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'.{Setwfeh the Suit Club onci Audio Video) Call 979-764-8786 for an appointment. 8 WOR Wednesday, February 25, 2004 THE BATTALIA Earthquake strikes northeai Morocco killing hundreds By Ali Naji THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AL HOCEIMA, Morocco — A powerful earthquake devastat ed an isolated, picturesque region of northern Morocco on Tuesday, killing more than 300 people as they slept, injuring at least 600 and laying ruin to vil lages that suffered for decades under government neglect. Rescuers with pick axes and sniffer dogs were searching for survivors trapped under the rub ble of their fragile mud-and- stone homes, which crumbled easily in the 6.5-magnitude tem blor. Victims were most likely women, children and the elderly because men in the region tend to emigrate to the Netherlands and Germany in search of work, said Mohammed Ziane, a for mer human rights minister. The quake, which rattled apartment buildings as far away as southern Spain, destroyed rural communities near the coastal city of A1 PORTUGAL Atlantic Ocean Magnitude 6.5 quake killed at least 300 Western Sahara MAURI7 SOURCES: ESRI; USGS; Associated Press Hoceima, a hideaway tucked between the Rif Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea that draws European tourists with its sandy beaches. Selaam Bennaissa, a farmer who lives in Ait Daoud, 12 miles from A1 Hoceima, said he was home when the quake struck at 2:27 a.m., and barely escaped before his house came crashing down. “Fortunately it didn't fall on me,” he said. He estimated about 90 percent of the in his village collapsed. Authorities were scramblim reach about a half-dozen villages, including Ait 1 Tamassint and Imzourn, wl* 36,000 people live. Josephine Shields of International Committee of Red Cross, citing civil defem officials in A1 Hoceima, saidi| heard reports that Ait Kamara village of 6,000 — was destroy) Rescuers reported difficult getting to the stricken area mountain foothills and sent by narrow, poor roads. As tin arrived, they found corpstt some families already buried their dead. French LC1 television si men with pick axes chipping fe way through debris left by fir tened buildings — while used their bare hands — to dys reach trapped victims. More than 200 relief wort® from the Moroccan Crescent were at the scent along with helicopters with emergency supplies. Rebels threaten Haiti’s capit< as Aristide appeals for help By Mark Stevenson THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s president urgently appealed for the world’s help Tuesday to avert a bloodbath and a new exodus of boat people as rebels threatened the capital. Despite last-ditch diplomacy, an opposition coalition rejected a U.S.- backed peace plan. Supporters of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide armed with old rifles and pistols built junkpile barri cades blocking the road into Port-au-Prince, setting some of the barriers ablaze with burning tires. The opposition rejected a peace plan that would have kept Aristide as president, but with diminished powers and compelled to share gov ernment with his rivals. “We sent our position (paper) and a signed let ter saying no to the proposal,” opposition leader Paul Denis told The Associated Press. He said the letters from the Democratic Platform were deliv ered to David Lee of Canada, the Organization of American States representative in Haiti. “There will be no more delays. Our answer remains the same. Aristide must resign,” said Maurice Lafortune, president of the Haitian Chamber of Commerce that is a member of the Democratic Platform, following a coalition meeting. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Monday had asked the opposition leaders to delay their for mal response for 24 hours — until 5 p.m. Tuesday — and opposition leaders said he had sought to assure them that the international community would call for Aristide to step down if he did not honor any agreement. Aristide appeals for help President Jean-Bertrand Aristide appealed for the world to come to Haiti’s aid on Tuesday. V. In the meantime, the rebels say they'll CUBA re f«ct a proposed peace plan. CUBA JAMAICA ■Hi Pon-de-Paix , 30 km Gonaives Rebels set up a base in this. Haiti's fourth largest city, and claimed they were going to set up a second in Cap-Haitien. Cap-Haitien St Marc s H A Port-au-Prlnca O* Aetugw* 32 Haitian boalpeof* landed in Hmche _ Jamaica#! Monday, bnngmgiof! thenumta who arms! there In tie pasUOaii Toossami Louvertm V 1 Mirebalaa International Alipat Carribhcan Sea Port-au-Prlnca opp An attack was unMkely Tuesday a> rebels spent the night searching tor gwemment/ forces m other parts of the country. The seeds of discontent Renewed protests against Aristide began in September * rtsW3asts 2003 between police and government opponents who rtemafaal want to bring attention to people desperate to escape community Haiti's politics and poverty for help 15 22 fig 2001 a Gi F kit no not sig ,a have a tad re' ter, as dayso yet. Al last ye ness is As consid »kre grade great f ceptis vear’s The ment. when I ontths loreta »alk< Thi policy February 8 Fab. S, 2004 Rebels seize control of Gonaives Fob.16 Exiled soldiers return and seize the strategic town of Hlncho. Feb.21 International delegation visits but leaves without any agreement. Feb. 22 Ftb.23 Rebels seize SOUS. Cap-Haitien. Matinesamn in Poit-au- Prince to protect the U S. Embassy SOURCES Associated Press; ESRI S. Hoflmann, J. Setwtsili The neighboring Dominican Republic sent 1,21 extra troops to patrol its border with Haiti, saidif- tary spokesman Col. Juan Julio Tejeda Maderahi declined to provide the total number of troops attk 225-mile border and said he didn’t expect a influx of refugees, “but we are ready.” lei) nie rti ■ Pers lure! Spring Cleaning Sale ^ Aggie Unlimited Off - Campus in Aggieland www.diopaggieland.com Northgate Culpepper Plaza Village Center Post Oak Mall ' AT J I £ 1 J 9 ALL Merchandise. Take 20% off the ticketed price of all merchandise in stock until March 14th. This otter does not combine with other coupons or discounts other than those where the merchandise has been reduced on the price tag. Most sweats and many women's clothes have previously been marked down 40% on the tag. Take an additional 20% with this otter. All in stock items quality in any department, including textbooks, calculators, and school supplies. 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