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IN BOXES, WORLD BRIEFS
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The rumor that a suicide bomber
had been spotted within a crowd of Shiite Muslims
making a pilgrimage to a holy mosque north of
Baghdad created a panic that resulted in the deaths of
over 800 Iraqis.
The mass of pilgrims had been journeying toward
the mosque only three hours before when they had
fallen victim to a mortar attack that had killed seven
and wounded 36,
The throng of thousands had reached the middle of
the Al-A’imma Bridge when cries rang out that there
was a suicide bomber among them. Tterrctr swept die
crowd as the entire congregation attempted to evacu
ate the area at once.
Reports indicate that several dozen people, pre
dominantly women and children, were crushed and
killed as the stampeding crowd tried desperately to
SGA holds first meeting of
By Patrick Webster
staff writer
The first meeting of the 2005-2006
Student Government Association
( SGA) was held on Wednesday, August
31. 2005 in Room 114 of the Reed
Union Building. The meeting was
called to order at 5:21 p.m. with
Alexander Henderson presiding.
The first order of business for the
meeting was introductions. Every
member in attendance introduced
themselves by name and major before
the rest of the meeting was permitted to
continue. There were no comments in
the student forum and no old business
to attend to.
SG A President Alexander Henderson
opened the meeting by welcoming
everyone and reminded those attending
that there are four freshmen senators
and two interim representative posi-
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tions still available that needed to be
filled. He also announced that SGA
training will be held on September 7.
The President introduced a new pro
gram inherited from University Park
called FRESH START. This is a new
community service program that targets
freshmen, transfer students and change
of-assignment students who are new to
the campus. The goal of the program is
to get new students involved in the
communtiy and with each other.
The first meeting regarding this pro
gram will be held on September 24.
The Counsel of Commonwealth
Student Government meeting, which is
an all-branch campus meeting of every
SGA across the Penn State system, is
being held on September 23-24.
Henderson noted that volunteers to
attend the meeting are still needed.
SGA Advisor Ken Miller said that he
is proud to be associated with the SGA
off with Their College IDs
escape the perceived threat. Matters only worsenet
as people packed more and more closely together it
their attempt to escape the bridge.
Eventually, the support rails on one aide of th<
bridge collapsed, sending hundreds of Iraqis falling
over 90 feet to their deaths in the waters of die Tigris
River;' ■
When questioned about the causes of the deadly
stampede, senior Iraqi Army officials pointed out sev
eral main causes, including the prior deadly mortal
attack, which caused a feeling of uneasiness in the
crowd. Also noted were the fixed security measures,
such as barbed wire and barricades, which matte a
quick exit from the bridge nearly impossible undei
the panicked circumstances.
Prime Minister Ibrahim Al-Jaafari has declared
national three-day period of mourning and is urgir
his countrymen to think and act in the greater intei
of all Iraq.
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again and is looking forward to work
ing with the new administration. He
also noted that the first Student Activity
Fund deadline was September 19. Any
organizations that wish to request fund
ing for university-sponsored activities
must apply before that date. He also
strongly suggests the use of the new
Behrend online events calendar for
clubs and groups to use.
Motion to adjourn thet meeting was
passed at 5:42 p.m.
There were few council and
club/organization reports made at the
meeting this week. The first substantial
SGA meeting will be held next week,
September 7
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lOME, Italy - The UN has issued a
iisease warning of birds infected
ir'ith avian flu in Asia that may soon
aigrate to areas in Europe.
Russian agencies have recently
elected several strains of avian flu
n the province of Siberia. It is sus
pected that it arrived there from
jirds moving from the well-known
ivian flu outbreaks in southern Asia.
From there, chances are good that
it may spread by bird migration to
other areas in Europe, across the
Black and Caspian Seas. The Food
and Agriculture Administration fur
ther noted that it could spread south
to the Middle East in general, and
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BEUING, China - The
government media appa
ratus in the People’s
Republic of China
recently made highly
critical remarks over new
United States quota poli
cies limiting
the growth of imports
from China’s booming
textile industry into the
U.S.
The new regulations,
unpopular with China’s
clothing production
industry and large US
discount stores alike,
were imposed upon the
expiration of worldwide
quota systems on
January 1.
Many of China’s argu
ments stem from its posi
tion that the United
State&is highly selective
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and Azerbaijan specifically, 1
currently clean countries sucl
Bangladesh and India now at rial
While roughly 60 human de
have been reported due to this st
of avian flu worldwide and is
easily transmitted amongst W
mals, international officials m
tain that the disease could motat
any time to a more virulent ft
Furthermore, avian flu is deadl;
most birds, including the poultry
waterfowl that many countries
people use as a main source of t
food supply.
with its ideals o;
Trade, and, in this case,
the deliberate protection
of certain US jobs that
cannot compete with the
lower cost of Chinese
imports.
"Trade protectionism
has incurred huge costs
for Chinese textile pro
ducers," says the editori
al section of the govern
ment-run China Daily
newspaper.
“Protectionism is a
lose-lose deal for both
sides in international
trade while undermining
the global effort to build
a free and fair trade
order."
This trade dispute
comes at a time that is of
significant political
importance to both the
United States and China.
China, which is
depending on the gcfflUn- ~.
exports to further
growth of its ef
economy at a
rate, needs die cash
enue generated to
further strengthen
economy and nati
infrastructure.
The US, on the i
hand, now has a i
deficit of over $1612
lion with China,
highest trade deficit
any oik country in h
*y-
Representatives f
each government are
in deliberation, tryia
work out a new
ment in the manor,.