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(Flip oaily (Ear Hppl Al-Qaida charged with strike 11 killed, 120 hurt in suicide attacks RIYADH, Saudi Arabia Saudis blamed al-Qaida militants Sunday for the suicide car bomb ing of a Riyadh housing complex that killed 17 people, declaring it proof of the terror network’s will ingness to shed Muslim blood in its zeal to bring down the U.S.-linked Saudi monarchy. The attack late Saturday at an upscale compound for foreign workers, where mostly Arabs lived, also wounded 122 people. The blast, not far from diplomatic quarters and the king’s main palace, left piles of rubble, hunks of twisted metal, broken glass and a large crater. “It’s no longer an issue of terror ism for them,” said Dawood al- Shirian, a Saudi analyst. “It’s become a war on the regime, a war to turn the country into anew FIRE-WALKING FROM PAGE 3 It’s a big step. At 1,250 degrees Fahrenheit, the heat of the coal bed is intense enough to obliterate a beer can in less than 30 seconds. In compari son, engine blocks of cars are poured at 1,100 degrees. Without even knowing the exact temperatures at play, the visuals Saturday were intimidating enough: a 10-foot stretch of coal, burning red. The coals were hot enough to keep people at a distance and hiding in the shadows of trees around the perimeter of the fire pit. The fire-walk was held at The Last Unicorn, a Chapel Hill busi ness owned by Gaines Steer, a loca tion that added to the atmosphere. With Steers iron and stonework pieces leaning against trees, light ed candles in old, wi-ought-iron lamps and fanciful signs leading the way, it seemed like a moment out of a book of children’s stories a mismatched fairy tale with a side of fire-walking. The hot coals waiting were to be the culmination of the evening, and Anderson had plans before anybody attempted the walk. Under a partially eclipsed moon, SpeciAL uTT’ !' I, i, ' iMr’ Spchsoße* ?/: DAfe: Monday, November 17,2003 Time: 8:00 pm verizapwimiess LcAAfioh: Carolina Union Auditorium We never stop working for your . , Free Admission with UNC Student One Card. No passes required. First come, venzonwirelesscom first served. Presented by the CUAB Story Board Film Committee jpfcOKOLlsfr PLeAse ARftive eARiy! y 1 i Setting is gvaiUble on a first-come, first-serve basis with pass holders admitted first. ~ ~ 1 heater Is not responsible for oveibookinp. Screenings are for students, faculty, and staff only. No recording devices allowed! Afghanistan ruled by a Saudi-style Taliban.” An Interior Ministry official told the official Saudi news agency late Sunday that the death toll rose to 17 including five children after search crews pulled six more bodies from the rubble. At least 13 were Arabs, with the others as yet unidentified, the official said. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said he was “personally quite sure” al-Qaida was behind the Saturday night attack “because this attack bears the hallmark of them.” Such attacks appear to be direct ed “against the government of Saudi Arabia and the people of Saudi Arabia,” he said, adding that he expected more to follow. Al-Qaida “will prefer to have many such attacks to appear bigger than they are,” he told a news con ference shortly after arriving in the Saudi capital. Such attacks showed that “all of us have to work togeth er.” half red and half silvery white, Anderson began a round of board breaking, followed by glass-walking. Reassuring the group, Anderson said, “It’s all about paying attention.” His daughter, Claire, a freshman at East Chapel Hill High School, went first. With practiced ease, she made her way across the multicolored shards. When John Anderson asked how many cuts she'd garnered, “none” was the answer. The last trial before the coals was arrow-breaking. “This is terri fying,” Anderson admitted. As the group looked on, Anderson demonstrated by putting the tip of a standard, 35-pound tar get arrow at the hollow of his throat and pushing it against a wall until the arrow snapped. Despite knowledge that the human trachea can take 75 pounds of pressure, Elsa Mondou, a friend of Jane Anderson, commented, “I must be out of my mind.” One by one. Anderson, his wife, his daughter, his daughter’s team mate on the East Chapel Hill High School volleyball team, Mondou and Steer all succeeded. Their efforts left colorful arrows halved and scattered on the ground while the logs burned hotter by the minute. From Page Three Gunmen, possibly disguised as police, shot their way into the 200- house compound, trading fire with security guards. The attackers, believed to be in a police car, then drove into the compound and blew themselves up It still wasn’t clear late Sunday how many attackers there were or if they were listed as among the dead. The victims included Lebanese, Egyptian, Sudanese and Saudis. The Interior Ministry said most of the wounded were Arabs as well. Most of the compound’s residents were Lebanese, but some Saudis, German, French and Italian fami lies also lived there. Four U.S. citizens were among the wounded, the ministry said. In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Amanda Batt said, “Some Americans were treated for minor injuries and released.” In comments published Sunday on the Web site of Saudi daily Okaz newspaper, Interior Minister As if the moon were counting down, the lunar eclipse reached its peak just as the fire was ready. Cuing tribal music, Anderson spread the bonfire into a bed of glowing coals with a long-handled rake, saying, “(The fire) is 1,200 degrees; you don’t want to get your face in this.” Feet, however, were perfectly fine. Anderson offered a few last words of advice about the coals, saying, “Do not walk through with your shoulders hunched. Do not run through it. Do not jump through it.” Observing the general reticence, he added, “What you focus on and what you believe about it determines your reality.” That night, everybody believed in the power of Anderson's going first. He talked to each of the partici pants as they w alked over the bed of coals, and he waited with open arms as they made it across. At the end of the night, with new believers gathered around the dying embers, Anderson looked satisfied. “When you walk over your fear, you’ve made it a servant to your will.” Contact the Features Editor at features@unc.edu. Prince Nayef said he could not rule out a connection to suspected al- Qaida terrorist cells targeted in recent sweeps, as a number of sus pects from those cells were still at large. Adding to the al-Qaida connec tion was the similarity between Saturday’s bombing and attacks also blamed on the terror network, particularly the May 12 suicide car bombings of other Riyadh com pounds housing foreigners, which killed 26 bystanders. Nine attack ers also died. Led by Saudi-born dissident Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida long has opposed the Saudi royal fami ly, accusing it of being insufficient ly Islamic and too close to the West, particularly the United States. On Sunday in London, the Saudi ambassador to Britain, Prince Turki al-Faisal, condemned Saturday’s attack as the work of an “evil cult” whose “sole aim is the destruction of the kingdom.” PROTEST FROM PAGE 3 was 6 1/2 feet tall, with anti-wall posters lamenting the conflict. Banners read, “Stop U.S.-tax fund ed support for Israel’s Berlin Wall.” and “Occupation Starves and Kills Palestinians.” Attendees heard from activist Rania Masri, who works at the Institute for Southern Studies and has engaged in Arab-related, pro gressive work worldwide about the state of the Middle East. They also listened to visiting Palestinian journalists Rouman Haddad, Justin Podur and Fateh Mansour. Netta van Vliet, a Duke University graduate student in cul tural anthropology, lived in the West Bank village of Mas’ha for two months. She said that despite efforts from Israelis, Palestinians and people of other nationalities to prevent the wall from running through the village, the army arrested those who impeded its progress. She added that the wall destroys the infrastructure of the land and makes it difficult for Palestinian-Israeli collaboration. Contact the State fcJ National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. —Cut and save Cut and save The v\end> r & I PTTT 1 -JJ". 1 V I 219 Hanes Hall Dean F. Painter Jr 919-962-6507 ucsaunc.edu WALK-IN HOURS: Answers to career questions and resume reviews— Mon-Fri, 10 —3p PROGRAMS Taking Time off: Options for Seniors After Graduation Are you not ready for a “real job” yet, or are you planning to take j time off before grad school? If so, come leam about short-term JglMI possibilities such as teaching English abroad, residential treatment rfflr c^PPHt"camps, or jobs at a ski resort or dude ranch. Tue. Nov. 11 4:00p 2398 Hanes y-fll MBai HOW TO PLAN FOR CAREER Success: A series on (1) How to use UCS 'and all its many values, (2) How to write a resume, (3) How to interview effectively. I Attend all three sessions, or just the one you need help with. Workshop is from 5:30- 8:30p on Tues. Nov. 11 in 239 Hanes—Session 1 (5:30), Session 2 (6:30), Session 3 £3O) Ihow to Find a Job After Graduation: Bring your laptop and | leam how to search alumni and employer research databases for job leads, how to submit a resume for on-campus interviewing, and other tips. Tue. Nov. 11 5:30p [239 Hanes IHOW TO WRITE an EFFECTIVE RESUME Construct the first draft of your [resume with tips from a UCS counselor. Bring your laptop. Tue. Nov. 11 6:30p 239 Hanes How to Improve Your Interviewing Skills: Leam the secrets of [interviewing effectively. Tue.Nov.il 7:30p 239 Hanes HOW TO FIND AN INTERNSHIP: Leam how to find internships and how to [decide which one is best for you in this interactive session. Please bring your laptop! Wed. Nov. 12 7:00p 2398 Hanes PhD Career Fair: Talk with representatives from 20 organizations [seeking PhD’s. Thu. Nov. 13 1:00—4:30p The Friday Center 'CAREER Clinics: Get an overview of the career decision-making process and [help with choosing a major or career path to follow. Take an online interest inven tory. Sign up at http://careers.unc.edu/career_explore.html. Mon. and Wed. 3:15- 4:45p 239A Hanes RESUME submissions FOR INTERVIEWS FOR JANUARY 5-9 Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking Summer Analyst-NY (11/23) OgilvyOne Worldwide (OgilvyOne) (11/23) HDC.edu 2: “Refbter with UCS- *: Enltr PID* ind complete profit* | Cut and save —Cut and save- Cut and save -—Cut and save-- Cut and save- MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2003 PAGEANT FROM PAGE 3 her dental training into her new responsibilities. Puleo plans to ask Crest to donate toothbrushes and toothpaste to aid her efforts to pro mote good oral hygiene among the young people she will meet in the coming year. Though she won the title, Puleo’s path to victory had a high price. For candidates in a pageant, preparing and paying for the event are not easy tasks. In addition to putting together and buying their own wardrobes, women have to raise S9OO in spon sorship funds in order to be eligi ble to compete. To lower her personal fees, Samira Fazel, a second-year grad uate student in the School of Information and Library Science, asked a local radio station and the restaurant Red Hot and Blue to sponsor her. “You can get about SSO to SIOO from businesses, and the rest will usually come from family and friends,” said Fazel, who is originally from Virginia. Sponsorship fees are not the only necessary binds. A S2OO entry fee as well as the cost of entrants’ wardrobes add to the financial burden of pageantry. Eboni Williams, a senior com munications and African- American studies major from Charlotte, estimated that her wardrobe cost about SI,OOO, but she said the experience of the pag eant made it worth the cost. “The best part was meeting all of the girls,” Williams said. “While you still do meet some catty ones, most are very warm and bright.” Fazel shares this sentiment and INTERSECTION FROM PAGE 3 A re-evaluation by NCDOT will help local officials find a solution for this potentially hazardous intersection. The department will conduct an investigation in which it will track the amount of vehicular and pedestrian activity. “Any information we can gather will help us make a decision,” said Vance Barham, an NCDOT official at the division office in Greensboro. “If we determine that a traffic sig nal is necessary, it would be con sidered a high priority.” If NCDOT approves a traffic sig nal for the intersection, it will undertake the process of having “/ had a had image of pageant girls beforehand. wanted to combat that stereotype ” SAMIRA FAZEL, CONTESTANT said it was one of the main reasons she decided to give pageants a try. “I had a bad image of pageant girls beforehand, and I really wanted to combat that stereotype,” she said. Stancil, a senior dramatic arts and philosophy major with career aspirations of acting, said her favorite part of the experience was the interview. “The interview helped me improve my speaking and improv skills, which are important for an acting career,” Stancil said. Coordinating pageant activities and the duties of an involved stu dent can make the process tough for some women. Stancil, who frequently per forms with the Department of Dramatic Art and is a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, said the key is just to strike a balancing act. “I just don’t let it overconsume my life,” she said. “I didn’t let (the pageant) overwhelm me.” The key is being able to do two things at once, Puleo said. “I’m in class from 8 to 5 every day, and then I have to start study ing, so you’ll see me in the gym rid ing the bike and reading my notes. “I’ve had to become the best multitasker ever.” Contact the Features Editor atfeatures@urw.edu. ‘lf we determine that a traffic signal is necessary, it would he ...a priority” VANCE BARHAM, n.c.dot the project approved and securing $70,000 in funding for it. No definitive timeline for such a project has been determined. Barham said the study should be completed within four to six weeks. Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. 5 -Cut and save— Cut and save— —--- — Cut and save
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