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Show World&Nation Page 14 Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 Chavez to troops: Prepare for war with Colombia CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – President Hugo Chavez on Sunday ordered Venezuela’s military to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying his country’s soldiers should be ready if the United States attempts to provoke a war between the South American neighbors. Chavez said Venezuela could end up going to war with Colombia as tensions between them rise, and he warned that if a conflict broke out “it could extend throughout the whole continent.” “The best way to avoid war is preparing for it,” Chavez told military officers during his weekly television and radio program. Venezuela’s socialist leader has also cited a recent deal between Bogota and Washington giving U.S. troops greater access to military bases as a threat to regional stability. There was no immediate reaction from either the Colombian or U.S. government, but in the past they have denied intentions to start a war with Venezuela and said the base deal is needed to fight the war on drugs and insurgents in Colombia, which is a major cocaine producer struggling with a decades-old internal conflict. Tensions along the Venezuela-Colombia border have been exacerbated in recent weeks by a series of shootings and slayings. Four men on motorcycles shot and killed two Venezuelan National Guard troops at a checkpoint near the border in Venezuela’s western Tachira state last week, prompting Chavez’s government to temporarily close some border crossings. And last month, Venezuelan authorities arrested at least 10 people in Tachira alleging involvement in paramilitary groups. The bullet-ridden bodies of 11 men, nine of them Colombians, were also found last month in Tachira after being abducted from a soccer field. The violence prompted Venezuela to send 15,000 soldiers to the border with Colombia on Thursday. Officials said the buildup was necessary to increase security along the border. Elsa Cardoso, a professor of international relations at the Central University of Venezuela, suggested that Chavez’s heated rhetoric – coupled with the recent military deployments – are aimed at turning the public’s attention away from pressing domestic problems ranging from rampant crime to electricity and water rationing. “He’s sending up a smoke screen, a distraction,” she said. Colombian rebels have often used Venezuela’s border region as a haven to resupply and treat their wounded in recent years, creating friction with Colombia’s U.S.-allied government. Chavez – former army paratrooper who during more than a decade in power has repeatedly accused Washington of seeking to topple him to seize Venezuela’s oil reserves – warned President Barack Obama of using his alliance with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe to mount an offensive against Venezuela. THIS NOV. 12 1989 PHOTO photo shows East German border guards looking through a hole in the Berlin wall after demonstrators pulled down one segment of the wall at Brandenburg gate. Monday, Nov. 9 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. AP photo Germany celebrates memory of Berlin Wall falling BERLIN (AP) – With concerts and memorials on Monday, Germans will celebrate the day the Berlin Wall came crashing down 20 years ago. On that cold night, they danced atop the wall, arms raised in victory, hands clasped in friendship and giddy hope. Years of separation and anxiety melted into the unbelievable reality of freedom and a future without border guards, secret police, informers and rigid communist control. Germans are celebrating with concerts boasting Beethoven and Bon Jovi; a memorial service for the 136 people killed trying to cross over from 1961 to 1989; candle lightings and 1,000 towering plastic foam dominoes to be placed along the wall’s route and tipped over. On Nov. 9, 1989, East Germans came in droves, riding their sputtering Trabants, motorcycles and rickety bicycles. Hundreds, then thousands, then hundreds of thousands crossed over the following days. Stores in West Berlin stayed open late and banks gave out 100 Deutschemarks in “welcome money,” then worth about $50, to each East German visitor. The party lasted four days and by Nov. 12 more than 3 million of East Germany’s 16.6 million people had visited, nearly a third of them to West Berlin, the rest through gates opening up along the rest of the fenced, mined frontier that cut their country in two. Sections of the nearly 155 kilometers (100 miles) of wall were pulled down and knocked over. Tourists chiseled off chunks to keep as souvenirs. Tearful families reunited. Bars gave out free drinks. Strangers kissed and toasted each other with champagne. Klaus-Hubert Fugger, a student at the Free University in West Berlin, was having drinks at a pub when people began coming “who looked a bit different.” Customers bought the visitors round after round. By midnight, instead of going home, Fugger and three others took a taxi to the Brandenburg Gate, long a no man’s land, and scaled the 12-foot (nearly four meter) wall with hundreds of others. “There were really like a lot of scenes, like people crying, because they couldn’t get the situation,” said Fugger, now 43. “A lot of people came with bottles” of champagne and sweet German sparkling wine. Fugger spent the next night on the wall, too. A newsmagazine photo shows him wrapped in a scarf. “Then the wall was crowded all over, thousands of people, and you couldn’t move ... you had to push through the masses of the people,” he said. Angela Merkel, Germany’s first chancellor from the former communist East, recalled the euphoria in an address last week to the U.S. Congress. “Where there was once only a dark wall, a door suddenly opened and we all walked through it: onto the streets, into the churches, across the borders,” Merkel said. “Everyone was given the chance to build something new, to make a difference, to venture a new beginning.” The wall the communists built at the height of the Cold War and which stood for 28 years is mostly gone. Some parts still stand, at an outdoor art gallery or as part of an open-air museum. Its route through the city is now streets, shopping centers, apartment houses. The only reminder of it are a series of inlaid bricks that trace its path. Checkpoint Charlie, the prefab that was long the symbol of the Allied presence and of Cold War tension, has been moved to a museum in western Berlin. Potsdamer Platz, the vibrant square that was destroyed during World War II and became a no man’s land during the Cold War, is full of upscale shops selling everything from iPods to grilled bratwursts. At a ceremony in Berlin Oct. 31, Helmut Kohl, the German chancellor who presided over the opening of the wall, stood side by side with the superpower presidents of the time, George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev. After the decades of shame that followed the Nazi era, Kohl suggested, the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of their country 11 months later gave Germans pride. “We don’t have many reasons in our history to be proud,” said Kohl, now 79. But as chancellor, “I have nothing better, nothing to be more proud of, than German reunification.” In an interview in Moscow with Associated Press Television News, Gorbachev said it was a catalyst for peace. “No matter how hard it was, we worked, we found mutual understanding and we moved forward. We started cutting down nuclear weapons, scaling down the armed forces in Europe and resolving other issues,” he said. www.a-bay-usu.com ClassifiedAds Utah State University • Logan, Utah • www.aggietownsquare.com Need a phone number? An e-mail?> Check complete listings at www.abay-usu.com Announcements Announcements Come Work AND Play in Alaska! Now Hiring Driver-Guides for all Alaska Locations! Warren Miller’s Ski and Snowboarding Film “Dynasty” Free Mid-week Lift ticket to the Canyon’s ($81 value, good all season)and subscription to Skiing Magazine for all paid attendees. Kent Concert Hall 8pm Nov. 12,13. Advance ticket $15 at Al’s or the Fine Arts/CSA Ticket Office (435-797-8022), Door $18. Christian Bible Study Sunday, 7 p.m., Food Science Building Room 202, www.hotm.tv Emmanuel Baptist Church in Hyrum, worth the drive! www.ebchyrum.com APTS Apartments Visit us in the Salt Lake Area November 9th-13th We will be in the Salt Lake area interviewing for the 2010 season. 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Email me for more info- jakethepaul@hotmail. com Aggie Village Large Private Bedroom Spring Contract: Female I am selling my contract for a single Aggie Village Large Bedroom apartment. Will have a roomate but you will have your own private room. Total payment of $1633 is the total housing fee you pay to the University which includes all utilities, internet, cable, and most amenities. There is a laundry-mat on site with hook-ups available in apartment. It is a nice apartment, on campus (only a 10 minute walk), and near both Aggie Shuttle and CVTS bus stops. The building, as well as those surrounding it, are made up of mostly first or second year graduate students and juniors/seniors in undergrad. Email Kerry if you are interested in buying the Spring contract or in seeing the apartment or with any questions! For a video tour you can go to housing.usu.edu and click on housing options then Aggie Village. Aggie Village Large Private Bedroom Spring Contract: Female Selling my spring contract for a Large Private Bedroom in the single student housing of Aggie Village. Total housing fee for the semester (move in anytime in Dec and move out end of finals week in May) is $1633 which is roughly $400 a month. This fee includes all utilities. Apartment is located on bus stops for Aggie Shuttle and CVTD, is a 10 minute walk from campus. Apartment is fully furnished, with a storage room on back patio, is a nice place to live if you are a USU student looking for a convenient living situation. Please email me with questions or if interested in seeing the apartment. Also, check out housing.usu.edu to see a virtual tour of apartment. Available. 2 Bedroom Apt. Student/Family 289 Bridger Dr. Apt. A 2 Bedrooms, 1 1/2 Bath, Washer/Dryer Hookups, Dishwasher, Great Landlord, $490/month. No Smoking, No Pets. Contact Andrew 801-884-3436 FEMALE HOUSING CONTRACT SPRING 2010 Shared room contract in Stoneridge Apartments, directly at the bottom of Old Main Hill. 2 bedroom apartment, with 2 amazing and clean roommates. Right next to both CVTD and Aggie shuttle bus stops. $850 for entire Spring semester,plus refundable deposit, utilities extra. Call or text for more info (208) 867-6684 Female Apartment Contract for SALE $1200 for spring semester (Move in during December!) Close to USU Campus, located right behind the Institute building Very spacious apartment Split level, bedrooms upstairs/entertaining area on main floor 3 other roommates, total of 4 girls in the apartment On site laundry facilities Large bedroom and bathroom, 2 girls per room Parking pass available Close to several bus stops Very friendly area to live in! Email me at jul_jager@yahoo.com Or Call: 435-890-8525 Stoneleigh Apartments Spring Contract Female. Private room, private bathroom. Across the street from campus. Washer/dryer in unit. Fireplace, microwave, tv, DVD/VCR, high speed wireless and cable included. Tons of storage space. Awesome roommates! $250 deposit, $245 utilities, $1447.50 rent. D’s Bridgerland Shared Apartment-Contract Spring Sem 2010 ***I HAVE to sell my contract because I am living in Ecuador for 6 months to work in orphanges!*** *BEST ROOMMATES and GREAT WARD! *Fantastic social atmosphere with fun down to earth students! *two bedroom (3 roommates) *one bath *storage room *air conditioning/heater *fully furnished, including microwave and vacuum(comfy couches) *high speed internet and basic phone included in rent **Located by bus #4 stop and fast walk to campus! **Your welcome to call me at 801-706-4053 if you have any questions or would like to visit the apartment! Thanks!** Female shared apartment Theresa Alvey (801)389-3128 Continental Apartments 745 E 900 N apt#34 Logan , UT 84321 One female shared spot available. Must sell because I am getting married. Asking price $1000 plus a down deposit of $125 or best offer. Fully furnished, Hispeed Wireless Internet, Permit Parking and bike racks. Coin operated laundrymat. Close to campus. Gas/Heat is included in the rent, other utilities are split between you and 5 other roommates. Apt has 3 bedrooms and two bathrooms. No pets, drugs, or alcohol Contract for sale I’m looking for a male to buy my contract for Spring Semester. It’s a shared bedroom with a really awesome LDS (RM) roommate. It’s in a house shared with five other tentants. There are two bathrooms in the house, a huge kitchen with two fridges and a washer and dryer. Price is only $1,000 for the entire semester plus a $200 deposit. Your $1,000 includes all utilities, wireless internet, and cable. Call or text (435)760-9620 for more information or to buy this contract. Spring Contract for Aggie Village Lrg Private BR Selling Spring contract for large private bedroom in Aggie Vlg (can move in during Dec or Jan). Contract lasts through end of Spring semester. One overall housing fee of $1633 which includes rent, all utilities, laundry mat on site, on bus stop for Cache Valley and USU, building full of grad students and senior undergrads. Email or call for questions/interest. 1-4 Male Openings in same house 1790 N 800 East. Close to North USU. $270 - $320 month. Garage Parking Available. 2 baths. NS*ND*NP Female Shared Apartment for Spring 2010 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath Middle floor Storage Room AC/Heater Completely furnished Laundromat Close to Campus CVTD bus stop directly north of complex High speed internet & basic phone line included in rent Amazing Roommates!!! $825 a semester For more information visit their website www.bridgerlandapartments.com or contact me by phone/email Michelle pixiedust_26@hotmail.com (801) 628-5282 Female Private Bedroom and Bathroom YOU CHOOSE THE PRICE I am moving out of the valley to do my student teaching, and need to sell my contract ASAP. We will negotiate a price that works for both of us! (Normal cost per semester is $1530) Private room, private bathroom, washer and dryer, great roommates, close to |