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http://www.wtop.com
http://www.wtop.com/index.php?nid=104&sid=582302
"U. of Okla. Blast Apparent Suicide"
Updated: Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005 - 11:19 PM

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - One person was killed in an explosion near a packed football stadium at the University of Oklahoma on Saturday night in what authorities said appeared to be a suicide.

The blast, in a traffic circle about 100 yards from Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, could be heard by some in the crowd of 84,000, but university President David Boren said no one inside the stadium was ever in danger.

"We are apparently dealing with an individual suicide, which is under full investigation," Boren said in a statement. There was no information about the person who was killed, and no reports of any other injuries.

A police bomb squad detonated explosives found at the site of the blast. The area near the stadium was searched by bomb-sniffing dogs."

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http://www.worldnetdaily.com
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46617

"Suicide bombing at Oklahoma University?
1 killed as 84,000 watch Sooners vs. Kansas State"
Posted: October 2, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern

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http://www.foxnews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,170992,00.html
AP

"Explosion Kills One at University of Oklahoma"
Sunday, October 02, 2005

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http://www.cnn.com
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/01/oklahoma.explosion.ap/index.html
AP

"Explosion outside college football game
Authorities: One killed, apparently a suicide"

Saturday, October 1, 2005; Posted: 11:54 p.m. EDT (03:54 GMT)

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http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/s05090131.htm

ASSIST News Service (ANS) - PO Box 2126, Garden Grove, CA 92842-2126 USA
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Friday, September 30, 2005

AFRICAN ‘WORLD WAR’ LEAVES HORRIFYING TRAIL FOR WOMEN
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)—one of the most dangerous places on the planet

By Mark Ellis
Senior Correspondent, ASSIST News Service

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA (ANS) -- Twenty-year-old Mukeshimamba and her husband were awakened by ten militia men who crept into their village. After they killed her husband in front of her eyes, the men took turns raping her. She was seven months pregnant at the time.

“Mukeshimamba tells her story with no emotion,” says Esther Ntoto, who serves with her husband Camille as field coordinators for Light of Africa Network. “After they raped her one of them took his knife and said he wanted to see if the baby was moving,” Esther says. “He opened her womb and left her right there.” (Pictured: Female victim at DOCS facility).

The next day some women from the village found Mukeshimamba in a pool of blood. “The baby was already dead, but she survived this,” Esther says. “We have her on tape,” she says. “It’s hard to imagine she survived this.”

Over 3.8 million have died as a result of the conflict in the DRC, which some have termed “Africa’s World War.” This makes it the world’s deadliest conflict since World War II, with a death toll exceeding Bosnia, Kosovo, Rwanda and Darfur in Sudan.

Beginning in 1998, the conflict pitted troops from the DRC (formerly Zaire), Angola, Namibia, and Zimbabwe fighting against troops from Rwanda and Uganda. A fragile ceasefire in 2002—enforced by U.N. peacekeeping forces, has been violated by all sides, particularly in the mineral-rich Eastern DRC.

“The U.N. is there with some troops, but I don’t know what they’re doing,” Camille Ntoto says. “It’s still very shaky and unstable.” (Pictured: Esther and Camille Ntoto).

On September 29, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni threatened to invade the DRC to disarm Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels who recently crossed into eastern Congo. Museveni criticised the U.N. Peasekeeping operation and the DRC government for not "doing much" and allegedly allowing "defeated" rebel groups to rebuild strength in the eastern DRC over the past two years.

“One out of three women have been raped in the Eastern DRC,” according to Camille Ntoto, citing figures from the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Some suffer from fistula, a medical condition resulting from a tear between the birth canal and anal cavity. “The soldiers finish their atrocious acts by shoving objects into their private parts, leaving these women in a very bad situation.” The shame resulting from their infertility or incontinence causes some to be shunned and cast out of their villages.

The mission of Light of Africa Network is inspired by Psalm 82: “Provide justice for the needy and the fatherless; uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute. Rescue the poor and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.”

The Ntotos live among the rape victims and disaster survivors, conducting Bible studies, individual counseling and prayer sessions. They’ve worked closely with Doctors On Call for Service (DOCS), who perform fistula surgeries at a facility set up in Goma. Some of the women are cared for in tents, but the Ntotos are helping to raise funds for permanent buildings, as well as transitional housing while the women are rehabilitated.

Esther and Camille worked for a Christian radio station in the Western DRC before they came to the U.S. to study at Vanguard University in Southern California. That expertise paid off as they helped to launch Radio ‘Sauti ya Injili’ or ‘Radio Good News’ in Goma. “Radio was used in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda to send hate messages, turning one tribe against another,” Camille notes. “But in the hands of God the same radio can bring restoration and reconciliation.”

Light of Africa Network is also partnering with organizations such as World Relief to bring micro loans and micro financing to help sustain families. “The goal is to help the people help themselves, and build a society based on Christian values,” Camille says. “We believe we are called for such a time as this.”

“It’s time for the church to rise up for justice,” Esther adds. “God is for the poor and marginalized. Together we can make a difference.”
Mark Ellis is a Senior Correspondent for ASSIST News Service. He is also an assistant pastor in Laguna Beach, CA. Contact Ellis at marsalis@fea.net
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