Bomb: Iraq's interior minister says attacks were 'definitely coordinated'
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Thursday, according to a statement
posted on a militant Web site.
The authenticity of the statement
could not be verified, and it was un
clear whether the three “heroic oper
ations” it cites — attacks on a govern
ment complex and “a convoy of
invading forces” — included the
bombs that killed the children.
The U.S. military said American
soldiers were taking part in the cele
bration but that no convoy was pass
ing through the area.
Deputy Interior Minister Gen. Hus
sein Ali Kamal said intense military
pressure on insurgents holed up in
Fallujah, west of Baghdad, was forc
ing them to turn their bombs on the
capital. He said the day’s attacks
were “definitely coordinated.”
“They are killing citizens and
spreading horror. They have no aims
except killing as many Iraqis as they
can,” Kamal told The Associated
Press. American jets, tanks and ar
tillery units have repeatedly targeted
al-Zarqawi’s followers in Fallujah, as
coalition forces seek to assert control
over insurgent enclaves ahead of
elections slated for January.
After the bombings at the
government-sponsored celebration in
the capital, Yarmouk Hospital re
ceived 42 bodies, including 35 chil
dren, said Dr. Azhar Zeid. The hospi
tal also treated 131 wounded, 72 of
them under age 14, added Dr. Mo
hammed Salaheddin.
Some of the children, who are near
the end of a nationwide school vaca
tion, said they were attracted to the
neighborhood celebration by Ameri
can soldiers handing out candy.
“The Americans called us. They
told us: ‘Come here, come here,’
asking us if we wanted sweets. We
went beside them, then a car ex
Abroad: UO
program has
new options
The annual study abroad
fair will be held in the EMU
Fir Room on Nov. 17 from
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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number of professional internships
offered overseas. IE3 — internation
al education, experience, employ
ment — internships allow students
to gain credits and professional
experience.
These internships are available in
different private-sector companies,
nonprofit or
ganizations BETHERE
and . educa
tional institu
tions around
the world,
according
to Oregon’s IE3 Web site, ie3glob
al.oregonstate.edu.
As for costs, Vanderkar said most
forms of financial aid apply to study
abroad. Students who pay out-of
state tuition may even pay less dur
ing their time overseas.
“Students who plan ahead can ap
ply for several scholarships,” said
Vanderkar.
To qualify for overseas education,
students must turn in applications
on time, meet grade point average
requirements and fulfill require
ments specific to the program, such
as language proficiency. Students
who satisfy these requirements then
undergo a personal interview with a
program coordinator.
While certain programs require
fluency in a foreign language, there
are programs in non-English speak
ing countries that require no for
eign-language experience because
the classes are taught in English.
Students
studying in
Greece tour
ancient ruins in
Athens through
the Overseas
Study Program
at the University.
Information ses
sions for the pro
gram begin
Tuesday.
Courtesy
Some of these programs are in
countries that speak languages not
offered at the University.
“You can always study the lan
guage when you get there,” said Van
derkar. “You don’t have to have lan
guage to go overseas. ”
“In terms of global understanding,
it is so important to study overseas,”
Vanderkar said. “What better time
than when you are a student?”
Study abroad information sessions
end Oct. 18 with a session on politics,
policy and development studies
abroad.
Jesse Dungan is a freelance reporter
for the Daily Emerald
Technology: Companies based on UO research
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Both Selker and Stevens stress that
University licensing rights are for pro
tection of intellectual rights rather
than a way for the University and fac
ulty to capitalize on an invention.
According to the University release,
$1.75 million of the $2 million was
reinvested into research by allocating
the money to academic programs and
faculty inventors.
The University has two other
companies based on campus research,
according to the press release. One
company is MitoScience, LCC, which
uses research conducted by University
biology Professor Roderick Capaldi
and Michael Marusich, director of the
Monoclonal Antibody Facility. Their
research has been commercialized and
is used in the study of mutations that
may cause Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s.
The second company is GradWeb,
web-based educational software that
helps graduate students, faculty and
departments interact more efficiently
by reducing paperwork and adminis
trative hours. The software was de
veloped by Graduate School Associ
ate Dean Toby Deemer and software
consultant Asif Suria.
anthonylucero@ daily emerald, com
IN BRIEF
Schwarzenegger vetoes
low-cost drug bills
in slew of rejections
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Issuing a
flood of last-minute vetoes, Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger struck
down bills Thursday that would
have helped Californians buy low
cost Canadian drugs, given some
protections to car buyers and limit
ed some home foreclosures.
He also vetoed bills that would
have required companies to give con
sumers at least 30 days to claim re
bates, made it easier for reporters to
interview prison inmates, and boost
ed penalties for employers who vio
late equal pay requirements.
Altogether, the republican gover
nor rejected 71 bills on the last day
for him to sign or veto legislation
passed during the closing hours of
the Legislature’s 2004 session. He
signed 50 bills, including measures
to allow some former drug offend
ers to qualify for food stamps and to
cover the medical costs of victims of
pesticide spraying.
— The Associated Press
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ploded,” said 12-year-old Abdel
Rahman Dawoud, lying naked in a
hospital bed with shrapnel embed
ded all over his body.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Ze
bari said he was disturbed by the tel
evised images of the day’s attacks,
which he said showed the impor
tance of training Iraqi military and se
curity forces and improved
intelligence gathering.
“The Iraqi people have suffered
enough at the hands of these peo
ple,” Zebari said on CNN, speaking
from London. “We want a new Iraq,
a different Iraq.”
Associated Press Writers Sameer
N. Yacoub and Sinan Salaheddin
contributed to this report
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