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■ * ' ■' <-'• ■ '■ 5 1 ■. i v, ■ 0m w orship Directory AssenwCy of QocC ‘Episcopal Bethel Temple Assembly of God 2608 Villa Maria, Bryan 776-4835 Sunday Worship 10:15, 6:00 pm Sunday School 9:00 www.startel.net/bethel St. Thomas Episcopal 906 George Bush Dr. • College Station, TX 696-1726 Services - 8:00 (Rite I), 9:00 (Family Service-Rite II) and 11:15 am (Rite ll-for late sleeping Ags) 7:30 p.m. Evensong Next door to Canterbury House, the Episopal Student Center ^Baptist 9slpn- f DenominatwnaC Fellowship Free Will Baptist Church College & Career Class You are invited to a Bible study especially for students. Sunday mornings at 9:45 1228 W. Villa Maria 779-2297 For more information contact Marcus Brewer: 731 -1890 m-brewer@tamu.edu http//www.fellowshipfwb.ora CatfioCic St. Mary’s Catholic Center 603 Church Avenue in Northgate (979)846-5717 www.aaaiecatholic.org Pastoral Team Rev. Michael J. Sis, Pastor Rev. Keith Koehl, Associate Foster Campus Ministers - Deacon Bill Scott, Deacon David Reed, Martha Tonn, Maureen Murray, Dawn Rouen Daily Masses Mon.-Fri.: 5:30 p.m. in the Church Tues. & Thurs.: 12:05 noon in the All Faiths’ Chapel Sat.: 2:00 p.m. (Korean) Weekend Masses Sat.: 5:30 p.m. (English), 7:00 p.m. (Spanish) Sun.: 9:00, 11:00 a.m., 5:30 p.m., and 7:00 p.m. Confessions Wed. 8:30-9:30 p.m.. Sat. 4:00-5:15 p.m. or by appointment. Community (i| Church 111 1551 ►V* Sundays W 10:00am H <§>The Hilton $ Small Groups & meet weekly A 260-1163 v WWW.COMCHURCH.COM EentecostaC Cornerstone Church > Mid Week Small Group Meetings > Sunday Service at 3:00pm on George Bush, just across from campus at the College Station Conference Center. 485-8744 ‘Presbyterian Cfiurcfi of Cfvrist A&M Church of Christ 1901 Harvey Mitchell Pkwy. (979)693-0400 Sunday Assemblies: 8 a.m., 10:30 a.m., Sunday Night: 6 p.m. College Bible Class 9:30 a.m. Mid-Week “Oasis” 7:30 p.m. Aggies for Christ Call for on-campus pick-up info www.aggiesforchrist.org Covenant Presbyterian Church “A welcoming community of faith who reaches out, cares for one another & proclaims the love of Jesus Christ to air 220 Rock Prarie Road (979) 694-7700 G. Thomas Huser - Minister Sunday Service: 8:30 & 11 a.m. Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Aggie Classes: 9:45 Prayer & Praise on Tuesdays: 7:00 p.m. fax: (979) 696-4334 www.covenantpresbyterian.org ‘United Methodist Independent ‘Baptist Texas Avenue Baptist Church 3400 Hwy. 6 South, C.S. (979)696-5972 Sunday: College Bible Study 9:30 a.m., Worship Service 10:30 a.m., Family Worship Service 6:00 p.m. Shuttle van service from campus: leave from Mosher Circle 9 a.m., All Faiths Chapel 9:15 a.m., returns to campus after worship service ~ noon Call Mike for more information 693-5972 A&M United Methodist 417 University Dr. (on Northgate) • 846-8731 Church at 8:30, 9:45, 10:50 College Sunday School 9:30 & 10:45 Sr. Pastor Dr. Jerry Neff am-umc.org To advertise on this page call The Battalion today! 845-2696 W ■ 10 Friday, March 1, 2002 Smoke rises from the city of Balata after Israeli troops attacked two refugee camps ^ Troops went house-to-house in the camps, killing 12 people. Israeli troops storr By Balata refugee camp irhe Fac Hairs com existing gradi Hke course urrently, ■ients who lias s to repeii the first and s BALATA REFUGEE CAMP. West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military attacked two West Bank refugee camps with helicopter gunships, tanks and paratroopers Thursday in a high-stakes attempt to break strongholds of Palestinian militants. An Israeli soldier and 11 Palestinians were killed pushing the Palestinian toll past 1,000 in 17 months of fighting. It was the first time Israeli troops have stormed refugee camps in the current Mideast conflict. The fierce, sustained gunbattles began before dawn and carried on past sundown in the camps, on the edge of Nablus and the fringes of Jenin, Palestinian towns less than 20 miles apart. A 12th Palestinian was shot dead near the southern edge of Jerusalem in heavy exchanges of fire between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen in adjacent towns and villages. By Thursday night, large numbers of Israeli troops had taken over several buildings and hous es, and were going house-to-house in the Balata camp, though there was no sign Palestinian militi amen were prepared to surrender. Altogether, almost 100 Palestinians were injured, hospitals and Palestinian officials said. “The camp is effectively under (Israeli mili tary) control ” said Israeli Col. Avi Cohavi, head of the paratrooper brigade carrying out the opera tion. “It’s completely surrounded, and we are in commanding positions.” Israeli troops have repeatedly entered Palestinian towns and villages in the current fight ing, but Thursday marked the first time large con tingents of soldiers entered the camps, where mili tants have taken refuge amid densel} pad es that line narrow streets, making their,. ble to Israeli tanks and other armored ver. The fighting came a day after Saudi A: sented its new peace initiative at th; Nations. Under the proposal, the Ars would make peace w ith Israel in exchar. Israeli w ithdrawal from ilje territories it in the 1967 Mideast war. But the daily bloodletting has urc repeated international attempts to ai cease-fire, and the scope of the Israeli a: gested Prime Minister Ariel Sharon'i ment was intent on delivering a major Palestinian militants. In Washington, Stat Richard Boucher said respected Israel’s right “especially concerned” refugee camps. “Every avoid harm to civilians.' Palestinian gunmen would not dare send soldiers into the, fear the troops would take heavy casual The military said the Balata and bv.' camps were strongholds of Palestine^ and Thursday’s operation was intend?: “there is no refuge for terror.” Israeli security sources, speaking one of anonymity, said Balata was largeied four recent Palestinian attacks have been by leaders of the AI Aqsa Brigades milit camp, which is also believed to holdahu of weapons. e Department sp the Bush adm: to defend itself, about the tnoit effort should be ' he said, had boasted th their transc ;liri mate ( gm :iess. a reta-. up i credit for tl ('lun i\u I assi tant dt engineerin' the commi tages and c fep'lie abi within the fotgivenes' return som “It woi control par PfThc pla execute. B1 to be a co and faculty retake a co |tu< dies acci By I T NEWS IN BRIEF Cubans stay in Embassy, will not receive Mexican visas HAVANA (AP) — Twenty-one Cubans remained holed up in the Mexican Embassy on Thursday after plowing through the gates with a stolen bus. Cuba's government blamed an exile-run U.S. government radio station for repeatedly quoting a Mexican offi cial as saying the embassy's doors “are open." Mexican Foreign Secretary Jorge Castaneda said Thursday his words had been taken out of context by “radicals” in Miami who "no doubt wanted to use, to distort, my declarations." He said Mexican officials were trying to persuade the Cubans to leave, and they had not sought asy lum. Castaneda also indicated it was unlikely they would get Mexican visas. Mexico has asked Cuba to bring in "a large deployment of public forces” to prevent an event ■Brittany cultural de like the one Wednesday night from hapkilled Sund again, Castaneda told Radio Red in Mwc-Staie Highw "We will not permit it." HPage wa; There were 21 Cuban men inside the rnclpass zon Thursday, other Mexican officials said oncc'Bntered her they not be named. They described the sitDepartment inside as “calm" and said the Cubans hadre:swerved int< food and medical attention. collided wii In a statement Thursday, Fidel Castro's ?her, officials ment called the reports from Radio Marti a: None of provocation" that led listeners to believepar she col Mexico would grant refuge to any Cuba r Page was fr< showed up. Operated largely by Cuban exiles in Miami/ Marti beams anti-Castro news, talk showsand: programs to the island. 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