THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2012
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NEWS OF THE WORLD
Associated Press
MIDDLE EAST
World powers to further discuss Iran's nuclear program
TEHRAN, Iran — Efforts to find a diplomatic solution to Iran's disputed nuclear program appeared to get a boost Tuesday when power powers agreed to a new round of talks with Tehran, and Iran gave permission for inspectors to visit a site suspected of secret atomic work.
The two developments countered somewhat the crisis atmosphere over
Iran's nuclear program, the focus of talks in Washington between President Barack Obama and Israel's visiting prime minister.
Speaking at a news conference, Obama said he saw a "window of opportunity" to use diplomacy instead of military force to resolve the dispute over Iran's nuclear program.
He said he is focused on "crippling
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sanctions" already imposed on Iran and on international pressure to keep Tehran from developing a nuclear weapon. Iranians need to show they are serious about resolving the crisis, he said, adding that his policy is not one of containment but of stopping Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
Law will mandate castration of convicted pedophiles
CHISINAU, Moldova — Foreigners convicted of sexually abusing children in Moldova will be mandatorily castrated, according to new legislation introduced Tuesday. Parliament approved the law by a majority after lawmakers said the impoverished nation was attracting pedophiles from the West. Effective July 1.
The new law states foreign and Moldovan nationals found guilty of
pedophilia will be chemically castrated, while courts will rule separately on those found guilty of rape.
Valeriu Munteanu, a Moldovan Liberal Party lawmakers, said the measure was necessary after public outrage over several cases involving U.S. and West European nationals.
pedophiles and there have been cases where rapists have repeatedly offended even after serving prison time," said Munteanu, opening the debate.
"The Republic of Moldova has been transformed in recent years into a 'a tourist destination' for Western
The measure has broad support in Moldova, one of Europe's poorest nations, where many believe that the country has an international reputation as a top destination for sex tourists.
Avalanche destroys Afghan village, 37 confirmed dead
MIDDLE EAST
KABUL, Afghanistan — Rescuers shoved through deep snow Tuesday searching for victims of an avalanche that destroyed a village of 200 people in northeastern Afghanistan, authorities said. Thirty-seven people have been confirmed dead, but authorities fear the death toll will rise.
"It is a mountainous area with so much snow," said Shams UI Rahman,
the deputy governor of Badakhshan province, where the avalanche occurred on Sunday night. "My concern is that many more people were killed."
People from a nearby village were the first to reach the site. They were joined on Tuesday by rescue workers from Darwaz district, who walked for two days to reach the remote area.
About 100 rescuers equipped only
with shovels were digging through mounds of snow looking for anyone who might have survived, Rahman said. He said initial reports were that only three women and one child survived the avalanche. They were not in the village of Dasty at the time.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
AFRICA
Health workers use a hospital bed to transport the body of person killed by deadly explosions at a munitions depot in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, on Tuesday. Morticians stacked bodies two to a tray at Brazzaville's main morgue, as the death toll rose to at least 236 from a conflagration at an armory that catapulted shells, rockets and other munitions into a densely populated area.
Republic of Congo capital rocked by explosions, 246 dead
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo — Morticians stacked bodies two to a tray at Brazzaville's main morgue Tuesday as state radio reported at least 246 people had died from two days of explosions at an armory that catapulted shells, rockets and other munitions into a densely populated area of the capital of the Republic of Congo.
Police said international firefighters had brought the main blaze under control by Tuesday morning, and prevented it from spreading to a second munitions depot just 100 yards (meters) away. The second depot contains even heavier-caliber
weapons, including Stalin's Organ multiple rocket launchers, a military source said, requesting anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters.
It still was unclear whether rescue efforts could start in earnest, nearly three days after the first blasts. The military source said there were plans for the controlled destruction of the munitions in the second depot, which likely will delay any attempts to dig into the rubble to find possible survivors or bodies.
At the morgue of the city's main Central University Hospital, funeral services director Ferdinand Malembo
Milandou said on national television that they had run out of space.
He've been forced to place the bodies in each rack," he said from the morgue that has the capacity to hold 126 corpses.
National radio reported that morgue was holding 236 bodies.
That did not appear to include 70 bodies at the morgue of the capital's military hospital. Adding those corpses to state radio's toll citing the director of the main hospital mortuary would bring the number of dead to more than 300.
CAMPUS
Student Senate to hold committee meetings
Student Senate will hold four committee meetings tonight at the Kansas Union. The Finance Committee will meet at 6 in Alderson Auditorium. The Multicultural Affairs Committee will meet in the Pine Room at 6:30. The Student Rights Committee will meet at 6:30 in Alcove F. The University Affairs Committee will meet at 6:30 in the Centennial Room.
Below are the bills and topics that will be voted on or discussed before going to full Senate next week. Some bills will be voted on in multiple committees.
BILL 2012-178:
GLOBAL MINDED CLUB
$200: Standard student organization funding
Committees: Finance, multicultural affairs
Committees: Finance, university affairs
BILL 2012-179:
KU COLLEGE REPUBLICANS
$200: Standard student organization
funding
BILL 2012-180:
KU YOUNG
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS
$200: Standard student organization funding
Committees: Finance, university affairs
BILL 2012-181:
LINE ITEM BILL
Committee: Finance
BILL 2012-182:
INTERNATIONAL FAMILY ASSOCIATION MAGAZINE
SOCIATION MAGAZINE
1, $831.46: Printing and other funding for the annual "People of KU" magazine for international students
Committees: Finance, multicultural affairs
$100,000: Funds coming from the Student Senate reserve account for improvements to Wescoe Beach, including added lighting; University administration will contribute $150,000 if the bill is passed.
BILL 2012-183:
RENOVATION OF WESCOE BEACH
Committees: Finance, university
affairs
STUDENT CODE OF RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AMENDMENTS
Student rights committee will be reviewing changes to the code that could extend students' online protections and clarify privacy rights for residents of student housing.
Committee: Student rights
— By Vikaas Shanker
COMMITTEE MEETING TIMES AND LOCATIONS All rooms are in the Kansas Union.
Finance Committee:
6 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium
Multicultural Affairs Committee:
6:30 p.m. in the Pine Room
Student Rights Committee:
6:30 p.m. in Alcove F
University Affairs:
6:30 p.m. in the Centennial Room
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