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Attempted Papal assassin freed
Iti 1 \NBI'L. Turku: Mehmet Ali Agca. the man who attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II
neitrl 25 N ears ago. was freed Thursday from a prison in Turkey.
The attach. which occurred on May 13, 1981. sent shockwaves through the Catholic world when
Agca shot the Pope se‘eral times at point Hank range. Agca was apprehended immediately, and
the Pope stirs al the attack.
The Pope publicly forgave his would-he assassin only three days after the attempt took place,
and Agca has since become a devout Christian who claims he will "write the new Bible." At his
trial in 1981. Agca claimed that he was fulfilling a prophecy given by the Virgin Mary to the chil
dren of Fatima, Portugal. To the surprise of many, the Vatican confirmed his claim 14 years later.
and that he had acted by the prophecy.
Agca's family was glad to have him hack after being pardoned by the Italian government.
"We are happy. We endlessly thank the Turkish state," said his brother, Adnan.
U.S. joins European calls for action against Iran
BERLIN. Germany: The United States joined its allies in Europe today in asking for Iran to be
referred to the UN Security council after the government broke UN seals on its nuclear technology
and resumed development.
U.S. Secretary of State ('ondoleezza Rice said on Thursday that the U.S. joined the European
Union "and many other members of the international community in condemning the Iranian gov
ernment's deliberate escalation of this issue."
The Iranian government maintains that the technologies in question are being researched for the
sole purposes of power generation and "peaceful uses."
"Nuclear research officially resumed at sites agreed upon with (U.N.) inspectors," said Mohammed
Saeedi, an Iranian spokeman.
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan expressed his concerns with the Iranian government in a
phone call earlier this week.
"Basically, 1 called him to urge him to avoid any escalation, to exercise restraint, to go back to
give the negotiations a chance, and that the only viable solution lies in a negotiated one," he said.
"He. in turn, affirmed to me that they are interested in serious and constructive negotiations, but
within a time frame. indicating that last time they did it for two-and-a-half years with no result."
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov of Russia, which had been building a nuclear reactor in Iran to
provide power without further Iranian research, shared the feelings of the United States and the
European Union expressing "a deep disappointment over Tehran's decision to leave behind the
moratorium on all activities tied with uranium enrichment, resuming research work in this sphere."
These actions marked the end of over two years of effort by the EU to dissuade Iran from continu-
ing nuclear research
REDO getting closer to
By Keith Richard Golenthiewski
staff writer
kr.gso23(Opsu.edu
Construction on the newest
building on the campus of Penn
State Erie is nearly complete.
College officials say that construc
tion of the 530 million Research
and Development ('enter (REDO)
building should he finished by Feb.
15. Funds for the project were sup
plied by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania through a grant.
The university had been present
ing the project to the
Commonwealth for nearly I 0 years.
Alter years of planning, the project
finally began and construction start
ed on Feh. 28, 2004. College offi
cials say the main goal of this proj
ect is to provide students with a
facility to enhance their education.
The REDC will host the new
School of Engineering and
Technology and the School of
Business. Consisting of three total
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classrooms in it than any other
building currently on campus.
Since the building is built on a
slope, the ground floor is dedicated
to two large lecture halls and a com
puter lab.
Wireless Internet will be avail
able in the two lecture halls and
elsewhere throughout the building.
The first floor has a computer lab,
seven additional classrooms and
engineering lags. Food services will
also be offered on the first floor via
the cyber cafe. Similar to the opera
tion of the coffee shop inside
Brunos, the cafe will offer pack
aged sandwiches, snacks and a
quick refreshment. Common areas
will give students the opportunity to
grab a snack or a quick conversa
tion with a friend.
Offices will occupy the second
floor, along with a view of the new
lab. The lab is two stories high and
allows students on the second floor
to look down into the lab and view
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the cranes. This lab will provide
students with new technology and a
large working space to gain impor
tant hands on work experience.
Classroom sizes are about the
same size as the current classrooms
on campus, which hold about 30 to
40 students per class. Each of the
two lecture halls can individually
hold 48 students per class. With a
convenient location, students will
be able to access the new buildi,
fairly easy. For example student
who reside in the apartments wi
merely have to walk downhill
class.
Where to park? John Rea
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Operations, expects a shift in par]
ing. "We have been building par]
ing over at the Junker Center
anticipation of the building corm'
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Governor Schwarzenegger injured in motorcycle accident
LOS ANGELES. California: Arnold Schwarzenegger, governor of California, was in a motorcycle acci
dent Wednesday with his 12-year-old son after failing to successfully navigate a curving mountain road.
Governor Schwarzenegger ended up with 15 stitches and a political punch in the gut. but the city decide(
not to press charges despite discovering the fact that the governor does not have a motorcycle license.
"The city attorney will not file any charges," said Officer Grace Brady, spokeswoman for the Los
Angeles Police Department. Despite concluding that he was unlicensed to operate the vehicle, the depart
ment "cannot go hack and cite the governor because we did not witness the driving."
When asked why he has driven motorcycles for years without appropriate licenses, Governor
Schwarzenegger said, "I never thought about it."
The State of California also decided not to pursue legal action, claiming that since he was driving with a
sidecar, the motorcycle may not he considered a motorcycle. State Department of Motor Vehicles
spokesman Mike Miller said that since the state laws made no specific mention that a motorcycle with a
sidecar is still considered a motorcycle, he didn't need to be licensed.
"From our perspective. there is no violation," Miller said.
Asian Bird Flu pandemic threatens Turkey
TOKYO. Japan: Turkey has reported more new human cases of the Avian Flu in recent weeks and the
World Health Organization (WHO) claims that the threat of a pandemic is growing daily.
Shigeru Omi, a regional director for WHO, said that the main threat for widespread human contagion
still remained in Asia but steps needed to be taken to contain the disease.
"As the new cases of human infection with the HSNI virus in Turkey show, the situation is worsening
with each passing month and the threat of an influenza pandemic is continuing to grow every day." he
told a conference centering on the disease in Tokyo on Thursday.
Experts claim that the longer the virus remains in poultry flocks, the better the chances are that it will
evolve into a strain more seriously threatening to humans. So far, 147 cases of Avian Flu have been con
firmed in humans, with 78 of those being fatal, leading to a human mortality rate of over 53%, and with
one recent death under investigation.
However, WHO officials maintained that there is "no reason to panic," despite the recent spread to
Europe and reports that it may be transferring to humans more easily, and that more steps can be taken
now to help halt its spread.
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