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| Global update | Today >1^ High: 72 Low: 48 Precip: 0% Thursday -n\ High: 72 Low: 48 Precip: 0% H High: 78 Low: 48 Precip: 20% IN BRIEF Kidnappers release seven hostages in Iraq BAGHDAD, Iraq — Kidnappers re leased two Italian aid workers and five other hostages Tliesday, raising hopes for at least 18 foreigners still in captivity. But insurgents showed no sign of easing their blood-soaked campaign against the U.S. presence in Iraq, staging a show of defiance in Samarra and striking twice with deadly force in Basra. It was unclear what prompted the two separate groups of kidnappers to release the hostages, of whether any ransom had been paid. Strong earthquake rocks central California PARKFIELD, Calif. — A strong earthquake struck Central California on Tliesday that was felt from San Francisco to the Los Angeles area. There were no immediate reports of injuries. The quake, which struck at 10:15 a.m. PDT, had a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 and was centered seven miles southeast of Parkfield, the town known as California's earth quake capital, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The area is 21 miles northeast of Paso Robles, scene of an earthquake that killed two peo ple in December. Hamas signals challenge to unseat Arafat RAMALLAH, West Bank — Pales tinians marked the fourth anniver sary of their uprising Tliesday amid signs that the extremist Hamas group is preparing a political challenge to Yasser Arafat despite a series of Is raeli military blows at the move ment's leadership. Hamas published newspaper ads urging supporters to vote in upcoming municipal elec tions, saying "it's time for change." A top Hamas leader indicated the group might try to unseat Arafat in presi dential elections, which have not yet been scheduled. Crude oil prices surpass $50 per barrel Crude oil surpassed $50 a barrel for the first time and analysts said Tliesday that prices could keep rising because of a sharp rise in global de mand, tight supplies and threats to output in petroleum-producing na tions such as Iraq and Nigeria. Homeowners and energy-intensive industries could feel the sting from high oil prices worsen as seasonal de mand picks up this winter. Soil samples show no nuclear activity in Iran VIENNA, Austria — Initial tests of soil samples have revealed no signs of nuclear activities at a site in north ern Iran that the United States says Tehran could have used to run secret uranium enrichment programs, diplomats said Tliesday. However, the diplomats, who spoke on condition of anonymity, warned that the investigation of the Lavizan Shiyan site was not com plete. “We have still not looked at all re sults” of environmental sampling, one diplomat said. The International Atomic Energy Agency is investigating nearly two decades of covert nuclear activity by Iran. Tehran maintains its program is meant to generate electricity, but the United States claims it is a weapons program. U.S. officials have linked the alleged razing of Lavizan Shiyan to the exten sive remodeling of the Kalay-e Electric Co., just west of Tehran, two years ago before U.N. inspectors were allowed to on Resource Conservation Information for Students and Staff Ten TniWr You Car? Pc To Reduce UO'f tffvifohhient^l Thibet T Report Wasted Energy and Water Contact Facilities Services at 346-2293 to report any drips lights left on. j2L Reduce Paper Use Turn Off Lights When Not In Use ^ Turn Off Monitor When Not In Office Or Room tj Buy Products Containing Recycled Material / €1 Bike, Walk, Carpool, Or Take The Bus Remember, LTD is FREE to the UO Community... Just show your UO I.D. 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Nigerian militia threatens oil production LAGOS, Nigeria — Militiamen try ing to wrest control of the oil-rich Niger Delta threatened on Ttiesday to launch a “full-scale armed strug gle” on petroleum-pumping opera tions in Africa’s largest crude oil producing nation, urging foreign oil workers to leave the region. A military spokesman, however, called the threats “empty.” Major oil companies played the warnings down, saying they won’t seriously affect exports and issuing no orders to pull out. The threats, nevertheless, helped push world oil prices to historic highs of $50 per barrel Tliesday. Nigeria is the world’s seventh largest exporter and the fifth-biggest source of U.S. oil imports. “Any part of Nigeria, wherever we have the opportunity to strike any target, we will strike,” said mili tia leader Moujahid Dokubo-Asari, who heads the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force. Dokubo-Asari, seen as a folk hero by many poor residents who complain they’ve never shared in the country’s oil wealth, said for eign workers will be considered targets as of Oct. 1 — the 44th an niversary of Nigeria’s independence from Britain. — The Associated Press Life is f, ar more Beautiful and dangerous tkan / you ve oeen been told... 020164 Phone: 968.I066 http://www.ccceugene.com /Vlihe./\lverts@uscm.org c ? urious^ ^Wednesdays Burhe-Griffith Hall 12th Sc Kincaid 7:30 pm 12th St. 13th St.
