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This image made from a video released by Islamic State militantsSaturday purports to show a militant standing next to Japanese journalist Kenji Goto before his beheading by the militant group. Goto was captured in October 2014 after he traveled to Syria to try to win the release of Haruna Yukawa.
Horror in Japan as video shows hostage beheaded
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TOKYO (AP) — The wife of slain Japanese hostage Kenji Goto said Monday that she was devastated but proud of her husband, who was beheaded by Islamic State extremists.
In a statement issued through the British-based journalist group Rory Peck Trust, Rinko Jogo requested privacy for her family as they deal with their loss, and thanked those who had supported them.
"I remain extremely proud of my husband, who reported the plight of people in conflict areas like Iraq, Somalia and Syria," she said.
Until now, Japan had not become directly embroiled in the fight against the militante
"It was his passion to highlight the effects on ordinary people, especially through the eyes of children, and to inform the rest of us of the tragedies of war," she said. Goto left for Syria in late October just a few weeks after the birth of the couple's youngest daughter. Soon after, he was captured by the militants.
The government also has called on all journalists and others in areas near the conflict to withdraw, given the risk of further kidnappings or other threats.
In parliamentary debate Monday, opposition
Appalled and saddened by news of Goto's death following the release of a video showing his killing, purportedly by the Islamic State group. Japan has ordered heightened security precautions at airports and at Japanese facilities overseas, such as embassies and schools.
lawmakers challenged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's effort to raise Japan's diplomatic profile through non-military support for countries fighting the Islamic State group, which control about a third of both Syria and Iraq.
Citing previous cases, including a 1995 sarin gas attack in Tokyo's subways. Abe said he did not see an increased terrorist risk following savage threats in the purported Islamic State group video, which vowed to target Japanese and make the knife Goto's killer was wielding Japan's "nightmare."
Japan will not be cowed by such threats, Abe said. "The terrorists are criminals," he said. "We are determined to pursue them and hold them accountable."
Abes said Japan will persevere in providing humanitarian aid to countries fighting Islamic State extremists, saying that bowing to terrorist intimidation would prevent Japan from providing medical assistance and other aid it views as necessary for helping to restore stability in the region.
The failure to save Goto raised fears for the life of a Jordanian fighter pilot also held by the Islamic State militants.
Government spokesman Mohammed al-Momani told The Associated Press that "we are still ready to hand over" prisoner Sajida al-Rishawi, who faces death by hanging for her role in triple hotel
Jordan renewed an offer Sunday to swap an al-Qaida prisoner for the pilot, Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh, who was seized after his F-16 crashed near the Islamic State group's de facto capital, Raqga, Syria, in December.
"We're all either going to
With no updates for days, al-Kaseasbeh's family appealed to the government for information on his situation. But for Goto's family and friends, the beheading shattered any hopes for his rescue.
bombings in Jordan in 2005. Al-Rishawi has close family ties to the Iraq branch of al-Qaida, a precursor of the Islamic State group.
Jogo, Goto's wife, said she had received several emails from unknown people claiming to be her husband's captors. But the hostage crisis became a national issue after the militants issued a demand for $200 million in ransom, to be paid within 72 hours, on lan. 20.
Later, the militants' demand shifted to seeking the release of al-Rishawi, who survived the 2005 attack that killed 60 people when her explosive belt failed to detonate in the worst terror attack in Jordan's history.
Jordan and Japan reportedly conducted indirect negotiations with the militants through Iraqi tribal leaders, but late on Friday the Japanese envoy sent to Amman to work on the hostage crisis reported a deadlock in those efforts.
The U.N. Security Council issued a statement Sunday demanding "the immediate, safe and unconditional release of all those who are kept hostage" by the Islamic State group. Council members underlined the need to bring those responsible for Goto's "heinous and cowardly murder" to justice and stressed that the Islamic State group "must be defeated and that the intolerance, violence and hatred it espouses must be stamped out."
Students and alumni alike came out to participate in the Bowling Luau. Rachel Polk and Erin Miner, School of Education alumnae, Amber Samson, a third-year graduate student from Midland, Mich., and Erik Clarke, a sixth-year graduate student from Lincoln, Neb., all got together in a group to bowl at the luau.
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"I saw the email, and we like bowling," Clarke said. "Then I kind of invited everybody to join us." Samson said the reason they came out was to support the School of Education.
Students and alumni participated in the event until 6:30 p.m. until it moved next door to Wayne & Larry's Sports Bar & Grill, where a silent auction was conducted and prizes were given out along with an award for the best costume.
school there, working and going to school, or went to school and now work there full time," Samson said.
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In an article titled "Election reform bill passes in Senate" in Thursday's issue, two quotes were misattributed to Miranda Wagner, student body vice president. The quotes were actually said by Student Senator Emma Halling. The story has been updated online to reflect the changes.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A new center that hopes to eventually provide resources for science and engineering students throughout the Kansas City region is now open.
The KC Engineering Zone workspace, a 4,200-square-foot center on the University of Missouri-Kansas City campus, was officially dedicated this week, although it's already being used by robotics teams from Paseo Academy and Lincoln College Preparatory Academy in Kansas City, The Kansas City Star reported.
The center — nicknamed KCEZ— offers students such tools as Bridgeport milling machines, a metal lathe and shear, a band saw, drill presses and rows of computers. More importantly, professional engineers and Missouri-Kansas City students work alongside students who are pursuing or considering careers in science, technology engineering and math. It is open Saturdays, holidays and after school.
"This is four hours of love for me," said 17-year-old Devin Edwards of Paseo, who wants to be an astrophysicist and is already considering several college options.
The KC STEM Alliance and its partners have bigger plans for the center, such as attracting more schools' robotics teams and engineering projects and holding STEM summer camps. They want to attract students who are already interested in the field as well as those who are just considering it.
"This will be a resource center for STEM for the region," said the alliance's director, Laura Loyacono.
STEM fields "are so desperate for engineers," she said. "They can absorb as many as we can create. And we want these students to have that chance."
The zone plans to draw more students into programs like the FIRST Robotics competition, without any negative peer pressure, "in an environment where science and technology is celebrated," said Tim Moormeier, president of U.S. Engineering Co. in Kansas City and project manager for the center.
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The new space is a big improvement, said 18-year-old Paseo student Maria Ponce. She said last year her team constantly needed more space than its classroom allowed.
"Every high school" should have a "FIRST Robotics team like every high school has a football team," he said.
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"We had to use the hallway," she said. "We know the struggle."
Students also were limited by school hours, senior Trey Bradley said. The competition requires teams to build their robots in only six weeks.
"We had such little time, we had no time to practice with it," Bradley said. "This year? I'm ecstatic about the whole situation."
The Paseo and Lincoln teams are working hard now, as two of the 52 teams from the Midwest preparing for the Kansas City regional robotics tournament March 12-14 at Metropolitan Community College-Business and Technology Campus.
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