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Page 2 »Thursday, February 24, 2005 '"'t I'A 'A NEWS Hundreds killed in Iran earthquake A powerful earthquake flattened villages in central Iran on Tuesday, killing at least 420 people. The toll was expected to rise as rescue teams stiU did not have a final count from the three most isolated villages in the mountainous region. Around 30,000 people were affected, many left homeless when some villages were reduced to piles of dirt and stone by the magnitude-6.4 earth quake. Some 40 villages were damaged in the quake, which struck a region 150 miles from Bam site of a devastating earthquake in December 2003 that killed 26,000 people and leveled the historic city. Bush denies U.S. plans to attack Iran President Bush ridiculed the idea that the United States has plans to attack Iran over its alleged nuclear weapons program. Bush gave assurance to Iran’s leaders. Last week, in a series of pre trip interviews with European joumalists, he also tried to dispel talk of a military attack an issue that has been raised repeatedly since the United States went to war with Iraq primarily over its- alleged weapons of mass destruction. On Iran, Bush has walked a careful Une in expressing sup port for a European-led approach offering Iran technological, financial and political support in retum for scrapping its uranium enrichment program. Queen will not attend Prince Charles’ wedding Buckingham Palace reported that Queen Elizabeth II would not attend the civil marriage ceremo ny of her son Prince Charles and CamiUa Parker Bowles - but that her absence was not to snub. The Queen wants the ceremony to be low key and if she attends it will not be possible said the palace spokeswoman. She will attend the church blessing at Windsor Castle after the Apnl 8 civil ceremony in the local town hall and will host the wedding reception at the castle. Volunteers patrol Mexican borders Nearly 500 volunteers have already joined the Minuteman Project, making themselves civilian terder patrol agents determined to stop the immigration flow that routinely, and easily, seeos oast federal authonties. They plan to patrol a 40-mile stretch of the southeast Arizona bord^ throush out Apnl when the tide of immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border peaks. Officials said Lt the Arizona border is the most accessible stretch on the U.S.-Mexico line. Also, recent intelli gence show that al-Qaida terrorists are likely to enter the country through the Mexico border Of the 1.1 million illegal immigrants caught by the U.S. Border Patrol last year, 52 percent cros J into the country at the Arizona border. Officials fear the Minuteman patrols could cause mS rouble than they prevent At least some of the volunteers plan to arm themselves during the lA torier illegal D^y papers are facing too much competition TOe newspaper industry is struggling to remake itself. Under compeUtion from eable television the Intemet, all-news radio, they leave little time for the daily paper. Paoers arp p.. h exhaustive surveys to find out what readers want. They are launching new sections b^w”^ websites and spinning off free community papers and commuter giveaways in hop^s of wid language of the industry, asking adveT users and investors to dwell less on “circulation” - how many papers are sold - and readership, or the number of people exposed to a paper’s journalism wherever it annea^^ pnnt on the Web or over the air. The changes come as circulation totals have eroded stSilv f ” ear y two decades and as newspapers no longer play the central role in daily life they once did^ Teacher shoves students how to make a bomb A high school chemistiy teacher was arrested after students claimed he taui-ht hi« .1 u make a bomb. David Pieski used an overhead pmjector in class to give in«L Tn T explosives to stadents at Freedom High School, including advising them to uTe »„ 1 ® nator to stay clear from the blast. In Pieski’s classroom in Orlando authorities f f labeled “Demo,” which includes the chemical breakdown for a powerful explosive T I investigators he detonated chemicals in a coffee can by a ball field four times fo hi'. „ . a chemistiy project to show them a reaction rate. Pieski was chareed with Dosses,i„„ ^ T “ ing a destructive device and culpable negligence. ^ discharg- Compiled by Sarah Moser I® HOT TSOPItj The Pendulum * CyiBS • POOl DECK I rated #1 BY MTV 4-7 Night Rooin Packages 29 per student pBr night *149 Surcharge spring break pesK wee , Minimum reqaire^J m MGISI pool DECK PAmS I packages INCLUDE: admission rn ^ • FRFFURGEST POOL DECK PARTIES E ADiyilssiOM TO 4 NIGHT CLUBS 10 Students WU m 1-877'25I'5431 www.SBrlngi)reak2.coifl 2!!Ji900(i(iesertinnresor(.c®*?
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