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^Wholesale Diamonds GIA & EGL Certified ' 10% Discount with this I 1 Largest ^ I Stock in the Brazos Valley When traveling to: A&M Sporting Events * George Bush Library * Post Oak Mall The Place to Stay is: Marino Road RV Park 549 Marino Road Bryan, Texas 77808 (979)778-3767 www.marinoroadrv.com 65 Sites - 32 Level Pull-thru • Full Hook-ups 30/50 Amps Clean Restroom & Showers • Dump Station Big Rigs & Slide-outs • Public Phone Laundry ‘Country Atmosphere % r :ount~-^ wiih 8A W, Thursday, April 3, 2003 THE BAWORLD HE BAT Journalists recount week in Ir say they feared for their lives^ John D Huntley p Class of ‘79 313 B. South College Ave H College Station, TX 77840 (979) 846-8916 Since 1972 Safety Awareness & Self S' i j Defense Class for Women PRESENTED BY: BRAZOS C0UNTY RAPE CRISIS CENTER Date: Thursday, April 3, 2003 • Time: 6.00 p.m -9.00 p.m. Location: St. Joseph Parish Hall, 600 East 26th St., Bryan <8 Facility donated by St. Joseph Catholic Church- Plenty of Seating Available FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 731-1000 MONDAY THRU FRIDAY • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM By Shafika Mattar THE ASSOCIATED PRESS From Rudder to Carnegie! Shortly after their performance in Rudder Auditorium, the musicians will head to NYC to answer a concert invitation from Carnegie Hall. AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Four journalists expelled by Baghdad said Wednesday they feared for their lives “every sec ond” they were held in Iraq’s most notorious prison. Newsday correspondent Matt McAllester, 33, and photogra pher Moises Saman, 29, were set free Tuesday after being held for a week in Abu Ghraib prison, along with Molly Bingham, a freelance photographer from Louisville, Ky., and Danish free lance photographer Johan Rydeng Spanner. Their expulsion came amid a growing crackdown on foreign journalists in Baghdad. The popular Arab satellite channel Al-Jazeera announced Thursday that Iraq was expelling one of its reporters from Baghdad and bar ring another from reporting, forcing the station to suspend live broadcasts from Iraq. The Iraqi government also expelled an Australian and a South African reporter Tuesday and detained two journalists working for the Sydney newspa per The Australian. In Amman, McAllester told reporters Wednesday he feared for his life “every second.” “From the time we realized we were being taken to prison until the time we crossed the border into Jordan, we felt our lives were in danger,” said McAllester, who is British. “We had no idea what they were going to do to us,” Bingham said. “They kept blindfolding us and taking us away. Everyday it was a ques tion of, ‘Are they going to kill me or are they just going to ask me more questions?"’ The group had been held since March 25, according to Newsday’s managing editor, Charlotte Hall. An American peace activist, Philip Latasha, was expelled with the journal ists. All five were in good health when they reached Amman on Tuesday. The journalists said Iraqi authorities searched their hotel rooms and drove them to Abu Ghraib prison, where they were separated and given prison clothes and two blanki Iraqi opposition gr k hundreds of political 4 have been executed p y years at Abu Ghraib, a prison in the Arab wori: "Over the nexi fo ihey .,,«i»>. he |>hi| over. Bingham sani rdeivd .., lo sign papers. . ts aflor Pat THE ASS MANIL/ She said she did Ve jj nesday why she was arrested. /hai . t in th work for m> )av; k,,,,, another government. I . ac i lu | m g tvs ed to do stones abot ^orty pec people,” she said. tie blast, the Saman, of Barcelor.ess than a rr said: “ I hey asked nx yogid have kind of pictures I wasLiatic'ii was i was involved with art Jert for te intelligence service aid w as the purpose of me The govt Baghdad at such a time ook ing foi The journalists Match 4 bit edged they were breai>n a Muslir rules b> covering th<ns ,onn ^ m , L ’ ^ entering the countn a; nc * uc *' n y an Spanner said he apfJD'’ at eral times for a jounu ur P 0,t - ^hn and decided to enter h vo “ , '^ e( f‘ when President™ lllt ^ l1 ^ tourist W. Bush gave his 48-ii-?^ matum before the war '* NEWS IN BRIEF Tobacco companies sue California, say ads vilify industry on Moro or ! Wednesday' lenied respc 'io|is one. P?fhe attac iebate over loops in the SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Two tobacco companies are suing California, saying the state’s anti-smoking TV ads unfairly vilify their industry. The counterattack follows a series of multi- billion-doilar jury awards against beleaguered cigarette makers, which are trying to cope with a nationwide sales decline. The lawsuit, filed in federal court late Tuesday by R.J. Reynolds and Lorillard, alleges California’s ads unfairly influence potential jurors who may be asked to rule related lawsuits. One ad shows children in a school ya Philippines, ing cigarettes that are raining down insurgents h with a narrator saying: "We have to ;mment for rettes to your children. That’s why we President < rettes near your schools.” | H I ho ;uls m.ikc (■alifornians prejudicttl| tobacco companies before they even sie: courtroom, said Ellen Matthews, a DD/~ : n ,, woman lor R.l Reynolds, (ho nation’s 1° largest cigarette manufacturer. “It's been an ad campaign for more years and it’s infiltrated every segmflim media in California,” she said. one British injured anotl Kaveh G< eraman for tl Cowboys With A Cause Presents istAmml on the mine ; of Kifrey, th< ’ Producer IN THE T&McYateMe/t PASTURE T“ IF?, •! | Q29 Yrj !Vf i.j «=; | COOK TEAMS MAY CALL 776-121 Friday, April 4th F0R M0RE INFORMATION r Endochine - 5 PM Kitty Spankworthy - 7 PM Feeding 5000 - 9 PM Snook Rodeo Asne Party Hadden Sayers -11 PM Starts at 4 PM Ends at 12 AM Located 1 Mile east from Snook Rodeo Ae; | turn (FM 3058). kggielandVol home, D • Snook LOOKFOi Saturday April 5th Dub Miller ■ 11 AM Six Bridges • 1 PM Seth James ■ 3 PM Danni Leigh ■ 5 PM ThrowAway People ■ 7 PM Zero to Fear-9 PM Starts at 11 AM Ends at 1 AM u THE TOWB Hwy 60 # College Station BEER ★★★ FOOD ★★★ Parkin! $10 per car MaysColh Scholar ISC Market Invitational I President, h President C President, 1st Annual Bring a Lawn Chair! 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