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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
— J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
FACT OF THE DAY
Director Peter Jackson took 18 months to film all three adaptations of The Lord of the Rings. However, many of the sets, including Rivendell and Hobbitt, were created up to 18 months before filming even started, in order to give the vegetation time to grow into an authentic landscape.
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INTERNATIONAL
1. Catholics, Christians celebrate Palm Sunday
JERUSALEM — Hundreds of Christians palm Sunday in Jerusalem, celebrating Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into the holy city two millennia ago.
Catholic pilgrims, clergymen and local Christians attended Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally held to be the site of Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection.
Friar Bonaventure Lucien, of Boston, stood in the courtyard of the ancient church. He said he was excited to be where Jesus arrived on a donkey and was greeted by cheering crowds.
2. Tamil Tiger rebels now confined in 'no-fire' zone
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Three days of intense fighting in Sri Lanka's northeast has left 420 Tamil Tiger rebels dead and pushed the remaining guerrillas into a small "no-fire" zone crowded with tens of thousands
of civilians, the military said, a development likely to raise international concerns for the safety of those trapped.
The government offensive means the entire Puthukkudiyiruppu area, the last rebel stronghold on the edge of the safety zone in the island's northeast, is under military control, spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said Sunday. He said the Tamil Tigers were confined to the "nofire" zone in a narrow strip of land along a beach.
3. Suicide bomber kills 22 at Shiite mosque Sunday
ISLAMABAD — A suicide bombing at a crowded Shiite mosque south of Pakistan's capital killed 22 people Sunday, the latest evidence of how security in the U.S. allied nation is crumbling well beyond the Afghan border region where al-Qaida and Taliban fighters thrive.
The violence came as a senior Pakistani Taliban commander said his group was behind a deadly suicide bombing Saturday night in Islamabad.
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4. United Nations worker found alive in Pakistan
NEWARK, N.J. — The family of a New Jersey man abducted more than two months ago while working for the United Nations in Pakistan is eagerly awaiting his return, following news that his captors freed him this weekend.
Solecki, who has worked for UHCHR since 1991, was heading up the agency's refugee operations in Quetta when he was abducted Feb. 2 in an ambush that killed his driver.
John Solecki, 49, was found Saturday evening near the Afghan border in western Pakistan unharmed, but with his hands and feet bound.
5. Wildfires, wind destroy four homes. damage 20
WHEELER, Texas — Strong wind on Sunday hampered fire crews' efforts to control several Texas wildfires that had destroyed four homes and damaged about 20 others.
blaze near the Texas-Oklahoma state line, was about 25 percent contained but wind gusting to 35 mph made it difficult to maintain fire lines, Texas Forest Service spokeswoman Jeanne Eastham said Sunday.
The largest fire, an 11,000-acre
"Anytime you have the wind, it makes it harder to control the fire," Eastham said.
6. Three policemen killed after four-hour siege
PITTSBURGH — A 911 call that brought two police officers to a home where they were ambushed, and where a third was also later killed during a four-hour siege, was precipitated by a fight between the gunman and his mother over a dog urinating in the house.
The Saturday argument between Margaret and 23-year-old Richard Poplawski escalated to the point that she threatened to kick him out and she called police to do it, according to a 12-page criminal complaint and affidavit filed late Saturday.
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DEATH
Preliminary autopsy report released for Wren
The report is not conclusive, but includes evidence that
The University Daily Kansan has obtained a preliminary autopsy report in the case of Jason Wren.
suggests Wren's death was linked to heavy drinking, as his family has said.
Wren was a 19-year-old Littleton, Colo., freshman, who was found dead in Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1301 West Campus Road, on March 8.
The preliminary urine drug test was presumptively positive
for the presence of alcohol, according to the report. Biological samples have been sent to labs in St. Louis for conclusive results.
A report of this kind is prepared directly after a coroner completes an autopsy and is given to detectives, said Jennifer McCollum, medical investigator
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During Wren's autopsy, the examiner found no evidence of a "cafe coronary," or a blockage of the upper airway, no evidence of heart disease and "no gross evidence of abnormality in liver, spleen, kidney and brain," according to the report. McCollum said these were
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The examiner found evidence of physical damage to Wren's body that is associated with alcohol and drug overdoses, McCollum said.
The cause and manner of death are still pending. Wren's death is not being treated as a criminal investigation, the Lawrence Police Department has said.
The Douglas County Coroner's Office is expected to release the finalized report in early June.
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The "Morphosyntax in Children with Fragile X Syndrome" linguistics colloquy lecture will begin at 3:30 p.m. in 206 Blake Hall.
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The "Shakespeare's Sonnets" seminar will begin at 1 p.m. in 151 Regnier Hall on the Edwards Campus.
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Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue and
Army Service" lecture will begin
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The "Early Modern Seminar-Crystal Hall" event will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room in Hall Center.
The "Transition or Revolution in 1989?" lecture will begin at 7 p.m. in the Malott Room in the Kansas Union.
The visiting artist Jeremy Reynolds' clarinet concert will begin at 6 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
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