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Villas of . Normandy Cherry Hollow ~A”Ar Sq Cross St Cliurdi Si University Cherry St Texas A&M J2i Monday, June 16, 2003 THE BATTALIOS Full Moan by R.DeLuna Rochon Continued from pagel institutions, including a stint at A&M from 19 1 1995, when he was an assist® professor in the Department if Educational Curriculum si Instruction. Rochon is also the inte director of the School Education as well as theassi ate dean for the College Health, Physical Educati Recreation and leads Education at UW-La Crosse. Rodney McClendon, et chair of the search advisop committee for the position,si A&M President Robert \{ Gates and the search committs will review Rochon an other candidates, and ht make a decision by July. Continued from pagel Mideast Continued from page 1 cases of ticking bombs,” a Cabinet official quoted Sharon as saying. Until now, Sharon had reject ed the truce idea out of hand, demanding an immediate crack down on the militants, including arresting their leaders. However, Sharon’s new com ments appeared highly condition al. Until recently, the phrase “ticking bomb” defined a mili tant about to carry out an attack. Then the Israelis widened the definition after a botched effort to assassinate Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi last week, calling him a “ticking bomb.’’That indi cated that even if Hamas agrees to a truce, its leaders might not be safe from Israeli strikes that could rekindle violence. In a reflection of the unpre dictable dynamic of the Mideast conflict, other hopeful signs emerged over the weekend for the so-called “road map” plan, which envisions an end to 32 months of violence and the cre ation of a Palestinian state by 2005. In talks Saturday with Israeli Maj. Gen. Amos Gilad, Dahlan proposed that Israeli troops withdraw from large areas of Gaza to positions held before the outbreak of fighting in September 2000. He asked Israel to pull out of the West Bank towns of Bethlehem and Ramallah, the Palestinians’ administrative center. Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said Sunday he is consid ering a withdrawal from Bethlehem and parts of Gaza and said meetings with the Palestinians would continue. In a first phase, Israel would pull out of the northern Gaza towns of Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya. Despite the talks, Israeli forces entered Beit Hanoun early Sunday, setting off a firefight that killed one Palestinian and wounded seven, doctors said. And U.S. officials, under scoring their nation’s commit ment to the peace plan, arrived in the region to monitor its implementation. The two Egyptian mediators, I am optimistic that all the Palestinian factions will work together. Zakaria al-Agha Fatah leader assistants to Egyptian intelli gence chief Omar Suleiman, arrived in Gaza City on Sunday for cease-fire talks with Palestinian militants, most importantly with the group Hamas. They held a preliminary meeting with top members of Abbas’ mainstream Fatah move ment Sunday afternoon; Fatah also has carried out attacks, despite Abbas’ call for them to stop. Zakaria al-Agha, a senior Fatah leader, said a meeting with all Palestinian groups was planned for Monday. “I am optimistic that all the Palestinian factions will work together,” he said after Sunday’s meeting. The mediators then went for talks at Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin’s house. The renewed violence came after a bloody week in which dozens were killed on both sides in bombings, shootings and mis sile attacks. The violence also spurred intense U.S. mediation to rescue the peace plan, which Bush launched at a June 4 summit in Aqaba, Jordan, with Abbas and Sharon. Bush said Sunday the world must deal harshly with Hamas and other militant groups that he said were trying to sabotage the peace process. He added: “I’m confident we can achieve peace. It’s going to be a tough road, but I am determined to continue to lend the weight of this govern ment to advance peace.” Dov Weisglass, a top Sharon aide, meets U.S. national security adviser Condoleezza Rice on Monday in Washington. Secretary of State Colin Powell and other senior representatives of the road map sponsors — the United States, United Nations, Russia and the European Union — plan to meet Thursday in Jordan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State John Wolf, leading a team of American officials in the region to supervise implementa tion of the road map, will meet with Israeli officials Monday and with Dahlan and Abbas on Tuesday, Israel Radio said. The road map plan calls for Abbas to dismantle militant groups. Israel has demanded a crackdown, but Abbas said he preferred to negotiate a cease fire, fearing a crackdown would lead to civil war. Truce talks broke up a week ago, but Palestinian officials said they were optimistic an agree ment could be reached. Palestinian Information Minister Nabil Amr quoted an Abbas envoy to the talks as saying progress had been made. campus benefit from the syt more than others. “The Rec Center hast heavily involved with the $y> tern’s use because of all of I outdoor activities that goontta. such as intramurals and use pool,” he said. ThorGuard’s system is 11 because it does not wait to deles lightning when it hits, butpredio it before the lighming aci strikes, Steiger said. The sysla measures the ambient electe field in the atmosphere, andwte the count gets too high, con tions are ripe for doud-to-groii lightning, he said. When danger approaches each of the II locations, a If second alarm will sound aoi lights flash. Three 5-secoiiJ blasts signal that the dangerto passed, he said. At that time, if anyone is oiii- doors, they need to get inside,lt said. 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Mecca Continued from page 1 connected to the May 12 suicide bombings on Western residential compounds in the Riyadh that killed 35 people, including nine Americans and nine Saudi suicide bombers. He did not elaborate. The official said the suspects were plan ning to carry out attacks in Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, according to information gath ered during interrogations Sunday. He did not identify any intended targets. The official said Saturday’s violence started when police manning a checkpoint tried to stop a car carrying the militants, who fired on the police, killing two of them, before fleeing to the al-Khalidiya apartment building. The holy city of Mecca, located some 450 miles west of Riyadh, welcomes mil lions of Muslim pilgrims each year. The city is the birthplace of Islam’s seventh-century prophet, Muhammad. Saudi authorities have cracked down on suspected militants since the May 12 bomb ings, which were seen as attacks not just against foreigners but also the ruling Saudi royal family for its close ties to the United States. U.S. and Saudi investigators have been jointly probing the Riyadh bombings, which have been linked to al-Qaida, the Muslim terror network blamed for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks’ on America. Saudi’s interior minister Saturday said at least 30 people have been identified as being linked to the bombings, including people currently in custody and those who died during or fol lowing the attacks. It is unclear how many people have been arrested. On May 31, Yosif Salih Fahd Ala’yeeri was killed in a gunfight with police in the northern Saudi city of Hael. Ala’yeeri was allegedly carrying a letter written by al- Qaida chief Osama bin Laden. Ala’yeeri was among 19 al-Qaida opera tives wanted following the May 6 discovery of a Riyadh weapons cache. The group said to be taking orders directly from Laden and linked to the May 12 bombing; Earlier this month, Saudi authoritieshii announced the arrests of numerous people® Medina, 540 miles west of the capital. Security was unusually tight Su with troops searching cars at checkpoints® Mecca’s outskirts and throughout the Police also patrolled inside and ou Mecca’s Al-Nur hospital, where t wounded Saturday were taken. Abdul Khaliq Raheem Sheik, a50-yeaf old Indian driver being treated for cuts, three masked men holding guns approached him earlier Saturday as washed his employer’s car in al-Khalidiya Sheik said the men demanded he them from the area. When he refused shot the car’s windows, and he was injure^ by flying glass. The three then drove away, leaving Shell behind. It was unclear if they were sought or had been already killed or arrested 11 ■. - , 11 You may qualify for a clinical research study if you have any of the following conditions: AT* NECK OR BACK PAIN? 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