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NATION/WORLD Saturday, February 7, 2015 BRIEFLY Lawmakers expect opposition to granting Obama war powers :$6+,1*721$3²5HSXEOLFDQDQG'HPRFUDWLF leaders in Congress will face some resistance in a vote to authorize President Barack Obama’s war against Islamic State militants despite international outrage over video of PLOLWDQWVEHKHDGLQJWKHLUFDSWLYHVDQGEXUQLQJRQHDOLYH :DUDXWKRUL]DWLRQVDUHDPRQJWKHPRVWGLI¿FXOWLVVXHV FRQIURQWLQJPHPEHUVRI&RQJUHVV6HYHUDO'HPRFUDWVZLOO be reluctant to approve new war powers unless there is a FOHDUGHDGOLQHRUVRPHZD\WRSD\IRUWKHPLOLWDU\RSHUDWLRQ Some Republicans, strong foes of the president, will object to JLYLQJ2EDPDWKHDXWKRULW\ Obama is poised in coming days to ask Congress for new DXWKRULW\WRXVH86PLOLWDU\IRUFHDJDLQVW,6WKH:KLWH +RXVHVDLG7KXUVGD\%XWWKHWRS+RXVH5HSXEOLFDQZDUQHG LWZRQ¶WEHHDV\WRSDVVWKHPHDVXUH6SHDNHU-RKQ%RHKQHU R-Ohio, said it will be up to the president to rally support IURPODZPDNHUVDQGWKHSXEOLF ,QWKH86EDWWOHDJDLQVW,62EDPDKDVEHHQUHO\LQJRQ FRQJUHVVLRQDODXWKRUL]DWLRQVWKDW3UHVLGHQW*HRUJH:%XVK XVHGWRMXVWLI\PLOLWDU\DFWLRQDIWHUWKH6HSWDWWDFNV &ULWLFVVD\WKH:KLWH+RXVH¶VXVHRISRVWFRQJUHVVLRQDO DXWKRUL]DWLRQVLVDOHJDOVWUHWFKDWEHVW Rebels, Ukrainian authorities agree on humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine (AP) — Pro-Russia rebels and the Ukrainian authorities agreed Friday on a humanitarian FRUULGRUWRHYDFXDWHFLYLOLDQVIURPWKHHSLFHQWHURI¿JKWLQJ LQHDVWHUQ8NUDLQHDV*HUPDQDQG)UHQFKOHDGHUVSUHSDUHGWR EULQJWKHLUSHDFHSODQWR0RVFRZ *HUPDQ&KDQFHOORU$QJHOD0HUNHODQG)UHQFK3UHVLGHQW Francois Hollande are set to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin a day after discussing their SURSRVDOVZLWK8NUDLQLDQ3UHVLGHQW3HWUR3RURVKHQNR 7KHGLSORPDWLFEOLW]FRPHVDPLG¿HUFH¿JKWLQJWKDW SURPSWHG:DVKLQJWRQWRFRQVLGHUSURYLGLQJWKHEHOHDJXHUHG Ukrainian military with lethal weapons, in turn sparking (XURSHDQIHDUVRIHYHQZLGHUKRVWLOLWLHV Rebel leaders said they reached agreement with Ukrainian authorities to allow the evacuation of civilians from Debaltseve, a key railway hub on a link between the two main rebel-controlled cities that has become the main target RIDUHEHORIIHQVLYH,WZDVQ¶WLPPHGLDWHO\FOHDUZKHUHWKH HYDFXHHVZRXOGJR 7KHFHDVH¿UHKHOG)ULGD\DVDFRQYR\RIVHYHUDOGR]HQ buses drove from nearby Vuhelhirsk toward Debaltseve, where DVKULQNLQJSRSXODWLRQKDVEHHQWUDSSHGLQFURVV¿UHDQGOHIW ZLWKRXWSRZHUKHDWLQJDQGUXQQLQJZDWHUIRUDOPRVWWZRZHHNV East Oregonian Page 9A Shiite rebels take power in Yemen SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s Shiite rebels pro- claimed a formal takeover of the Arab nation Friday, dissolving parliament in a dramatic move that com- pletes their power grab in the region’s poorest nation where an al-Qaida terrorist offshoot ÀRXULVKHV Angry demonstrators pro- tested the rebels’ move in street rallies in several cities, raising fears of a full-blown VHFWDULDQ FRQÀLFW EHWZHHQ Yemen’s new Shiite tribal rulers, known as Houthis, and the disenfranchised Sun- QLPDMRULW\ The unrest could strength- en Yemen’s al-Qaida branch, considered the world’s most dangerous wing of the terror movement, and complicate 86FRXQWHUWHUURULVPRSHUD- tions in Saudi Arabia’s south- HUQ QHLJKERU :KLOH +RXWKL rebels are bitter enemies to al-Qaida, they also are hostile to the United States, and frosty to the predominantly Sunni 6DXGLV 7KH UHJLRQ¶V 6KLLWH Iraq and Lebanon’s dominant 6KLLWHPLOLWLD+H]EROODK Houthi leaders declared that their Revolutionary Committee — a panel of top security and intelligence of- ¿FLDOV²ZDV<HPHQ¶VQHZ VXSUHPHJRYHUQLQJDXWKRULW\ The declaration, read on the rebels’ Al-Masseria TV network, envisaged “a new era that will take Yemen to VDIHVKRUHV´ But the Houthis, tradition- ally based in Yemen’s north AP Photo/Anees Mahyoub bordering Saudi Arabia, do Yemeni people hold a rally to protest against Shiite QRWFRQWUROWKHHQWLUHFRXQWU\ rebels’ announcement of taking over the country in Secessionist forces and pow- Taiz, Yemen, Friday. 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