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VVORLD ATTENTION: Class of 2000 Don’t be left out of the 2000 Aggieland! Get your FREE Senior picture taken at AR Photography. Extended sittings are also available for $10. Visit 1410 Texas Ave. South or call 693-8183. Open 9-12 and 1:30-5 M-F. WALKING OiSTANO^ FROM CAMRUS Page 14 •Thursday, November 18, 1999 Battalion Survivor pulled from Turkey quake rut Rescuers remove woman trapped 105 hours under remains ofherapaih Assessing the damage in Turkey! tofy Theater www.aerialtheater.com ROBEKI EARL KEEN’S ‘TKervuf, * * * DUZCE, Turkey (AP) — Four days after be ing buried in rubble by a devastating earth quake, a woman was pulled barely conscious from the remains of her apartment house yes terday, even as rescuers prepared to end their search for survivors. Sefa Cebeci, 42, was buried 105 hours in a mountain of crumbled concrete that was once a six-story building. Discovered by Israeli rescuers and ferried by helicopter to Istanbul, 130 miles to the west, she faced amputation of her crushed right arm and was fighting for her life. ‘‘Her condition is still critical due to kidney malfunction. We are doing our best,” Dr. Emre Gorgun said by telephone from Istanbul’s Cer- rahpasa Hospital. Despite the miraculous rescue, search teams continued packing up, saying no one else is likely to have survived amid the rain and winter cold. Some 550 people were killed in the Nov. 12 quake. “The estimation is now that they can’t find any more survivors,” Gilad Cohen, spokesper son for the Israeli Embassy in Ankara, said. “The work now is to take out bodies.” He said an Israeli army medical team would stay. The last time shouts of “survivor” went up was on Saturday. Cebeci was the 22nd person pulled alive from the rubble. Twenty-one people in the com plex perished, including her hus band, whose body was found near hers only an hour before her rescue. “We knew we would find people under there. We didn’t know if they would be alive or dead. It was just chance,” Hasan Aksu, a Tlirkish translator working with the Israeli team, said. Hungarians, TUrks and Americans were among the volunteers digging through the ruins of Duzce, the town hardest hit when the 7.2 magnitude quake struck northwestern TUrkey, killing 200 people in this town of 70,000 alone. In August, a 7.4-magnitude quake that rocked the same region killed an estimated 17,000 people and weak ened structures that went down with the latest temblor. Late yesterday morning, another aftershock struck the area. Mud 8 inches deep quivered like gelatin on the sidewalks when the 5.0-magni tude temblor rolled through Duzce. Temperatures in the region have plunged below freezing ■ chances of survival for people trapped beneath the rubbte had a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale. The current toll 30 miles * itM oud s * At least. . • 550 are dead, • 3,305 injured, and * Several hundred people are missing ► More than 720 buildings have collapsed. The rescue effort involves ► More than 6,000 Turkish soldiers and 18,000 relief workers. ► 500 ambulances ► More than 1,200 foreign rescuers from 30 countries. 30 km Epicenter of quake August 18, more than 17,000 dead Istanbul Izmit Duzce contrary to what Jelemen- and junior School chers may /e said, Te is such a ng as a stu- "question. a Eskisehir fiances are tudent ha m asked by o uths, usually Vendors selling sesame-coated struggled to keep the snacks stacke; heads. Mark Lucas, a member of the. working in Duzce. said the Arne )se liat a<ac j n considering wrapping up operatic • s > mlormatioi lest ■ntrow of a le^ Students go t rnlthe subjeci jietimes have • material. Ho ; difference be ‘am to clarify pons or coi ■r Pakistan arrests the wealthy, the well-conned ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — The military government rounded up hundreds of Pakistan’s most powerful and wealthy people yesterday, mak ing good on its promise to try and rid the country’s political ranks of ram pant corruption. The raids — which brought in landowners, industrialists, athletes and politicians from all parties — began hours after a deadline expired for debtors to repay loans or face criminal charges. According to Pakistan television, $138 mil lion had been recovered when the deadline ex pired — just 3 percent of the estimated $4 bil lion outstanding. Soldiers in green army jeeps roared up to the palatial home of Nawaz Kokhar, a member of for mer Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s party, on the outskirts of Islamabad to arrest him. "We hope we will get justice We are not gping to run” ,,v, (713) 629-3700 >Jrk T i FIESTA * FOLEY’S * KROGER www.ticketmaster.com 'ALL TICKETS SUBJECT TO SERVICE CHARGE DATE VENUE AND SUPPORT ACTlSi SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE |AERIAL THEATER BOX OFFICE. 520 TEXAS AVE. 713-230-1600| “We hope we will get justice. We are not going to run,” Kokhar, who re portedly owes about $2 million, said. He was just one of hundreds taken in during army chief Gen. Pervez Musharraf’s crackdown on corruption, which he promised to carry out last month after seizing power in a bloodless coup. There were conflicting reports on the exact number of arrests, but police and intelligence officials said the nationwide raids brought in as many as 450 people. Ipihg a studei I Be are nece Buts seemir Jto inquire An official statement named 21 pee; were arrested Bet U^eresT Deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his brothei thtT avoidab Sharif, were among those charged, though the family rep infless side d paid nearly $6 million in loans by the Tuesday deadline. B adding ir He was handed over to p< rdav, and within24E.fe.commen w—mmmmmmmmm—mm—m m;i\l.&lB) question of either charge, he would facethede me people di or life in prison. ey wouldn't | Thi n from an inckientiiiB these stui aircraft returning Musharraf to Pake ything const fused permission to land in Karachi or her students’ The army seized control of the coJthe material lowed the plane to land, and took- r hy interrupt custody. IN lecture. 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