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LAWRENCE FORECAST
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
Shaun Roecker, KU Atmospheric Science
Thursday
HI: 77 Winds NE 10-15 mph. Mostly clear
LO: 55 skies.
HI: 78
L0: 56
Friday Partly cloudy with a high of 76, north winds at 5 mph.
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Saturday
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CORRECTION
Sunday
Winds NW 5-10 mph. Sunny skies
In the story "Alternative methods replace police in bike theft recoveries" Collin Earlhart's name was mispelled.
Grab those shades, man!
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GENEVA. SWITZERLAND
Aid groups said Tuesday they are launching an emergency operation to help thousands of people who have crossed into Ethiopia to escape fighting in southeastern Sudan.
The International Organization for Migration said most of the estimated 20,000 refugees are stranded on the border with little food, water or shelter.
The U.N. refugee agency said, according to its staff, people are still entering from Sudan's Blue Nile state, where fighting erupted last week between government forces and rebels.
The clashes broke out Thursday between armed forces and rebels linked to the northern wing of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement.
NKARA. TURKEY
Turkey's prime minister said Tuesday his nation's navy will step up its surveillance of the eastern Mediterranean Sea — a move that could potentially lead to confrontation with Israel — and warned of more sanctions against Israel as relations between the former allies deteriorated further.
Turkey has already suspended its vast military ties with Israel, said it is expelling top Israeli diplomats and pledged to lobby other nations in support of the Palestinians' statehood bid after Israel refused to apologize for last year's raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla that killed nine Turkish prison-Palestinian activists.
ISLAMARAD PAKISTAN
A doctor who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden has been barred from leaving Pakistan, a commission investigating the killing of the al-Qaida leader said Tuesday.
Dr. Shakil Afridi ran a phony vaccination program in the Pakistani town where the al-Qaida leader hid in an effort to obtain a DNA sample from him. Afridi is being detained by Pakistani authorities, but has not been charged with any crime.
American officials want him released, and his fate has become a complicating issue in strained relations between the two country's spy services. There has been speculation Afriadi and his family may leave Pakistan if he is freed.
BEIJING, CHINA
Doctors have successfully separated conjoined twin girls after a six-hour surgery in a Chinese hospital.
The official Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday that doctors separated "An An" and "Xin Xin" on Monday at the Shanghai Children's Medical Center. The twins were born in April with connected livers and hearts.
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The report says doctors separated their organs, reshaped their ribs and reconstructed their chest with titanium-alloy plates.
The babies are in stable condition, but are relying on a breathing machine and will require intensive care treatment.
KAYLA OVERBEY
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Group focuses on aiding impoverished nations
A new University organization is expecting as many as 50 people at its first meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday in Alderson Auditorium. Adam Nicholson, the University chapter founder and a junior from Lawrence, will be preparing for the meeting.
"The auditorium can hold over 100-plus, so we'll be ready for more, but wed have to start cutting pizza slices in half." Nicholson said.
Nourish International works against poverty by sending students to impoverished countries. It fundraises throughout the year by planning events both on and off campus.
The organization has sent student mission groups from 24 different universities across the nation to countries around the world. According to the website, the effect has been beneficial. The Ohio State University chapter provided
a Peruvian community limited to only contaminated water with clean, drinkable water by installing pipelines and digging reservoirs and also provided a regional health fair.
"Over 300 locals attended the fair in Bello Horizonte to see the dentists, pediatricians, gynecologists and primary-care physicians that volunteered their time," said Mackenzie Rapp, an OSU graduate.
As a student, Sindhura Citineni founded the organization at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 2003. After a few years accompanied by mass success, the student movement grew and spread to other campuses. They established chapters at more than 20 universities, with more colleges adopting the program each year.
Students from Brown University and Cornell University established community-shared organic gardens in El Salvador by providing funds and assisting with physical labor. The chapter from the University
of Pennsylvania trained 10 women with HIV on setting up a papermaking business in Uganda. The Texas A&M chapter hosted educational workshops in Guatemala about agricultural information, including how to use crops to their greatest value, how to build composting latrines and water safety among other things.
Currently, the chapter at Kansas consists of three executive board members. At the information fair during Hawk Week, about 70 students sign up and the chapter is expecting a large turnout at Thursday's meeting. Nicole Lawson, venture director at Kansas and a senior from Shawnee, said the organization has a hands on approach and students can see the effect of their work directly.
"Instead of just studying the problems of the world, through Nourish we are able to be a part of the solution," Lawson said.
Nourish International uses sustainable development projects to
permanently affect the communities it helps. This means the organization's efforts will continue to grow and the communities will be able to self-sustain long after their physical labor has finished.
"We want and need diversity for this group to perform to its full potential," Nicholson said. "Real life is happening right now. The world doesn't stop spinning to wait for you to graduate. You can literally change the world while you're still in college."
The group is adamant about connecting with a wide range of students.
— Edited by Mike Lavieri
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When: Thursday 7 p.m.
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