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In Brief: From Wire Reports
Suicide bomber targets mosque
KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide bomber killed at least 40 people in northern Afghanistan as he attacked prayer-goers leaving a mosque on one of the holiest days in the Muslim calendar, according to a security official.
The attack on Eid al-Adha in Maimana, the capital of Faryab province, killed at least 40 people, many of them civilians, and wounded dozens, said Lal Mohammed Ahmadzai, a police spokesman. Eid al-Adha, the feast of sacrifice, is a day of prayer and celebration across the Muslim world.
There was no immediate claim for the attack.
Pakistani girl will ‘rise again,’ dad says
LONDON – The father of Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani teenager shot in the head for standing up to the Taliban in defense of education for girls, called his daughter’s survival a miracle Friday and vowed that she would “rise again.”
Ziauddin Yousufzai, visiting his daughter for the first time since she was flown from Pakistan for treatment in a British hospital, also said that the global and domestic outrage over the attack on Malala represented a “turning point” for his troubled country.
“They wanted to kill her, but I would say that she fell temporarily. She will rise again, she will stand again,” Yousufzai told reporters. “When she fell, Pakistan stood.”
Yousufzai and other members of Malala’s family arrived in Britain on Thursday for an emotional reunion with the wounded 15-year-old, who was shot by Taliban militants at point-blank range Oct. 9. Two other girls on the school bus with Malala were also injured, one critically.
Six days later, Malala arrived at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, in central England. Doctors say the teenager is making a slow but steady recovery.
“I’m thankful to all the people all over the world …” her father said. “They condemned the attack in strong words, and they prayed for my daughter, who is not only my daughter; she is the daughter of everybody, the sister of everybody.”
Fifth Tibetan kills self in China protest
BEIJING – A 23-year-old man has become the fifth Tibetan in a week to set himself on fire and die in a county in far western China to protest Chinese rule, a rights group said today.
Tsewang Kyab set himself on fire Friday evening on the main street of Amuquhu town in Xiahe county, London-based Free Tibet said.
Earlier Friday, a 24-year-old Tibetan farmer, Lhamo Tseten, died from self-immolation near a military base and a government office in Amuquhu, the group said. China’s official Xinhua News Agency reported the self-immolation of a Tibetan man by the same name, though details were slightly different. Xinhua said that Lhamo Tseten was a 23-year-old villager and that he set himself on fire near a hospital.
In the past week in Xiahe, which is in Gansu province, a herdsman, a farmer and a man in his late 20s also died after setting themselves on fire.
Dozens of ethnic Tibetans have set themselves on fire in heavily Tibetan regions since March 2011 to protest what activists say is Beijing’s heavy-handed rule in the region.
Study finds flood of money leaving China is increasing
BEIJING – Chinese investors evaded government controls to move more than $600 billion out of the country last year and the outflow is increasing, fueling economic and political risks as communist leaders prepare for a handover of power, a Washington-based monitoring group says.
The study by Global Financial Integrity gives backing to anecdotal signs of huge, unreported movements of Chinese money out of the country. Experts say the outflows are driven by public frustration with a banking system that subsidizes state companies at the expense of savers and by businesses profiting from loopholes in the government’s pervasive economic controls.
Chinese companies are widely believed to move money abroad both to invest and to “round trip” back into the country disguised as foreign investment to win tax breaks and other incentives. Chinese families move money abroad to gain a better return than they can from state banks that pay low deposit rates.
West, one of nation’s first black Marines, dies at 91
BEND, Ore. – Jonathan West, a World War II veteran who was among the first black Americans to serve in the Marines, has died in Bend. He was 91.
Less than two months ago West was among a few hundred of the surviving veterans of the Montford Point Marines to receive the Congressional Gold Medal, Congress’ highest civilian honor.
About 20,000 black Marines trained in a segregated Marine camp in Montford Point, N.C., from 1942 to 1949 after President Franklin Roosevelt allowed them to serve.
West was a mechanical engineer, graduating from the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Later, he worked in education and was a member of the school board in Eugene. He and his wife had retired in Seattle before moving to Bend six months ago, the Bend Bulletin reported Friday.
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Several ways to get – or avoid – Windows 8
Anick Jesdanun Associated Press
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As politicians talk, the poor get poorer
By Shawn Vestal The Spokesman-Review
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Prep football scoreboard
Cascade (Leavenworth) 57, Brewster 18
Chewelah 55, Riverside 7
Colfax 20, Davenport 6
Colton 68, St. John-Endicott 12
Cusick 78, Northport 27
Freeman 18, Medical Lake 7
Garfield-Palouse 36, Sunnyside Christian 22
Kittitas 46, Liberty Bell 3
Liberty Christian 78, LaCrosse/Washtucna 0
Lind-Ritzville/Sprague 46, Liberty 8
Newport 27, Kettle Falls 16
Odessa-Harr 62, Soap Lake-Wilson Creek 20
Okanogan 40, Omak 0
Oroville 57, Bridgeport 12
Reardan 40, Springdale 20
Waterville 28, Entiat 14
Wellpinit 44, Republic 22
White Swan 54, Lake Roosevelt 20
Wilbur-Creston 60, Curlew 32
Freeman 18, Medical Lake 7: Wyatt Smith threw three touchdown passes as the Scotties (7-2, 5-1) toppled the host Cardinals (6-2, 4-2).
Newport 27, Kettle Falls 16: Braden Barranco ran for 161 yards on 13 carries and scored twice as the Grizzlies (3-5, 2-4) beat the host Bulldogs (0-8, 0-6). Barranco opened the scoring with a 12-yard fumble return for a touchdown. He also scored on a 97-yard run.
Colfax 20, Davenport 6: Kellen McNannay ran for two TDs to lead the Bulldogs (5-2, 3-2) past the host Gorillas (4-4, 2-3).
Reardan 40, Springdale 20: Wyatt Nieman threw three touchdown passes as the Indians (6-2, 4-1) cruised past the visiting Chargers (2-5, 1-4). Clinton Jeney added a TD run and a punt return TD for Reardan.
Wellpinit 44, Republic 22: A.J. Kieffer racked up 330 yards of total offense and scored five times to lead the Redskins past the visiting Tigers. Kieffer ran for four scores and returned a punt 50 yards for another.
Cusick 78, Northport 27: Ryan Sample completed 18 of 26 passes for 312 yards and eight touchdowns as the Panthers (9-0, 6-0) dumped the host Mustangs (3-6, 1-5). Northport’s Dylan Masters caught seven passes for 183 yards and three scores.
Odessa-Harrington 62, Soap Lake 20: Justin Hunt threw for three scores and ran for two more as the Titans (6-3, 5-1) beat the visiting Eagles (1-8, 1-5).
Liberty Christian 78, LaCrosse-Washtucna/Kahlotus 0: John Lesser ran for four scores as the Patriots (9-0, 6-0) beat the visiting Tigercats (6-3, 4-2).
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Wilbur-Creston 60, Curlew 32
Northeast A
Chewelah 55, Riverside 7: Derek Smith completed 13 of 19 passes for 258 yards and three scores as the Cougars (8-1, 6-0) dumped the visiting Rams (1-8, 1-5). Chewelah’s defense held Riverside to 156 yards offense.Freeman 18, Medical Lake 7: Wyatt Smith threw three touchdown passes as the Scotties (7-2, 5-1) toppled the host Cardinals (6-2, 4-2).
Newport 27, Kettle Falls 16: Braden Barranco ran for 161 yards on 13 carries and scored twice as the Grizzlies (3-5, 2-4) beat the host Bulldogs (0-8, 0-6). Barranco opened the scoring with a 12-yard fumble return for a touchdown. He also scored on a 97-yard run.
Northeast 2B
Lind-Ritzville/Sprague 46, Liberty 8: Dylan Hartz completed 13 of 16 passes for 190 yards and three touchdowns as the Broncos (8-0, 5-0) wrapped up the league title with a rout of the host Lancers (2-7, 0-5). Tyler Greenwalt hauled in a 30-yard touchdown pass and returned a kickoff 79 yards for another score.Colfax 20, Davenport 6: Kellen McNannay ran for two TDs to lead the Bulldogs (5-2, 3-2) past the host Gorillas (4-4, 2-3).
Reardan 40, Springdale 20: Wyatt Nieman threw three touchdown passes as the Indians (6-2, 4-1) cruised past the visiting Chargers (2-5, 1-4). Clinton Jeney added a TD run and a punt return TD for Reardan.
Northeast 1B North
Wilbur-Creston 60, Curlew 32: Colton Magers and Trystan Rosman scored three times each as the Wildcats (3-6, 3-4) routed the host Cougars (0-9, 0-7). Curlew’s freshman running back, Chance Wheaton, ran for 202 yards on 26 carries and scored four TDs.Wellpinit 44, Republic 22: A.J. Kieffer racked up 330 yards of total offense and scored five times to lead the Redskins past the visiting Tigers. Kieffer ran for four scores and returned a punt 50 yards for another.
Cusick 78, Northport 27: Ryan Sample completed 18 of 26 passes for 312 yards and eight touchdowns as the Panthers (9-0, 6-0) dumped the host Mustangs (3-6, 1-5). Northport’s Dylan Masters caught seven passes for 183 yards and three scores.
Northeast 1B South
Almira/Coulee-Hartline 48, Pateros 6: Drew Isaak accounted for five touchdowns in the Warriors’ (8-1, 6-0) rout over the visiting Billygoats (6-3, 4-2). Isaak threw for two scores, ran for two and returned an interception 65 yards for another.Odessa-Harrington 62, Soap Lake 20: Justin Hunt threw for three scores and ran for two more as the Titans (6-3, 5-1) beat the visiting Eagles (1-8, 1-5).
Southeast 1B
Garfield-Palouse 36, Sunnyside Christian 22: Jesse Lopez caught both of Hunter Wolterning’s TD passes as the Vikings (4-4, 4-2) beat SC (2-6, 2-4).Liberty Christian 78, LaCrosse-Washtucna/Kahlotus 0: John Lesser ran for four scores as the Patriots (9-0, 6-0) beat the visiting Tigercats (6-3, 4-2).
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