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Home My WebLink AboutCC 2012-02-09 AdvertisementTHE MIAMI HERALD 1 Miamillerald.com SYRIA H1 THE WORLD i MORE COVERAGE, 8A MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012 1 7A Syrian troops storm areas near capital At least 62 people were killed nationwide Sunday as troops launched an offensive on neighborhoods near Damascus. BY ZEINA KARAM Associated Ness BEIRUT — In dozens of tanks and armored vehicles Syrian troops stormed re- bellious areas near the cap- ital Sunday, shelling neigh- borhoods that have fallen under the control of army dissidents and clashing with fighters. hters. At least 62 people f killed in violence na- tionwide, activists and resi- dents said. The wide -scale offensive near the capital suggested the regime is worried that military defectors could close in on Damascus, which has remained rela- tively quiet while most oth- er Syrian cities descended into chaos after the uprising began in March. The rising bloodshed added urgency to Arab and Western diplomatic efforts toendthel0-month conflict The violence has gradual- ly approached the capital. In the past two weeks, army dissidents have become more visible, seizing several suburbs on the eastern edge of Damascus and setting up checkpoints where masked men wearing military attire NYMOUSAP IN THE STREETS: This image from an amateur video taken on Sunday purportedly shows a funeral taking place in Damascus. and wielding assault rifles stop motorists and protect anti -regime protests. Their presence so close to the capital is astonishing in tightly controlled Syria and suggests the Assad re - me may either be losing control or setting up a trap for the fighters before going on the offensive. Residents of Damascus reported hearing clashes in the nearby suburbs, particu- larly at night, shattering the city's calm. "The current battles tak- ing place in and around Da- mascus may not yet lead to the unraveling of theregime, but the illusion of normalcy that the Assads have sought hard to maintain in the cap- ital since the beginning of the revolution has surely un- raveled," said Ammar Abd- ulhamid, aU.S.-based Syrian dissident "Once illusions unravel, reality soon follows," he wrote in his blog Sunday. Soldiers riding some 50 tanks and dozens of ar- mored vehicles stormed suburbs and villages on the eastern outskirts of Damas cus known as al-Ghouta, a predominantly Sunni Mus- lim agricultural area where large anti -regime protests have been held. Some of the fighting on Sunday was less than three miles from Damascu s, in Ein Tarma, making it the closest yet to the capital "There are heavy clashes going on in all of the Damas- U.S: PAKISTAN RELATIONS Panetta: Pakistan holds doctor tied to raid • The U.S. defense secretary confirmed to CBS that a Pakistani doctor, being held by Pakistan, helped the CIA before the Osama bin Laden raid. McClatchy News Service LAHORE, Pakistan — A senior American official has for the first time admitted that a Pakistani doctor played a key role in tracking Osama bin Laden to his hideout in northern Paki- stan, and called for his release. The comments by U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Pa- netta were the lust public confirmation of apart of the bin Laden operation report- ed by McClatchy Newspa- pers last July, about how the CIA used Shakil Afridi to try to establish whether the al- Qaida leader was really liv- ing in a large house in Ab- bottabad, northern Pakistan. Afridi has been in Paldsta- ni custody since the coun- try's own spy agency, Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), learned of the secret task performed by the doctor, who set up a fake vaccina- tion program in Abbottabad to get DNA samples from those at the compound. The CIA was never cer- tain that bin Laden was pre- sent in the house. Afridi workedfor the American in- telligence agency in the weeks leading up to the May 2 U.S. Navy Seals raid, set- ting up an elaborate scheme that was supposedly going house to house to vaccinate residents in Abbottabad. Panetta, in an interview that was to be broadcast on CBS's 60 Minutes Sunday night, also voiced his belief that elements within Paki- stan must have known that bin Laden, or at least some- one significant was inside the compound. "I am very concerned about what the Pakistanis did with this indi- vidual [Afridi]. This was an individual who, in fact, helped provide intelligence that was very helpful with regard to this operation," Pa- netta said, according to a CBS release. The McClatchy investiga- tion discovered that Afridi was arrested by the ISI in late May and was tortured. It is believed that he remains in the custody of the intelli- genre agency, part of the military, but that he has not been charged with a crime. The fate of the doctor has become another source of tension between Islamabad and Washington, with American officials pressing Pakistan to free him so he and his family can be reset- tled in the United States. The Pakistani commis- sion investigating bin Lad- en's presence in the country last year recommended that Afridi be tried for treason. The military, which will de- cide what happens to Afridi, was furious that the CIA redcruited Pakistani citi- zens for clandestine opera- tions inside the country. Pri- vately, officials point out that it is a crime to work for a foreign intelligence agency. COSTA CONCORDIA DISASTER Removal of capsized cruise ship could take ■ Rough seas and the shifting of the cruise liner elli,thenationalciviprotec- forced officials to suspend recovery efforts to tion official in charge of the remove fuel and search for people still missing. operation, told a daily brief- ing. "Now we have a single, BY COLLEEN BARRY Peruvian crew member Eri- big goal, and that is that this AND FULVIO PAOLOCCI ka Soria Molina, was found does not translate into an Associated Press Saturday. Sixteen crew and environmental disaster." GIGLIO, Italy — The passengers remain listed as University of Florence cruise ship that capsized off missing, with one body re- professor Riccardo Fanti Italy's coast will take uptol0 covered from the ship not said the ship's movements months to remove, officials yet identified. could either be caused by said Sunday, as rough seas Officials have virtually the ship settling on its own off the Tuscan coast forced ruled out finding anyone weight, slipping deeper into the suspension of recovery alive more than two weeks the seabed, or both. He also operations. after the Costa Concordia could not rule out the slips Officials called off both bit a reef, but were reluctant sliding along the seabed. the start of operations tore- to give a final death toll for Gabrielli noted that the ove 500,000 gallons offuel the Jan. 13 disaster. The body of a man recovered and the search for people crash happened when the from the ship remains un- still missing after determin- captain deviated from his identified, despite efforts to ing the Costa Concordia had planned route, creating a obtain DNA samples from moved aninch and ahalf ov- huge gash that capsized the all of the missing. er six hours, coupled with ship. More than 4,200 peo- Experts have said it waves of more than three ple were on board. would take 28 days to re- feet"Our first goal was to find move fuel from 15 tanks ac- A 17th body, identified as people alive," Franco Gabri- counting for more than 80 10 months percent of all fuel on board the ship. The neat job world be to target the engine room, which contains nearly 350 cubic meters of diesel, fuel and other h•bricants, Gabri- ella said. Only once the fuel is re- moved can work begin on removing the ship, either floating it in one piece or cutting it up and towing it away as a wreck Costa — which is owned by Miami - based Carnival Corp. — has begun the process for taking bids for the recovery opera- tion, a process that will take two months. Gabrielli said the actual removal will take from sev- en to 10 months — meaning that the wreck will be visible from the coast of the island of Giglio for the entire sum- mer tourism season. PUBLIC NOTICE ANY PERSON WHO RECEIVES COMPENSATION, REMUNERATION OR EXPENSES FOR CONDUCTING LOBBYING ACTIVITIES IS REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS A LOBBYIST WITH THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO ENGAGING IN LOBBYING ACTIVITIES BEFORE CITY STAFF, BOARDS, COMMITTEES OR THE CITY COMMISSION.A COPY OF THE APPLICABLE ORDINANCE IS AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK (MIAMI CITY HALL), LOCATED AT 3500 PAN AMERICAN DRIVE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33133. AT ITS MEETING ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012 AFTER 2:00 PM AT MIAMI CITY HALL, 3500 PAN AMERICAN DRIVE, THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING PLANNING AND ZONING ITEM: File ID 11-0119Krw APPROVING A WAIVER OF TIME LIMITS FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD (PZAB), ALLOWING THE PZAB TO CONSIDER A REZONING AT APPROXIMATELY 150 NE 42 ST, WHICH WAS REZONED WITHIN THE PRECEDING EIGHTEEN (18) MONTHS. cus suburbs," said Rami Abdul-Rahmen, director of the British -based Syrian Ob- servatory for Human Rights, who relies on a net- work of activists on the ground. "'hoops were able to enter some areas but are still facing stiff resistance in others." The fighting using mor- tars and machine guns sent entire families fleeing, some of them on foot carrying bags of belongings, to the capital. The United Nations says at least 5,400 people have been killed in the 10 months of violence. 12 Month CD 2.91AZ°. 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ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 10 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "BUILDINGS", MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING ARTICLE 6, ENTITLED "UNSAFE STRUCTURES", IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE SODDING OF LAND AFTER DEMOLITION OF EXISTING UNSAFE STRUCTURES WITHIN THE CITY OF MIAMI; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 2 /ARTICLE XI/ DIVISION 10 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "ADMINISTRATION/ BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS/CITY OF MIAMI ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT COUNCIL", MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING SECTION 2-1141, ENTITLED "PURPOSE, POWERS AND DUTIES", TO MAINTAIN A SEPARATE, NON-PROFIT 501(C)(3) CORPORATION; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Said proposed ordinances may be inspected by the public at the Office of the City Clerk, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., or at http://egov.ci.miami.fl.us/LegistarWeb/frameset.html, five days before the date of the Commission Meeting. All interested persons are invited to appear at the meeting and may be heard with respect to the proposed ordinances. Should any person desire to appeal any decision of the City Commission with respect to any matter to be considered at this meeting, that person shall ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made including all testimony and evidence upon which any appeal may be based (F.S. 286.0105). In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, persons needing special accommodations to participate in this proceeding may contact the Office of the City Clerk at (305) 250-5361 (Voice) no later than two (2) business days prior to the proceeding or at (305) 250-5472 (TTY) no later than three (3) business days prior to the proceeding. Priscilla A. Thompson, CMC City Clerk (# 15455) 1/30 12-4-236/1826128M