — Most drivers don’t expect to be hit with a rate hike on their auto insurance after a car accident that wasn’t their fault. But a consumer group says it happens and often. And it’s a problem. The Consumer Federation of America says it found premium hikes in some cases reaching $400. The group looked at premium quotes in 10 cities from five of the nation’s largest auto insurers and found that Progressive aggressively used a not-at-fault pen- alty, surcharging drivers in eight of the cities. GEICO, Farmers and Allstate sometimes raised rates. State Farm was the exception, with no penalties for not-at-fault accidents. The industry says some insurers may consider information from not-at-fault accidents. But not all do, and that is one of sev- eral factors that could cause premiums to rise. Embattled national security adviser’s fate uncertain WASHINGTON — Embattled national security adviser Michael Flynn’s fate as one of President Donald Trump’s senior aides is uncertain following reports that he discussed U.S. sanc- tions with a Russian envoy before Trump’s inauguration. A top White House official sidestepped repeated chances Sun- day to publicly defend him. The president, who spent the week- end at his private club in Florida, has yet to comment on Fly- nn’s status. Nor has Vice President Mike Pence, who previously denied that Flynn had discussed sanctions with Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador to the U.S. Pence and Flynn spoke twice on Friday, according to an administration official. Trump has told associates he is troubled by the situation, but he has not said whether he plans to ask Flynn to step down, according to a person who spoke with him recently. Flynn was a loyal Trump supporter during the campaign, but he is viewed skeptically by some in the administration’s national security cir- cles, in part because of his ties to Russia. The administration official and both people with ties to Trump spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations. AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli Jason Newton, of the Department of Water Resources, takes a picture of water going over the emergency spillway at Oroville Dam Saturday in Oroville, Calif. Water started flowing over the emergency spillway at the nation’s tallest dam for the first time Saturday after erosion damaged the Northern California dam’s main spillway. Trudeau visits Trump in crucial meeting for Canada Trump moves spark Iraqi anger, calls against future alliance OTTAWA, Ontario — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump will participate in a roundtable discussion about women in the work force today, an early sign of cooperation as Trudeau seeks to have good relations so Canada is not targeted in trade talks. In his first face-to-face meeting with the new U.S president, Trudeau will also meet with Trump to talk about trade and partic- ipate in a working lunch. A White House official and a senior Canadian government official said the two countries plan to launch a new task force called the United States Canada Council for the Advancement of Women Business Leaders-Female Entrepreneurs. The officials agreed to confirm the move only if they were not quoted by name because they were not authorized to make the information public. Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter who has been an advocate for policies benefiting working women, was involved in recruiting participants and setting the agenda for the round- table. Female executives from the United States and Canada are expected to participate. Trudeau’s close cooperation with Trump and the first daugh- ter could ease some worries among Canadians that the U.S. pres- ident will enact protectionist measures that could hurt the Cana- dian economy. It could also alleviate some fears that Trump will be as combative with Trudeau as he has been with the leaders of Mexico and Australia. BAGHDAD — Reverberations from President Donald Trump’s travel ban and other stances are threatening to under- mine future U.S.-Iraqi security cooperation, rattling a key alli- ance that over the past two years has slowly beaten back the Islamic State group. Iraq’s prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, has sought to contain any backlash from public anger sparked by Trump’s executive order banning Iraqis from traveling to the U.S. Also breeding resentment and suspicion are Trump’s repeated statements that the Americans should have taken Iraq’s oil and his hard line against Iran, a close ally of al-Abadi’s government. Al-Abadi and Trump spoke Thursday night for the first time since Trump’s inauguration. The U.S. leader, who has pledged a stronger fight against IS militants, promised increased help for Iraq against terrorism, and al-Abadi asked him to remove Iraq from the travel ban, according to an Iraqi official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the telephone call. Iraqi anger at Washington comes at a crucial juncture in a long and often contentious relationship. U.S.-backed Iraqi forces are about to launch an assault aimed at retaking the western half of Mosul that is still under Islamic State con- trol. If Mosul is completely secured, it largely would break the extremist group’s “caliphate” in the country. However, Iraqi and U.S. officials have said maintaining security in a post-IS Iraq will be just as difficult — preventing a resurgence of the militants and containing political divisions among Iraq’s Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds. Both countries have talked of keeping some U.S. troops long term to back Iraq’s security forces in that task, a recognition that complete Ameri- can withdrawal at the end of 2011 was a mistake. Desperate immigrants risk perilous winter trek to Canada TORONTO — After he was denied asylum in the U.S., Seidu Mohammed’s fear of being deported to his native Ghana, where he believes he’d be killed or jailed, became so great that he set out in brutal winter conditions to cross illegally into Canada. Mohammed and his friend lost all their fingers to frostbite after a 10-hour trek across fields of waist-high snow in sub-zero temperatures. Despite their injuries, the two men say they now feel safe. They’re part of a small but growing number of immi- grants risking the northern border crossing. “God blessed Canada with good people,” said Mohammed, 24. “I see the difference between Canada and the United States.” In Manitoba, which borders Minnesota and North Dakota, groups that specialize in helping refugees say the pace of arrivals has quickened since Donald Trump became president and banned travel from seven majority-Muslim countries. Refugees who spoke with The Associated Press cited Trump’s order and anti-Muslim campaign rhetoric as the main reasons for going north. Rita Chahal, executive director of Manitoba Interfaith Immi- gration Council, said her group normally sees 50 to 60 refu- gees from the U.S. each year. But The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said that more than 40 have been picked up at the border near Emerson, Manitoba, in just the last two weekends. Hamas names top militant as new leader in Gaza GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A senior Hamas official says a top member of the group’s armed wing has been chosen as its new leader in the Gaza Strip. Yehiyeh Sinwar, a senior commander who was freed by Israel in a 2011 prisoner swap, is considered one of the most hard-line figures in the Islamic militant group. The Hamas official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was discussing the group’s secretive election process, confirmed the appointment. Sinwar replaces Ismail Haniyeh, who was prime minister of Hamas’ government in Gaza after the militant group overran the territory in 2007. Since his release by Israel, Sinwar has built up his power in the secretive military wing and is believed to have ordered the execution of a top rival last year in a power struggle. 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