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US CHATEAU IN EUROPE? BRUSSELS (AP) — Drinking a Bordeaux wine from a “chateau” is as French as swigging Kentucky bourbon is American. But now tempers are flaring across the vineyards of France. The United States wants to ... - PAGE A2
THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY
September 25, 2012
UN envoy: Syria war threatens the region
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria’s civil war is worsening and there is no prospect of a quick end to the violence, international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Monday in a gloomy assessment to the U.N. Security Council. The new envoy leavened his message, however, 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. Despite President Bashar Assad’s refusal to end his family’s 40-year grip on power, some tentative hope
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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 representative for Syria “I think there is no disagreement 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 closeddoor talks. Activists claim nearly 30,000 people have died in the uprising which began
in March 2011, including in attacks Monday by Syrian warplanes in the northern city of Aleppo. Brahimi had just returned from Syria and refugee camps in Jordan and Turkey. His gloomy report of a looming food crisis, battle-damaged schools and shuttered factories, contradicted his insistence that he saw grounds for optimism, including “some signs” that the divided Syrian opposition may be moving toward unity. That is key for any political negotiSee SYRIA, Page A3
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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the highlevel meeting on rule of law in the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Monday.
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The 1-year-old Chihuahua, Paws, received third- and fourth-degree burns after a 12-year-old boy used cologne and a lighter as a torch. Dr. Leandro Gutierrez said due to the extent of the injuries, Paws may lose portions of one ear.
Twelve-year-old lights small dog on fire JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER
The Roswell Police Department responded to a report of extreme animal cruelty in the 1400 block
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South Mulberry of Avenue, Saturday. Sgt. Jim Preston said a 12year -old boy had used cologne and a lighter like a torch to ignite a 1-yearold Chihuahua’s ears on
fire.
The Chihuahua, named Paws, suffered from thirdand fourth-degree burns. “We may have to amputate one of his ears. The tip was pretty well cooked
through,” said Dr. Leandro Gutierrez, of Casa Querencia, 1607 Fowler Road. Third-degree
bur ns
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ATLANTA (AP) — Never have American voters reelected a president whose work they disapprove of as much as Barack Obama’s. Not that Mitt Romney can take much comfort — they’ve never elected a challenger they view so negatively, either. Unless things change dramatically, this Election Day will mark a first, no matter who wins. The victor will be a sitting president with a slow economy, 8 percent-plus unemployment and an average Gallup job-approval rating below 50 percent. Or he’ll be a challenger who isn’t liked personally by a majority of the public and faces notable discord within his own party. Polls since the nominating conventions show Obama slowly widening a slight lead nationally and
Pakistan disowns bounty on anti-Islam filmmaker Pit rule is
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani government on Monday distanced itself from an offer by one of its Cabinet ministers to pay $100,000 to anyone who kills the maker of an antiIslam film that has sparked violent protests across the Muslim world. The film, “Innocence of Muslims,” has enraged many Muslims for its portrayal of the Prophet Muhammad as a fraud, a womanizer and a child molester. At least 51 people, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya, have been killed in violence linked to protests over the film, which also has renewed
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A protester carries a representation of a U.S. flag as police vehicles burn in Karachi, Pakistan, on Friday.
debate over freedom of expression in the U.S. and in Europe. Adding to the anger in
the Muslim world was a decision by a French satirical magazine to publish lewd pictures of the prophet
than 5,600 sites operated by the DEA and nearly 4,300 state and local law enforcement partners. In its three previous TakeBack events, Roswell’s Neighborhood Watch collected 217 pounds last April and more than 415 pounds altogether. This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and
friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.
last week, prompting French authorities to order the temporary closure of around 20 overseas missions out of fear they’d be targeted by demonstrators. Some of the most intense and sustained protests have come in Pakistan, where the role of Islam in society is sacrosanct and anti-American sentiment runs high. But even in that atmosphere, the bounty offered by Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour has drawn criticism. Bilour said Saturday that he would pay $100,000 out of his own pocket to anyone See FILM, Page A3
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SANTA FE (AP) — After hearing weeks of testimony, New Mexico regulators on Monday began the arduous task of determining how to best regulate certain wastes produced by oil and natural gas drilling. The Oil Conservation Commission started deliberating a request by the industry to revamp the state’s so-
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Be safer and get rid of your unneeded prescription drugs this Saturday The Roswell Police Department and the Chaves County Sheriff’s Office, in association with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), will hold its third drug takeback on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event, which will take place at the Neighborhood Watch Office. 426 N. Main St., gives the public another opportunity to get rid of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked. If you need more infor mation, call Steve Wolfe at 622-4014. Last April, Americans tur ned in 552,161 pounds, or 276 tons, of prescription drugs at more
In addition, Americans are now advised that their usual methods for disposing of unused medicines— flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash—both pose potential safety and health hazards.
Congress passed the Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010, which amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow an “ultimate user” of controlled substance medications to dispose of them by delivering them to entities authorized by the Attorney General to accept them. The Act also allows
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Richard Lucero and Steve Wolfe stand next to boxes of drugs collected in April 2012. In the past three years, Neighborhood Watch, RPD and Chaves County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Administration, have collected 415 pounds of unused, unwanted or out-of-date drugs.