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Attack targets Cambodia's opposition leader, kills 11
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA — Attackers hurled a grenade into a political protest yesterday in an apparent assassination attempt on Cambodia's main opposition leader.
Eleven people died, and 112 were wounded—including one American—in the attack that followed predictions of worsening political violence before legislative elections planned for November 1998.
San Rainsy, head of the Khmer National Party, was slightly injured by shrapnel in his leg. He said he owed his life to a bodyguard who died when he threw himself on the political leader to shield him.
Blood stained the grass and street after the attack on 200 protesters outside the National Assembly, where Rainsy had been leading a rally against alleged interference in the judicial system by Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party.
SAN'A, Yemen — A father opened fire at two high schools in the Yemenite capital yesterday, killing seven people, including three children, and wounding others. security officials said.
Man's shooting rampage leaves 7 dead in Yemen
The gunman, identified as Hassan Ali al-Baadani, waited outside the gates of Al-Tallah private high school, which his two daughters attend, said the officials, speaking on customary condition of anonymity.
When the headmistress, Asma al-Nomaan, arrived, he fatally shot her in the head, witnesses said. He then killed a cafeteria employee who rushed to cover her body and wounded a bus driver who tried to block him from entering the school.
Saudi bombing suspect may be sent back home
Once inside, he went from classroom to classroom, killing three children and one teacher before walking 500 yards to the nearby Moussa bin Nussail High School, where he killed another teacher.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The Saudi suspect held in Canada for last June's bombing that killed 19 American servicemen should be extradited to Saudi Arabia, not to the United States, an Interior Ministry official said yesterday.
Hani al-Sayeg was arrested in Ottawa on March 18 for possible involvement in the deadly truck bombing at Dhahra in eastern Saudi Arabia.
Canadian officials claimed that al-Sayyeh was a threat to Canadian security and wanted to deport him. U.S. officials have said that because he entered Canada from the United States, al-Sayyeh could be deported to U.S. territory rather than Saudi Arabia.
But the Interior Ministry official, speaking on customary condition of anonymity, said that al-Sayeh should be sent to Saudi Arabia because he is a Saudi and the bombing happened in Saudi territory.
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Teacher takes fatal fall
John T. Lee dies at 51
By Kevin Bates Kansan staff writer
KU instructor John T. Lee died Thursday morning after falling from the Clinton Lake spillway control tower to a concrete deck 49 feet
below. He was 51.
Sgt. Blake McCall said that the Douglas County Sheriff's Department was still investigating whether the death was accidental or a suicide. Foul play has been ruled out.
Lee, instructor in architecture and urban design, was found shortly before 9:45 a.m. by a group of sighteers.
Lee had lived in Lawrence since 1970 and had been an instructor at the University since 1980. He also
had worked in private practice in Lawrence as the founder of the architectural firm John Lee & Associates. 833/1/2 Musicsts St.
Doug Loveland, Lawrence senior, said that he had found out Friday night about Lee's death. Loveland, who was in Lee's studio class two semesters in a row, said that his teacher had fostered close-knit classes.
room," Loveland said. "We usually had 5 p.m. deadlines, so sometimes his version of a deadline was to gather at Free State. If you showed up, he assumed you met the deadline and handed in your project."
Loveland said that Lee had been helpful, but that he would not push students in a particular direction.
"I think everyone in the class got to know him better than they would have if we were just stuck in a class-
"He was very willing to help students work on their goals, but he wasn't inclined to lead a student," Loveland said. "I think he was more comfortable letting students find
"He really provoked creativity in the studio," Nenonen said. "He posed questions and really made us think."
Dan Nenonen, Sycamore, Ill., senior, said that Lee had forced students to think in class.
John Gaunt, dean of architecture and urban design, said that the School of Architecture and Urban Design would inform students
their own course."
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Doggone it!
Kansas men cope after heartbreaking loss, missed chances
Kansas basketball coach Roy Williams sits alone and disappointed in the locker room with the box score from Friday's game. The Arizona Wildcats beat the Jahwaves 85-82 in the third round of the NCAA Tournament at Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center in Birmingham, Ala.
By Bill Petulla
Kansan sportswriter
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Tears, blank stares,
stunned faces ... it was as if a close friend
had died.
The mood in the Kansas men's basketball locker room had all the look and feel of a funeral home following the team's 85-82 loss to Arizona in the third round of the NCAA Tournament in Birmingham, Ala.
The grief was not for a person; rather, shattered hopes and dreams were being mourned on this evening.
Kansas guard Ryan Robertson went so far as to question whether he would be able face his family and friends in Kansas and Missouri
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In the postgame press conference, a downhearted Kansas coach Roy Williams fought tears when talking about his disappointment.
"It's going to be extremely hard to go back to Lawrence and St. Charles and look people in the eye," Robertson said. "This is a hard one to swallow."
"Sometimes life isn't fair," a teary eyed Williams said. "I'm going to keep knocking on the door, and one of these days we'll kick it down."
Williams, who hasn't taken a team to the Final Four since 1993, said he would conduct an internal inquiry of his coaching.
"As a coach I'm going to do a lot of soul searching and see if there is anything missing from Roy Williams," Williams said.
On March 26. Williams was voted college
basketball coach of the year by The Sportina News magazine.
Despite the loss, Williams said he was proud of the Jayhawks, who posted a 34-2 record.
"Im the luckiest coach in America, and I can say that right now," Williams said. "There will be a coach cutting down the nets, and he won't be as lucky as Roy Williams."
Trafficway debate has its day in court
By Paul Eakins Kansan staff writer
The first court battle concerning the South Lawrence Trafficway ended on Friday, and the plaintiffs won many of the concessions they wanted.
At the end of the hearing, U.S. District Court Judge Tom Van Bebber issued a preliminary injunction, limiting county and state work on the project until the trial on May 2 is concluded.
The injunction limits the county to basic planning of the eastern leg of the trafficway, but prohibits them from buying rights of way or beginning construction.
Plaintiff Jason Daniels, Colby sophomore, said the decision was a victory for trafficway opponents.
"We would have loved for the whole thing to be decided on Friday," Daniels said. "But anytime you stop the machine of development for a couple months, it's a win."
Bruce Plenk, attorney for the trafficway opponents, said that the judge would hear the case again on May 2, after revised documents from both parties had been submitted to him.
Van Bebber will decide then if construction can commence or if a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement is necessary.
"We wanted him to stop any fur
County officials said they did not need to prepare the statement because they did not intend to spend federal money for the remaining leg of the trafficway.
The impact statement would examine the trafficway's environmental effect on the Haskell Indian Nations University and Baker Wetlands and its spiritual and educational impact on Haskell students and faculty.
tner progress until he could decide if an SEIS was needed," Plenk said, "and that's what he decided."
The Federal Highway Administration, which had overseen the trafficway project, pulled out of the remaining operation.
If an impact statement found that the trafficway could not be built on its current proposed route along 31st Street, the plaintiffs would want the money to be spent on a route south of the Wakarusa River away from both the Wetlands and the Haskell campus.
However, the project was begun as a federally funded project, and $11.6 million of those funds have not yet been used.
Daniels said he was optimistic about what Van Bebber's decision would be.
"He told us that we had a really good case right at the beginning," Daniels said.
Bus options discussed
Senate candidates agree KU and city should cooperate
By Paul Eakins Kansan staff writer
Cooperation between the University of Kansas and the City of Lawrence is necessary to handle public transportation, the three presidential candidates for
Student Senate agreed
"Basically we want someone on Student Senate to hook up with City Commission to work as a liaison," said Michael Yaghmour, Pittsburgh
Michael Yaghmore
junior and independent presidential candidate.
Scott Sullivan, Unite presidential candidate and Leawood junior, said he supported a coordinated bus system between the University and the city because that would be the most effective and productive system.
"We can put together a service that serves the students and the citizens and costs the least for both parties." Sullivan said.
Jason Fizell, Olathe senior and Delta Force presidential candidate, agreed that the University and the city needed each other in establishing a city wide bus system.
"I definitely think it would be stupid for the city to work without the University and stupid for the University to work without the city." Fizell said.
agement Advisors, Inc., a Philadelphia-based company presented several public transportation options to the commission. One
Earlier this year. Chance Man-
Scott Sullivan
Yaghmour said he supported the second option, not only so that KU students can benefit
Another option was to combine the KU bus system and a city system, creating a 12-route system.
option was to have two separate bus systems, one run by the University and the other, a five-route system, run by the city.
Sullivan said that he also supported the second option but that it would take a while to integrate the two systems. He said the city could slowly take control of the KU on Wheels system after it had established its own system.
from being able to travel to more places around Lawrence but also because a larger system would benefit Haskell students and Lawrence residents as well.
Fizel said that he would support the eventual integration of the two
systems, as suggested in the second option, and that this might be a good opportunity for students to get out of the day-to-day running of the bus system.
"I question
Jason Fitzell
whether or not it should be in students' hands." Fizzel said.
However, regardless of whether the bus system was turned over to the city or to the University, Fizell said student representation must be maintained.
Last year, Senate had to give KU
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