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LAWRENCE FORECAST
Kristen Menz and Cailee Kelly, KU atmospheric science students
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2011
Penguin Adventure
Tuesday
HI: 57 Sunny, West wind 10-15mph
LO: 39 gusting to 25mph.
Penguin
Wednesday
HI: 51 Mostly sunny. Staying
LO: 30 mostly clear overnight.
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Another gorgeous fall week.
Hope I find my sunglasses!
Thursday
HI: 54 Mostly sunny. Clear
LO: 41 overnight.
here seems to be a trend...
HI: 62
L0: 48
Friday Mostly sunny. Mostly cloudy overnight.
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Wonderful weekend weather
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NEWS AROUND THE WORLD
MOSCOW
A Russian cosmonaut says the threeman U.S.-Russian crew are thinking positively as they prepare to blast off on a delayed mission to the International Space Station.
The mission had been delayed for two months after the failed launch of an unmanned Progress cargo ship in August. The failure was blamed on a manufacturing flaw and cast doubt on the future of manned flights because the upper stage of the Soyuz booster rocket that carries the cargo ships into orbit is similar to that used to launch astronauts.
The way was cleared after another Progress lifted off successfully on Oct. 30.
"We have no black thoughts and full confidence in our technology," cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov told journalists at the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodome in Kazakhstan, where he, fellow Russian Anatoly Ivanishin and NASA astronaut Dan Burbank were preparing for the launch.
WARSHEFANA. LIBYA
Rival militias clashed on the outskirts of the Libyan capital for a fourth day Sunday in the deadliest and most sustained violence since the capture and killing of Moammar Gadhafi last month.
The fighting, which has killed at least 13 people since late last week, raised new concerns about the ability of Libya's transitional government to disarm thousands of fighters and restore order after an eight-month civil war.
Libya's interim leader, Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, said his National Transitional Council brought together elders from the feuding areas — the coastal city of Zawiya and the nearby tribal lands of Warshefana — over the weekend and that the dispute has been resolved. "I want to assure the Libyan people that everything is under control," he said Sunday.
However, as he spoke, fighting continued.
Heavy gunfire and explosions of rocket-propelled grenades were heard over hours Sunday.
SULAIMANIYAH, IRAQ
The Kurdish regional government has signed a deal with ExxonMobil to explore oil fields in northern Iraq, Kurdish officials said Sunday, putting them in sharp conflict with Iraq's national government.
The government in Baghdad wants to control all energy contracts signed in Iraq. With the deal, ExxonMobil becomes the first oil major to do business in the Kurdish region in defiance of the central government's wishes.
The deal was announced Sunday by Kurdish officials at an oil and gas conference in Irbil in comments carried on Kurdish television. Details of the deal were published on Friday by the Financial Times newspaper.
The Kurdistan Regional Government has clashed with Baghdad over who has the right to sign deals with international oil companies to develop Iraq's resources.
Elegantly attired with a formal demeanor, Mario Monti proved his mettle as a tough negotiator when he blocked the merger of General Electric and Honeywell and levied a 500 million euro fine against Microsoft for abusing its dominant position.
The man tapped to be Italy's next premier earned the moniker "Super Mario" in the halls of the European Commission, stopping such corporate giants as Jack Welch and Bill Gates in their competitive tracks.
"He moves with caution and speaks with nuances. But he moves," said Carlo Guarnieri, a political scientist at the University of Bologna.
A leading economist, Monti is among the most respected men in the country and the most admired Italians in Europe.
MILAN