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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
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visit the latter site. Although buildings
were repainted and otherwise sani
tized, samples taken from Kalay-e
showed traces of enriched uranium,
which — at high levels — can be used
to make nuclear warheads.
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
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