THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2012
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NEWS OF THE WORLD
SOUTH AMERICA
Associated Press
American businessman remains in Bolivian prison without being charged
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia — Jacob Ostreicher, a New York businessman, has been confined for 10 months in one of Bolivia's most unruly prisons
Ostreicher
without being charged.
He has shed more than 30 pounds,
helpless to do anything as,
he alleges,
the multimillion dollar
At more than two dozen hearings, prosecutors have presented no
rice farming venture he managed has been plundered.
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evidence to back their allegations that the 53-year-old American may have been laundering drug money.
And this week, the presiding judge quit the case, likely meaning more weeks of delay.
"This is the scam of the century." Ostreicher said by telephone afterward. "I feel like I've been hijacked and kidnapped by people who are hiding behind the law."
The prosecutor would not discuss Ostreicher's complaints with The Associated Press. Nor would senior Bolivian officials, though U.S. diplomats have appealed to them to try to extract Ostreicher from the legal labrinth.
Notebooks featuring Stalin's image feared to portray him as 'hero.' 'Great Russian'
MOSCOW — School notebooks with a portrait of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin on the cover have been causing a controversy in Russia since they went on sale this week.
While human rights activists and historians have warned that the notebooks wrongly instill a positive image of Stalin in children's minds, eager customers have been snapping them up in Moscow bookstores.
In response to numerous pleas to take action, Education Minister Andrei Fursenko said that he disapproves of the notebooks, but has no legal way to stop their publication or sale.
Stalin, who ruled the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1953, is a controversial figure in Russia today. Although he was responsible for the deaths of
millions of his own citizens, Stalin is still highly regarded for having led the Soviet Union to victory in World War II and overseeing its rise as an industrial and military superpower.
The notebooks are part of a series called "Great Russians," which places Stalin among famous composers and czars. He is featured on the cover wearing an army uniform studded with medals.
"When children see this magnificent cover with handsome mustachioed Stalin, they perceive him as a hero." Nikolai Svanidze, a television journalist and historian, said in a statement posted on the website of the government's Public Chamber.
The cover, left, and first page of a notebook bearing a portrait of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin are displayed in Moscow, Wednesday. School notebooks with a portrait of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin on the cover have been causing a controversy in Russia since they went on sale this week.
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ASIA
Taliban takes responsibility for suicide bombing that left nine injured, two dead
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pakistani security officials secure the area of a suicide attack in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday. Police say a suspected suicide bomber detonated explosives near a vehicle carrying a senior police official in southern Pakistan.
ISLAMABAD — A Taliban suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a vehicle carrying a senior police official in a southern Pakistani port city on Thursday, killing four people, officials said.
Nine people were also wounded in the attack in the Malir area of Karachi, said Manzoor Wasan, the home minister of surrounding Sindh province. The target of the bombing, Malir police chief Rao Anwar, was unharmed, he said. Anwar had been receiving threats from militants.
Javed Ahmad, a police official, said two people died in the explosion and two died of their injuries at a hospital.
Pakistani Taliban spokesman
Ahsanullah Ashan claimed responsibility for the attack in a phone call to The Associated Press.
"We targeted him to take revenge for the torture these officers inflict upon our comrades in custody," said Ahsan.
Karachi is Pakistan's largest city and commercial capital and has a long history of ethnic, sectarian and political violence.
Much of the violence is carried out by gangs allegedly affiliated with the city's main political parties. But the Pakistani Taliban and other Islamist militant groups also have a significant presence in the city.
AFRICA
Rebel group declares cease-fire. Mali's president asks for military plan
BAMAKO, Mali — The rebel group that recently seized control of Mali's remote north in a maneuver that effectively partitioned the country in two announced a cease-fire Thursday, saying they had reached their military goal.
Moussa Ag Assair, a spokesman for the National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad, said the group was declaring the cease-fire to allow humanitarian aid to resume in the north, where shops were looted.
Thursday to hash out their plan for a military intervention. Deputy Ivorian Defense Minister Paul Koffi Koffi said military action is being considered both to reverse the coup that deposed Mali's president last month, as well as to preserve Mali's territorial integrity after the rebel advance in the north.
In Ivory Coast, the military chiefs of the nations bordering Mali met
He instructed the army chiefs of the 15 nations in West Africa to draft a detailed plan, including how many troops each intends to send, how quickly they could read them and what logistical means they plan to contribute.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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rounder of ESPN, Bill Rasmussen, speaks to students at the Kansas Union, Wednesday afternoon, about how we created for HR and the entrepreneur process.
ESPN creator speaks about investing in ideas
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vamin@kansan.com
After being fired by the New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association 1978, Bill Rasmussen rebounded to become one of the most successful entrepreneurs in television.
Rasmussen, who founded ESPN (originally ESP Network Inc.) and started the first 24-hour television network, spoke at the Kansas Union Wednesday night.
The event was hosted by SUA and is a part of the Student Lecture Series. Rasmussen spoke on how he created the first 24-hour television network after being fired on Memorial Day of 1978.
"We hoped the students came away from Bill's speech understanding that there is hope out there and if they have a million dollar idea and no one else believes in them they can pursue it and make it a million dollar idea," Mechler said.
"Once you have an idea, you have to convince investors that it will work or that they will be missing out on a huge opportunity." Rasmussen said during his presentation. "Money is always available for every good idea somewhere."
Rasmussen explained how the idea of a 24-hour sports network came up when he and his son purchased a transponder for a little more than $36,000 a month. The first sports game to be broadcasted by ESPN was a Slo-Pitch Softball World Series game between the Kentucky Bourbons and the Milwaukee Schlitz. Sportscenter debuted September 7th, 1979 and has been on air every day since.
Andrew Mechler, SUA social issues coordinator, said they invited Rasmussen to inspire students.
Rasmussen's presentation included original video footage of an early ESPN and the ESPN original logo.
Rasmussen spoke about the growth of ESPN from having 1.3 million subscribers in 1979 to having over 100 million subscribers in the United States alone today.
HANDS OFF
— Edited by Anna Allen
Anthony Orwick, a Leawood freshman and member of Young Americans for Liberty participates in a protest of the Transportation Security Administration's new screening techniques to be implemented in airports this summer. Orwick dressed in a TSA uniform and ran a table on Wescoe Beach Thursday afternoon to recruit students to sign a petition of TSA.
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Martinez Hillard from the popular local band Cowboy Indian Bear, and Jason Barr from A.D.D. Podcast. Performers were judged on their technical proficiency or how realistic their air guitaring was, their stage presence and an X factor referred to only as "airness."
After 16 performances, a final
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round and countless insults from the judges, a new winner was crowned: Neilsen Nacis performing as Thunderball, who offered his personal philosophy of air guitaring before taking the stage.
"Air guitar doesn't come from your brain," Nacis said. "It comes from your crotch."
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