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Thursday January 9 2014 The Vicksburg Post NATION WORLD Christie faces political fallout over traffic jam TRENTON (AP) New Jersey Gov Chris Christie has scheduled a news con ference for Thursday one day after emails and text messages revealed his adminis tration may have closed highway lanes to exact political retribution There was likely to be fallout for the second time in weeks given that the gover nor issued a statement Wednesday saying he was and deeply by the revelations He said he was misled by a key aide and he denied involvement completely inappropriate and unsanctioned conduct was made without my he said in the statement will be held responsible for their The governor was set to answer questions at the Statehouse at 11 am Just weeks after he announced the resignation of a top appointee at the center of the contro versy During a previous news conference Christie had called a Democratic led state investigation into the incident politically motivated and joked that he had personally put up traffic cones to close the lanes This was supposed to be a month of cel ebration for political future But after the personal messages revealed Wednesday that his administration may have closed highway lanes to exact politi cal retribution the prospective Republi can presidential candidate is faced with what may be the biggest test of his politi cal career The revelations thrust a regional trans portation issue into a national conversation raising new questions about the ambitious leadership Critics quickly emerged across New Jersey and beyond high profile Demo crats and Republicans among them includ ing some who know the 51 year old gover nor best are these people asked a baffled former New Jersey Republican Gov Tom Kean whom Christie has often described as a mentor closer to the governor this is the more harm that going to The messages suggest that one of Chris top aides engineered traffic jams in the New Jersey town last September to punish its Democratic mayor The messages were obtained by The Associated Press and other news organi zations amid a statehouse investigation into whether the lane closings that led to the tie ups were retribution against the mayor of ort Lee for not endorsing Chris tie for re election last fall for some traffic problems in ort Christie deputy chief of staff Bridget Anne Kelly wrote in August in a message to David Wildstein a top Christie appoin tee on the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey A few weeks later Wildstein closed two of three lanes connecting ort Lee to the heavily traveled George Washington Bridge which runs between New Jersey and New York City Disputes in Iran nuclear deal VIENNA (AP) Nearly seven weeks after signing a landmark nuclear deal rep resentatives of Iran and six world powers hope to reach agreement this week on its implementation But differences over Teh push to improve its uranium enrich ment abilities could further delay enact ment and strengthen critics of the accord in Washington and Tehran Both sides say agreement is possible at a two day meeting in Geneva with caveats European Union spokeswoman Maja Kocijanic said issues remain to be during the discussions a state ment echoed by Iranian oreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham The meeting scheduled to start Thurs day afternoon in Geneva is formally being held by Iranian Deputy oreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and EU senior negotiator Helga Schmid on behalf of the six world powers But the US State Department on Wednes day announced that senior US negotiator Wendy Sherman would also attend Asked Wednesday if the United States anticipated agreement State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said are just a few remaining issues so work ing toward She did not go into specifics on the nature of the disagreements in keeping with the confidential nature of the negotiations But two officials told The Associated Press that Iran is coming to the table with demands to exempt a facility used for research and development of uranium enrichment from overall curbs on enrichment something opposed by the six powers that sealed the Nov 24 deal with Tehran Depending on its grade enriched ura nium can be used either for reactor fuel or at levels above 90 percent for the fis sile core of a nuclear warhead Iran insists it has no interest in nuclear weapons But the United States and its allies are skeptical Limiting enrichment with centrifuges that spin at supersonic speed to increase the ratio of fissile isotopes is one of the core aims of the six month interim deal Under the November agreement Iran agreed to limit its uranium enrichment to 5 percent the grade commonly used to power reactors The deal also commits it to stop producing 20 percent enriched uranium which is only a technical step away from weapons grade material and to neutralize its 20 percent stockpile At the same time the agreement allows Tehran to continue enrichment research and development a loophole the two officials say Iran interprets as allowing it to continue producing 20 percent uranium at its research and development site at Natanz south of Tehran Iranian negotiators say that no additional 20 percent material will be accumulated because any made at the site will be imme diately neutralized said the officials who represent countries that are members of the Vienna based UN nuclear agency monitoring atomic activities Suicide bombing kills 21 in Iraq BAGHDAD (AP) A suicide bomber blew himself up at a military recruiting center in Bagh dad on Thursday killing at least 21 people in an attack likely meant to send a message to the govern ment and would be army volunteers over the Iraqi ongoing push to retake two cities overrun by al Qaida militants The blast struck as an international rights group warned of the apparent use of indiscriminate mortar fire in civilian areas by Iraqi forces in their cam paign to reassert control over the cities of allujah and Ramadi Al Qaida linked fight ers overran parts of both cities in the Sunni domi nated Anbar province last week seizing control of police stations and mili tary posts freeing prison ers and setting up their own checkpoints Iraqi troops backed by pro government Sunni militiamen since have been clashing with the fighters and carrying out airstrikes against their positions in an effort to reassert control of the cities Tribal leaders in allu jah 40 miles (65 kilome ters) west of Baghdad have warned al Qaida fighters there to leave to avoid a military showdown The United States whose troops fought bloody battles in allujah and Ramadi has ruled out sending American troops back in but has been deliv ering missiles to help bol ster Iraqi forces with 1 32a Washington After Christmas 50 A LL CHRISTMAS I BIT BRIDAL REGISTRY fatghgold more on the way Vice President Joe Biden has spoken to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki twice this week voicing support for his govern efforts to regain control of the cities and urging him to continue talks with local tribal and national leaders Iran too is watching the unrest with alarm as it shares American con cerns about al Qaida linked militants taking firmer root in Iraq It has offered to supply military equipment and advisers to help fight militants in Anbar should Baghdad ask for assistance SCATOOOaWQ Seafood BBQ Catering Special Occasions Jaime Ray Perry BoydOwnerOperators 601 634 6622 1625 Culkin Rd Vicksburg MS 39183 Chinese director fined for having 3 kids BEIJING (AP) amed film director Zhang Yimou must pay more than $12 million in fines for having three children in viola tion of strict family planning rules officials said Thursday A district government in the eastern city said in an online state ment that investigators concluded that the direc tor of and of lying and his wife Chen Ting flouted family planning policies by having the children without approval and before they got married in 2011 China limits most urban couples to one child and rural families to two if the first born is a girl Zhang who has a daughter with his first wife could legally have one child with Chen but the two were not mar ried when their first child was born and did not have a birth permit in violation of rules The fines are based in irst Birthday i Jrake Wright celebrates his first birthday today Jrake is the son of Jeff and Chasity Wright of Vicksburg Maternal grandpar ents are Michael and Renee Lee of Vicksburg Paternal grandpar ents are Harold and Ronda Wright of Brandon MS part on the annual income The government of Binhu district said they earned a total of about $580000 in the years before each of the children was bom Reports that Zhang had violated the one child rule started to circu late in May Binhu authori ties said they were put in charge of the investigation in July because Chen is a registered resident of the district even though she lives in Beijing By late last year Wuxi family planning officials publicly complained they could not get in touch with Zhang who eventually issued an apology for the social he had created and prom ised cooperation with investigators studio confirmed in a statement that Zhang 63 has fathered two sons and one daughter with Chen 32 but denied reports of other children Zhang allegedly has fathered with other women The case raised ques tions among members of the public about whether social status had allowed him to dodge the family planning rules for years Announce rhe I lappv Xeu with i'hioniblc W'cikling lux ililioii liom Spccdiprinl A a Invitations Napkins Programs and more for all of your speciaToccasions Your Document in ull Color! 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