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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, February 17, 1999
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Free lecture by Gil White, author of "Europe & the World on 84¢ a Day"
February 1, 2009
NET Sneak Preview:"Analyze This" starring Robert DeNiro.
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Trial begins for man charged with Texas dragging death
The Associated Press
JASPER, Texas — A sheriff testified yesterday that he figured out pretty quickly that the accident he was investigating was no hit-and-run — especially after a lighter with three interlocking K's was found along the bloody leaf left by an African-American man who had been dragged to his death.
crime, but I knew somebody had been murdered because he had been black," Billy Rowles said. "Once we saw the KKM ember on the cigarette lighter, that's when we started having some bad thoughts."
"I a brand new sheriff. I didn't even know the definition of a hate
Rowles was the first witness as alleged white supremacist John William King went on trial yesterday for murder charges in the gruesome death of James Byrd Jr. Byrd, 49, was chained to the back of a pickup truck
June 7 and dragged for three miles as his body was ripped to pieces.
King, a 24-year-old unemployed laborer, is the first of three white men charged in the crime to stand trial. He could set the death penalty.
Prosecutor Guy James Gray said in his opening statement that King's tattoos and writings in his apartment showed King was an angry racist who wanted to form a hate group.
King's attorney, Haden "Sonny"
Cribbs, made no opening statement,
reserving the option to do so later.
Iraq threatens to attack Turkey
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Iraq's threats against Turkey, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia for supporting recent U.S. air attacks are being taken seriously, but there is little chance Iraq's depleted air force could launch attacks deep into neighboring territory, a Defense Department official said yesterday.
"It's a sign of Saddam Hussein's desperation and isolation that Iraq is making such threats," said Kenneth Bacon, spokesman for Defense Secretary William Cohen. "I think the threats will get him nowhere."
"All of these would be difficult given the circumstances that Iraq faces today," Bacon said, referring to the deterioration of Iraq's military since the 1991 Persian Gulf war, the effect of the U.N. economic embargo and the strength of U.S. forces in the area that could retaliate.
Bacon said Iraq could try three ways to carry out its threats; fire Scud missiles, attack by air with planes or conduct terrorist raids.
Iraq's state-controlled media warned U.S. allies yesterday they would pay a high price for playing host to American and British warplanes that patrol no-fly zones over Iraq.
Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan said Monday that Baghdad would attack Incirlik Air Base in south-central Turkey — used by U.S. and British warplanes — if the jets continued patrolling Iraqi skies.
r Showdown in the Gulf-
Kyle Ramsey/KANSAN
was the first time in years Iraq has threatened to attack its northern neighbor.
Belfast Assembly approves government
The Associated Press
ern Ireland.
BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Northern Ireland's politicians yesterday approved the blueprint for a new Protestant-Catholic government.
With a 77-29 vote that followed months of negotiations and two days of debate, legislators in the Belfast Assembly, as part of last year's peace accord, approved plans to create a 12-member administration for North-
As expected, all 40 Catholics and eight "neutral" politicians present voted for the blueprint, which outlines plans for the transfer of some powers from the British government.
More significantly, Protestant leader David Trimble — the new government's designated head — kept exactly half the Assembly's 58 proBritish Protestant members on board for approval.
After the vote, Trimble told reporters that the next steps required to make the peace accord work rested with the outlawed Irish Republican Army, which despite sticking to a July 1997 truce has refused to start disarming in support of the agreement.
The British government, which has governed Northern Ireland directly since 1972, has set March 10 as its preferred date to start handing powers back to the local administration.
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