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THE UNIVERSITY JANLY KANSAN
THURSDAY MAR 28, 2023
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INTERNATIONAL 1. Afghanistan, Pakistan Iran join in drug crackdown
VIENNA — Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan carried out their first joint counter-narcotics operation this week, pooling intelligence to arrest suspects and seize drugs in an unprecedented show of cooperation. U.N. officials disclosed Wednesday. Officials at the Vienna-based U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime said the operation occurred Sunday at undisclosed locations along Iran's borders with the two other countries. Narcotics were seized and suspected traffickers arrested, the agency said, adding that it expected Iranian authorities to provide details.
2. Alleged Nazi guard charged 29,000 times
BERLIN — Retired Ohio auto worker John Demjanjuk was charged Wednesday with 29,000 counts of acting as an accessory to murder while working as a guard at a Nazi death camp in occupied Poland. The arrest warrant could move the 30-year global legal battle over his fate closer to conclusion.
The vote doesn't change existing restrictions, but prohibits spending on enforcement, reverting to travel rules before they were tightened in 2004 and 2005.
HAVANA — The U.S. Senate late Tuesday approved a $410 billion spending bill that rolls back Bush administration restrictions on Cuban-Americans visiting relatives — effectively increasing allowable trips to once a year and spending to $179 a day. The bill also removes limits on how long people can stay in Cuba.
The case that led to Wednesday's arrest warrant is based partly on recently obtained transport lists of Jewish prisoners who arrived by train at Sobibor during Demjanjuk's tenure 1943.
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. — Eighty-one Fords and Toyotas, valued at about $2.5 million, were taken from Legacy Auto Sales Wednesday.
3. U.S eases restrictions on travel, spending in Cuba
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4. 81 new cars go missing from sale lot in Nebraska
5. Police shoot gunman dead in Nevada ER
John Childress, Scotts Bluff County's chief deputy county attorney, said seven of the cars were found Wednesday at an auto auction in Utah. Others were found in Arizona, but he didn't know how many. Arrest warrants had been issued for owner Allen Patch, controller Rachel Fait and general manager Rick Covello, who are wanted on suspicion of theft.
LAS VEGAS — A 48-year-old gunman was shot dead in the emergency room of a suburban Las Vegas hospital early Wednesday after police said he raised his weapon in their direction and
No hospital employees or patients were injured in the 12:57 a.m. shooting at St. Rose Dominican Hospital Siena campus in Henderson, police said.
threatened suicide
6. Dow Jones records first two-day climb since Feb.
NEW YORK — Investors struggled but managed to turn Wall Street's best performance this year into a two-day advance. Stocks ended with modest gains Wednesday but the Dow Jones industrial average still recorded its first two-day climb since Feb. 5-6. The buying was far more subdued than on Tuesday when Citigroup Inc.'s upbeat assessment of its business sent investors rushing into the market in part to cover bets that stocks would continue to slide. The Dow on Wednesday endup nearly 4 points after jumping 379 the day before.
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Snow day
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A man uses a snow blower on Wednesday in Jamestown, N.D. A two-day blizzard brought strong winds and several inches of snow to the state.
ON CAMPUS
The Senior Session will begin at 10 a.m. in the Spencer Museum of Art.
The "How to review a journal article manuscript" lecture will begin at 11:30 a.m. in 706 Fraser.
The Unclassified Senate full senate meeting will begin atnoon in Room 204 In the Anderson Family Strength and Conditioning Center.
The Geography Brownbag Series will begin at noon in 210 Lindley Hall.
The Coping with Change Panel Discussion will begin at 2 p.m. in Room 308 in the Burge Union.
The sewer work is part of the preparation of the second phase of KU utility tunnels.
CONSTRUCTION Mississippi St. to close during spring break
Mississippi Street will be closed from the intersection of Jayhawk Boulevard to Memorial Drive March 16 through March 22 because of sanitary sewer preparation work.
"It's a good time to do this because there will be fewer University students, faculty and staff on campus." Krings said.
Mike Krings, a staff member of University Relations, said the area would be closed during spring break instead of a regular school week to accommodate students.
The section of the street will be reopened before the end of spring break.
-Mike Bontrager
DAILY KU INFO
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According to KU math professor Ben Cobb, the probability of randomly picking all 32 winners in the first round of the NCAA tournament is 1 in 4.3 billion. If you take the No.1 seeds out of the equation, the probability gets much better at 1 in 268 million.
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