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Friday, October 12, 2001
News
CAMPUS AND LOCAL

Laureates urge students to work toward peace
By Erin LaMourie
Staff Reporter

Four Nobel Peace Prize Laureates challenged students Thursday to take action toward world peace during the war on terrorism by beginning to address problems of poverty and world hunger.

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Parents must tolerate children’s sexuality, Betty DeGeneres says
Sam Eaton
Staff Reporter

Betty DeGeneres, mother of homosexual comedian Ellen DeGeneres, encouraged homosexuals to come out with their sexuality in her National Coming Out Day address to TCU students and community members Thursday at an audience-filed PepsiCo Recital Hall.

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  NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
 

A month like no other
As Americans cope with the aftermath of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, the nation’s leaders are pressing on with the war against terrorism.
By Ron Fournier
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Bush said Thursday night that after a five-day aerial bombardment aimed at the al-Qaida network, “we’ve got them on the run.” He said he doesn’t know whether Osama bin Laden “is dead or alive. I want him brought to justice.”
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U.S. jets strike Afghanistan in daylight
Pakistani officials aknowledge U.S.
military presence for the first time
By Kathy Gannon and Amir Shah
Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan — The first daylight raid on the Afghan capital in the 5-day-old U.S.-led air campaign sent shoppers scattering in panic Thursday, jumping on donkey carts and bicycles to flee heavy explosions. In the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar, a hit on a munitions dump set off a series of deafening blasts — and an exodus of civilians toward the Pakistani border.
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FBI warns nation more attacks possible
By John Solomon
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — In a stark warning, the FBI said Thursday it has received information there may be additional terrorist attacks inside the United States or abroad in the next several days.
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Some student records disclosed after attacks
By Bryan O'Connor
Montana Kaimin

MISSOULA, Mont. (U-WIRE) — Right to privacy vs. national security in America has come to the forefront in the weeks following Sept. 11, and the FBI’s recent actions have some college administrators wondering where to draw the line.
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Giuliani rejects $10 million donation from Saudi prince
By Katherine Roth
Associated Press

NEW YORK — City officials rejected a $10 million relief check from a Saudi prince Thursday after he suggested U.S. policies in the Middle East were partly to blame for the World Trade Center attacks.
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FAA chief quits after dispute over air marshals
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The head of security for the Federal Aviation Administration decided to quit after he was told to reassign air marshals to commercial flights carrying members of President Bush’s Cabinet, a source with knowledge of the resignation said Thursday.
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Airport security still not safe
Associated Press

DES PLAINES, Ill. — The nation's aircraft and airports are no safer today than they were before the terrorist attacks a month ago, the president of the Association of Flight Attendants and several members of the union said Thursday.
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