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6 Thursday, March 6, 2003 NEWS THE BATTALI05 Bomb kills By Eitan Hess-Ashkenaz THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAIFA, Israel — A bomber blew himself up aboard a bus filled with students in Haifa, located in northern Israel Wednesday, killing at least 16 people and injuring 55. The blast spread blood-splattered debris throughout a prosperous hilltop neighbor hood, ending a two-month lull in suicide bombings. Floodlights cast an eerie glow on the scene, illuminating the charred bus skeleton. The explo sion blew off the bus roof, shattered all its win dows and toppled nearby palm trees. The attack came days after the establishment of a new hard-line government in Israel and a gov ernment pledge to step up military strikes against militant strongholds in the Gaza Strip. Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in more than two weeks of raids, including at least 10 civilians. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called an emer gency meeting of senior Cabinet ministers late Wednesday to discuss the Haifa bombing. Bus No. 37 was packed with students from Haifa University when it stopped in the hilltop neighbor hood of Carmelia at 2:17 p.m. to let off passengers. “I suddenly heard an explosion,” said bus driver Marwan Damouni, who was treated at a hospital. “I tried to move, to see if there were 16 in Haifa wounded. I couldn't hear anything because of the force.” The bomb was laden with metal shrapnel for greater dead! i ness, according to Police Commissioner Shlomo Aharonishki. Crime lab technicians were investigating, but early reports said the blast was caused by 130 pounds of explosives, which would make it one of the most powerful attacks. Rescue workers and police said they believed one of the 16 dead was the bomber. Dozens were seriously injured, including among them inno cent passers-by. Ovadia Saar, who was driving a bus just behind the one that was attacked, said he saw “the back of the bus fly into the air, and the win dows blew out and a great cloud of dust covered the bus.” “I got out and ran toward the bus. It was a hor rible sight. There were a few bodies in the street,” he said. “Those we saw breathing, we evacuated.” There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, just as Israel’s new hard-line govern ment is stepping up its offensive against Hamas mil itants in Gaza and as the Palestinian Authority con siders far-reaching reforms. Abdel Aziz Rantisi, a spokesman for Hamas, praised the bombing but did not claim responsi bility for the act. Getting the boot Randai. Ford • THE BATTALION Austin resident Carol Koenig takes a look at President George Bush at the Legends of a collection of boots owned by former the West exhibit Wednesday afternoon. 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The Antiquities Authority set up two commissions of archaeologists, geologists and language experts to study the box, which bears the inscrip tion, “James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus,” and which Israeli and French scholars believe dates to somewhere between A.D. 50-70. The New Testament identi fies James as Jesus’ “brother” and the leader of Jerusalem’s early Christians, although dif ferent faiths vary on how close ly the two were related. It was unclear where the box was found. Its Israeli owner, Oded Golan has said he doesn’t remember the name of the antiq uities dealer he bought it from for $200 in the 1970s in Jerusalem’s A&M center And Bears. The Aggie Swir By Je THE B, Old City. Golan showed Ik ossuary to a French Andre Lemaire, who revealed Ik intriguing finding in Novemberi' the Biblical Archaeologies Review magazine. Since then, experts raised the possibility Ik inscription did not refer In Jesus of Nazareth or phrase about Jesus might ta been forged. Geological Survey found till the patina on the stone itidi cates the letters were engrave; in ancient times and were no tampered with. The mention of a brotheror ossuaries was very rare a indicate this particular very important, Lemaire believe Protestants traditionally res; the New Testament as meanir; Mary gave birth to Jesus as virgin and then had James,tipt other sons and at least Jw daughters with Joseph. In accord with church fathers writings after the New Testamer: era, the Eastern Orthodox an; Roman Catholics teach of Man “perpetual virginity,” whici means she and Joseph never ha; marital relations. The Orthodox think Jos had James by his first wife, after she died he married N — whose only child was the vir gin-born Jesus. Thus, believe, James was Jesus brother. Time is ru 2002-2003 sea A&M men’s schedule that b< come to its ci weeks at Championships Swim Center c Texas at Austin Starting to grounds in v Championships NEWS IN BRIEF Brothers orphaned in plane crash seek home ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Hundreds of people have ottered to taker three orphaned brothers who survived a plane crash on a frigid mo# tainside and the boys' condition was upgraded Wednesday from c# cal to serious. Offers to provide a home for the Ferris boys - Ryan, 2, Jordan, 5, Tyler, 10 — were pouring in, but Smith said they will live with relal in upstate New York once they're well enough to leave the hospit The family of seven was returning home to Swanzey, N.H., fro Florida vacation Sunday when their single-engine Piper Cherokee Sii slammed into a snow-covered mountain in southwesteir Massachusetts. 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