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Sweden rejects Euro currency
Matt McCall
Staff Writer
Just when you think it's
France that always does the
exact opposite of everything
most of Europe agrees on,
Sweden pulls a slick one.
On Sept. 14, Sweden over
whelmingly voted to reject the
Euro currency, administering
a tremendous blow to
Europe, which had developed
the Euro in an effort to unify
several countries. "This was a
result worse than I expected,"
said Romano Prodi, the head
of the European Commission,
to the New York Times. "It
PA pizza deliveryman dies from bizarre bomb explosion
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Pizza deliveryman Brian Douglas Weils in police custody
Stella Oh
Staff Writer
The next pizza deliveryman
that arrives at a Guilford
College dorm could have
more on his plate than a late
night snack. What you may
not suspect is a mission to rob
four banks with a bomb tick
ing away at his chest.
One such bizarre incidence
happened to a pizza delivery
man in Pennsylvania. A pipe
bomb attached to the neck of
Brian Douglas Wells exploded
during a PNC bank robbery in
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was about more than the
Euro. The Euro is a symbol of
more integration. This was a
moment of prudence, not inte
gration. We have to meditate
how to explain better what we
are doing."
Out of 5,976 voting districts
where ballots were tallied,
56% returned a no vote while
42% voted yes for the Euro.
However, Prime Minister
Goran Presson feels that the
vote against the Euro was a
smart move when it came to
establishing Sweden's eco
nomic independence.
"To convince the people in
Erie, P.A. on Aug. 28, killing
him. Wells had been hand
cuffed by the police, sitting
down safely away from oth
ers, and was waiting for the
bomb squad when the bomb
exploded before their arrival.
According to authorities,
Wells was carrying a lengthy
note demanding $250,000
from the bank. Also with him
was a single-shot firearm dis
guised as a cane, which he
did not use. Despite the
bomb, a witness reported that
Wells patiently waited for his
turn in line. He was reported
that situation to change your
currency - say farewell to your
own currency and go for the
project when
you can see
that you are
performing
better, we
are perform
ing better -
that's not
easy," said
Presson to
CNN.
The death
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of former
Foreign
Minister Anna Lindh, who was
murdered on Sept. 10, may
have caused Sweden to fear
as saying the bomb was
"going to go off in 22 min
utes," by an unnamed wit
ness.
Before his death, Wells was
captured on
camera by
the local ABC
affiliate
WJET ask
ing, "Why is
nobody trying
to get this
thing off
me?"
Although
there had
been previ
ous bank
robberies
involving a
bomb in the
area, this
was the first
time one had
exploded .
Friends and
neighbors of
Wells
described
him as gentle
and with
drawn, and
strongly
believed in
his inno-
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for change. This also may
have given the country flash
backs of the 1986 killing of
Swedish Krona country
must now]
rejoin and come together
again," said Presson in
CNN.com. Lindh was a strong
cence. Authorities are still
uncertain if Wells is the crimi
nal or victim in this case, and
whether this was a plot of
bank robbery or murder.
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Prime
Minister
Olof Palme.
Many peo
ple feel that
this vote
was
swayed by
the recent
murder of
Lindh. "[The
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supporter of the euro and her
death may have caused the
country to be fearful of
change considering they are
doing very well economically.
Police have arrested a sus
pect in the Lindh murder
case. The 35-year-old man,
who has a history of drugs
and violent crime, is the only
prime suspect the police have
in custody as of now.
However, the police have not
released the suspect's identi
ty and have urged people with
information to call tip hotlines
throughout Sweden.
The FBI has released
sketches of a man seen act
ing suspiciously near the
crime scene before the bomb
went off.
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