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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 2004
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Russia setto aide Iran further in nuclear reactor project
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said Sunday that it plans to build a second nuclear reactor with Russia's help and that at least two other European states have expressed interest in such a project, brushing aside U.S. accusations that the Islamic state wants to build atomic weapons.
weapons.
Russia is building Iran's first nuclear reactor, which was begun by West Germany but interrupted during the
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1979 Islamic revolution.
Famous Munch painting stolen from Oslo museum again
OSLO, Norway — Armed, masked thieves burst into a lightly guarded Oslo museum Sunday and snatched the Edvard Munch masterpiece "The Scream" and a second Munch painting from the walls as stunned visitors watched in shock.
It was the second time in a decade that a version of the iconic "Scream" had been stolen from an Oslo museum.
U.S.troops continue efforts to break up radical militants
NAJAF, Iraq — Militants loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr kept their hold on a revered shrine, and clashes flared in Najaf on Saturday, raising fears that a resolution to the crisis in the holy city could collapse amid bickering between Shiite leaders.
Clashes between U.S. troops and alSadr fighters were brief but heavy, with a blast hitting the street 50 yards from the center of the standoff.
New feathers for the flock
Jeremy MacVarish, Kansas City, Mo., freshman, searches for a jacket during yesterday's marching band fittings. Last year's "Feather the Flock" campaign raised $150,000 to purchase 300 new uniforms. Amanda Kim Stairrott/Kansen
Dole, Clinton continue to speak for nonpartisanship
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Once leaders of opposing parties, Bob Dole and Bill Clinton will continue their unlikely partnership for nonpartisan government at the first official public event of the Clinton School for Public Service.
The Kansas Republican beaten by Clinton in the 1996 presidential election will be the inaugural speaker in a series of seminars sponsored by the new University of Arkansas school, according to an announcement Saturday.
Dole, former Senate majority leader will present a lecture titled "Public Service in the New Century" when the seminar series gets under way on Sept. 18 at the Statehouse Convention Center, according to a news release from the Clinton School.
The school is to be quartered in an old train station being renovated next to the Clinton Presidential Library that is nearing completion on the east side of Little Rock's downtown. But former Sen. David Pryor, dean of the new school, said the building will not be ready in time for Dole's speech, although a reception will be held in the partially renovated structure.
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Pryor said Dole's speech would be a symbol of the nonpartisan spirit that the two former opponents hope to see returning to the nation's politics.
"Today it seems like the country is divided right down the middle ... with two political parties (that are like) two armed camps," Pryor said in an interview with The Associated Press.
Clinton and Dole represent the possibilities for a better way, Pryor said.
"This is a unique story of two political giants, each representing (different) points of view, who have come together in friendship and can speak to the need of the country coming together and healing some old wounds," Pryor said. "This is a wonderful step in that direction."
In May, Clinton gave the inaugural lecture in a series that bears Dole's name at the Robert Dole Institute at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.
In a news release from the Clinton school, the former president said he was honored that Dole had agreed to return the gesture.
"I was always profoundly grateful for his years of service in war and, later on, even more years of service in peace," Clinton said. "It is my hope that those who come to this school seeking to build a career in public
service are guided by his example."
Pryor said Dole's lecture will send "a message from our new school that this won't be an appendage of President Clinton's political policies nor an adjunct of the Democratic Party."
Unfortunately, Clinton will not be able to attend Dole's lecture, Pryor said. In discussions among the school and the offices of Dole and Clinton, Pryor said, "we just couldn't work out" a date when both men could be at Little Rock.
When Dole delivers his lecture on Sept. 18, Pryor said, Clinton will be overseas. Dole understands Clinton's need to keep commitments, Pryor said.
But a good crowd is likely to turn to hear Dole, Pryor said, because the Arkansas Razorback football team will be in town to play Louisiana-Monroe in a night game at War Memorial Stadium that day. The lecture will be delivered at 3 p.m., while kickoff for the game is set for 6 p.m.
The Clinton Library is scheduled to open Nov. 18.
The Clinton School, with classes starting this fall, is to offer a master's degree in public service beginning in the fall of 2005.
The Associated Press
JOIET, III. — Dozens of elementary school students and staff who ate chicken in 2002 that was contaminated with ammonia have settled a lawsuit filed against Tyson Foods and two other companies, attorneys said Friday.
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The settlement was reached earlier in the week during a mediation session, said Frank Cservenyak, a Joliet attorney who represented several of the plaintiffs.
The terms of the agreement will not be disclosed to the public, he said.
A broken pipe at a cold-storage facility allowed the chemical to come in contact with the chicken.
About 60 students and employees at Laraway Elementary School in Joliet became ill after eating contaminated chicken tenders
Toxicology tests performed on samples of the chicken tenders found levels of anhydrous ammonia reached 2,500 parts per million. U.S. Occupational and Health Administration standards consider 15 parts per million abnormal in food. Anhydrous ammonia is an industrial chemical used for refrigeration.
While no one who ate the chicken suffered permanent injuries, many became sick, some violently, attorneys said.
The other companies named in the suit were Mecheca Transport, Inc., doing business as Gateway Cold Storage of St. Louis, and Lanter Refrigerated Distributing Co. of Madison, Ill.
Snrinkage of popular lake has residents concerned
BEAN LAKE, Mo. — A victim of drought, this gleaming body of water that once attracted boaters and fishers has shrunk from 720 acres to a mere 1 to 1/2 acres.
Marsh plants and young birch trees now grow where the lake once stood. And some locals are filling the void by building their own private ponds stocked with goldfish or other freshwater species.
Some are hopeful that the dry oxbow bed will again be filled with water, but others are more skeptical.
The lake began receding three years ago and is in its second straight year of collecting almost no water. Non-spring-fed farm ponds in the area also have gone dry.
The Associated Press
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