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WASHINGTON (AP) — A subsidiary of a Texas-based company has won a $74.8 million contract to help the Immigration and Naturalization Service keep tabs on visitors to the United States. The subsidiary. Affiliated Computer Services-Business Process Solutions of Lexington, Ky., will maintain a database of information gathered when visitors — stu dents, tourists and business travelers — enter and exit the country. A current system for maintaining this information has been criticized as too slow in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. Several of the suspected hijackers had entered the country on travel or tourists visas and over stayed them, INS officials have said. “We are excited about this selection by the INS for this important processing work,” said Tom Blodgett, president of the subsidiary of Dallas-based ACS Inc. Blodgett said he plans to use new tech nology to make the process more Congress also is looking at othertechnc and systems to keep track of foreign vis Visitors must give INS a formcontr. personal information when they arrive port of entry. That information is into a database. The visitors then form to INS when they leave. The si entry-exit system is supposed to keep track of foreign visitors and when they overstay their visas. NEWS IN Attacks Continuedfi'om Page 1 Attention All Members of NSCS National Society of Collegiate Students Taliban headquarters in the southern city of Kandahar — said to be all but abandoned by its half million inhabitants after weeks of attacks. In other developments: • The Pentagon said two U.S. helicopters came under fire in Pakistan as their crews tried to retrieve the wreckage of another helicopter that had crashed dur ing a covert weekend comman do raid. • Three U.S. bombs went astray over the weekend, with two landing in a civilian neigh borhood near Kabul and the other near a senior citizens’ cen- OFF-CAMPUS MEETING Wear your NSCS T-shirte! When: Where: Time: October 25, 2001 Gattiland 5:30 p.m. For more information, contact at: nscs_tamu(3)yahoo.com it We should not allow the kind of atrocities that prevailed in Afghanistan to return. Open up to a world of career opportunities... Universal Computer Systems, Inc. is a stable, progressive, corporation headquartered in Houston since 1970, with over 2000 employees nationwide. Vv' j specialize in the development, sales and service of the most innovative IT solution for the business of auto dealerships. 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The military said it had no information on casualties. The United Nations said a U.S. bomb struck a military hospital in the western Afghan city of Herat but said it had no infor mation regarding casualties. Taliban rulers aid more than 100 patients and medical workers were killed Monday. Pentagon spokeswoman Victoria Clarke said a U.S. bomb went astray near a senior citizens’ home in Herat, landing in a field between the home and a military vehicle storage facili ty. The 1,000-pound bomb was dropped Sunday by an F/A-18. She said it was not know if the so-called senior citizens’ center was the same building referred to in the U.N. report. • Britain will send troops and equipment to join the U.S.-led military effort against Afghanistan, though just how much has not been decided. • Italy offered the United States an armor regiment, attack helicopters, fighter jets and spe cialists in nuclear, chemical and bacteriological warfare for the coalition against terrorism. • BBC-TV reported Tuesday that a U.S. bomb hit a house in Kabul Monday night that was used by the Kashimiri militant group Harakat ul-Mujahedeen. Citing sources inside the organ ization, the BBC said the bomb killed 22 members of the group which is linked to Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida terrorist ring. President Bush initiated the air campaign Oct. 7 after the Taliban repeatedly refused to surrender bin Laden, chief sus pect in last month’s terror attacks in the United States. British Secretary of Defense Geoff Hoon said Tuesday that the military strikes on Afghanistan have destroyed nine of bin Laden’s terrorist training camps and severely damaged nine airfields and 24 military garrisons. In recent days, U.S. forces increasingly have shifted the brunt of their attacks to Taliban positions on front lines outside Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif. hop ing to break Taliban defenses around the key cities. On Tuesday, U.S. jets streaked in high over the front line at Kabul, then swooped in to drop their bombs while as vil lagers gawked and pointed. “There it is,” residents of the opposition-held communi ty cried each time a white speck appeared in the sky. Nine blasts sounded, one after the other. Witnesses said at least five of those strikes hit the Taliban front line. Israel defies U.S. deman to withdraw from town 3)ue tag o\ lew parkin Students wit! nuter parking t e University C iarage for no JERUSALEM (AP) — In a deepening confrontation, Israel defied a U.S. demand to pull its army out of six Palestinian towns Tuesday. President Bush later moved to ease tensions by urging the Jewish state to do it “as quickly as possible.” Only hours earlier, the State Department told the Israelis leave the towns without delay. The presence of the Israeli Defense Force “contributes to an escalation in violence, and it should be withdrawn immedi ately,” spokesman Richard Boucher said. The diplomatic dispute with Washington was the most seri ous since Ariel Sharon was elected prime minister eight months ago. But comments by Bush fol lowing a meeting with Foreign Minister Shimon Peres of Israel reflected an effort to ease the confrontation. “I did express our concern about troops in Palestinian territory and I would hope the Israelis would move their troops as quickly as possi ble,” Bush said of the talks. Israel sent its army into the West Bank towns after the assassination last Wednesday of ultranationalist Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi. The killing was claimed by the radi cal Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestinian as vengeance for Israel’s Aug. 27 killing of its leader. Israel moved into Jenin Thursday then into Bethlehem and Beit Jalla on Friday, and finally Tulkarem, Kalkiliya and Ramallah on Saturday. In the latest incident, Israeli troops shot and killed three Palestinians in Tulkarem early Wednesday. Palestinians said the soldiers ambushed the three from Israeli military said the 30 p.m. to rr a cemetery. Monday throuj diers spotted r Palestinians who wereak: open fire, and shot them. Also, Palestinians repci Israeli tank movements« ^formation re Wednesday near Nablu largest Palestinian city, M has so far not been panel: <ithcommuter Israeli operation On Tuesday, two ot Palestinians were killed Tulkarem. Altogether. Palestinians, many of themri ians, have been killed during incursions. Gunfire could be it s P nn § sei through the night in bibii Bethlehem, where Israelis held positions a few kite. (miles) from the Church oil e S ara § e 31 Nativity, marking the tradite ras ma| J e t° a birthplace of Jesus. Israel stands firm in West Bank On Tuesday, Israeli tanks continued to occupy some Palestinian controlled areas and surround others. © Occupied Q Surrounded ~ v> r i. Meriiterranew) Sea yenmgs starti ccording to Pa nd Transporta TTS) officials. Angela New the time hanged to her Previously, s nmmuter pe lark in the Uni\ ;arage after 6 f ime now has b or the remaind emester and 30 p.m. to lewman said. ‘ allow studen ommuter sti nembers of sti :ations who ivening meeting Special even OPAS p md other event :or parking ava Jniversity Cen nay interfere w imited times lemester, Newn this Jenin© Tulkarem^ Qalqilya^ notification will advance of the '"' y said. for more in1 Mining events visit the li!tp://www.ptts SOURCES: Associated Press;ESRI ^ f e s t miiQM Wednesday 10.24.2001 ,11:00 AM-3:00 PM ehner Building Lowry Mays College of Business Come out and learn about different organizations and opportunities tn the business school. Enroll by October 31 st and save $ 100! • Stud celebrate by hostii kgs l heai 1 Men’s swi divii A high MCAT score is critical to admissions success. Take Kaplan and get a higher score. 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