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By The Associated Press Edited by Jennifer Mlratsky Car bomb kills 38; more violence likely ALGIERS, Algeria — In the worst bombing of a 3-year Muslim insurgency, an explosives-packed car blew up Monday along a street bustling with people preparing for a religious holiday. At least 38 people were killed and 256 wounded, state TV said. The bomb went off across the street from police headquarters, near the main post office and train station. Downtown businesses were particularly crowded in anticipa tion of the monthlong Ramadan holiday. The car, containing more than 220 pounds of explosives, was driven by a “volunteer of death,” who perished in the blast, security forces said. There was no claim of responsi bility. The security forces blamed “criminals” — the official term for fundamentalist guerrillas seeking to topple the army-backed govern ment and install an Islamic state. The attack came after funda mentalists from the Islamic Salva tion Army urged followers to in tensify attacks during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins this week. The rebellion began after the government canceled January 1992 ^elections that the fundamentalist Islamic Salvation Front was ex pected to win. State radio instructed all doc tors to report to work and appealed for volunteer blood donors. Bosnia peace e: SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Muslim battled Muslim on Mon day for control of strategic ground in northwest Bosnia in combat that jeop ardized peace efforts. Renegade Muslims who oppose the Muslim-led Bosnian government in Sarajevo said they were advancing and taking strategic points. But the United Nations countered that claim. “We believe that the tide may be turning in favor of the Bosnian army,” said U.N. spokesman Lt. Col. Gary Coward in Sarajevo. If the Bosnian military was look ing stronger, the country’s political unity seemed to be fraying. Five membersofthe seven-member, multi ethnic presidency charged Monday that army units were being brought under the control of Muslim clergy and hard-liners allied with President Alija Izetbegovic. While much of Bosnia has been quiet during the first month of the . ■ IMi fforts in danger truce, mediators seeking to end the 34-month conflict have not been able to build on it. , There was, however, one hopeful sign for the international peace effort Monday: An on-again, off-again ef fort to evacuate almost 200 people, many of them sick or wounded, from the government-controlled enclave of Gorazde in eastern Bosnia ap peared to be back on track. The evacuation is part of a broader effort to open routes in and out of Sarajevo, which is supposed to hap pen Wednesday. That plan remains plagued by prob lems. Bosnian Serbs backed out of talks set for Monday, delaying the meeting until Tuesday, U.N. offi cials said. Bosnia’s prime minister, Haris Silajdzic, was in Washington, where he and Vice President A1 Gore ac cused Bosnian Serbs of dragging theii feet on peace initiatives. i-: % Hair Raising Funi I m fi Dance Contest Every Tuesday 9 pm 1823 0 St. NO COVER Northwestern College of Chiropractic is now accepting applications for its next three entering classes. (April 1995, September 1995, January 1996) _ General requirements at time of entry include: * At least 2-3 yean of undergraduate college in a health science or basic science degree program. (Inquire for a complete list of specific requirements.) * A minimum G.P.A. of 2.5. (A more competitive G.P.A. is favored.) * A penonal interest in a career as a primary care physician. Northwestern College of Chiropractic offen a rigorous four year professional education. Our focus on science, diagnosis, chiropractic methods, patient care and research provides our graduates with the tools they need to work as primary care physicians in the health care environment NWCC is fully accredited by North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and the Council on Chiropractic Education. Call: 1-800-888-4777 or 888-4777 r Write: Director of Admissions 2501 West 84th Street Minneapolis, HN 55431 Ito reprimands defense LOS ANGELES — Inept investi gators so polluted blood evidence in O.J. Simpson’s murder case that they made DNA testing meaningless, a defense attorney said Monday, mo ments after the judge rebuked him and admonishedjurors to ignore much of what he said last week because his tactics broke the law. “The evidence will be shown to be contaminated, compromised and cor rupted,” Johnnie Cochran Jr. said. “The gathering of evidence was a complete disaster.” Cochran was picking up the pieces of last Wednesday’s opening state ment, interrupted by a fight over the explosive information he revealed from witnesses previously unknown to the prosecution. Superior Court Judge Lance Ito sternly warned jurors to disregard six witnesses mentioned last week, in cluding a woman who purportedly saw four men running near the crime scene the night Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were killed. ' Ito told jurors the defense had violated the law in withholding evi dence and witnesses from the pros ecution and had caused the trial to be delayed two days. He emphasized, however, that the illegalities were not evidence that Simpson was guilty. The jurors listened intently but took no notes as the judge spoke. Earlier, and outside the jurors’ presence, Ito reprimanded the entire defense team, ruling they had pur posely hidden the identity of several witnesses “for the purpose of gaining an unfair tactical advantage.” Ito forbade defense attorneys from calling as witnesses any of the six people mentioned to jurors, as well as eight others named in separate de fense reports, until the end of their case. He refused to grant prosecutors a 30-day delay to study the new evi dence, but told Deputy District At . tomey Marcia Clark he felt his sanc tions against the defense were “as Simpson trial update Mon day, Jan. 30,1995 ► Judge Lance Ito rebuked Simpson’s defense team for introducing 14 witnesses in his opening statements. He asked jurors to disregard six of the 14. ► Ito will allow the prosecution 10 minutes to redo its opening statement in light of defense transgressions. ► Defense attorney Johnnie Cochran said Simpson practiced his golf swing in his yard, called his girlfriend and packed for a trip to Chicago in the hour prosecutors say he committed the murders. AP harsh a finding as the court can make under these circumstances.” Simpson is on trial for the June 12 slashing murders of his ex-wife and her friend. Prosecutors devoted half their opening remarks last week to a “trail of blood” from the bodies to Simpson’s Bronco to socks at the foot of his bed; they said sophisti cated DNA analysis linked Simpson and both victims to many of the samples. But Cochran called the tests “gar bage in, garbage out” because of botched collection methods by care less, poorly trained employees. “We expect in the course of our evidence in this case to show that from their own studies, the LAPD’s laboratory is a cesspool of contami nation ” he said. J News... in a Minute First treatment for sickle cell anemia BETHESDA, Md. — Doctors announced the first treatment for sickle cell anemia Monday, a drug that could help adults with the disabling disease fight off its worst symptoms. The National Institutes of Health ended the critical trial of the drug hydroxyurea four months early because it proved so effective in reducing the painful episodes of sickle cell anemia, patients’ hospital izations and their need for blood transfusions. “Patients must understand hydroxyurea is a treatment, not a cure,” cautioned Dr. Samuel Charache of Johns Hopkins University, who led the NIH-funded study. “But it is the first effective treatment for this terrible disease.” Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disease most common among people whose ancestors came from Africa, the Middle East, the Mediterranean and India. Kemp won’t seek GOP nomination WASHINGTON — Jack Kemp, the former congressman and housing secretary once viewed as die heir to the Reagan revolution, said Monday he would not seek the 1996 Republican presidential nomination. The announcement cements Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole as the early front-runner. And some Republicans suggested Kemp’s decision would prove a boost to former Vice President Dan Quayle. “If Dan can overcome questions about his electability, I think a good deal of Jack’s support could gravitate his way,” said California GOP activist Steve Merksamer, a Kemp confidant. Nebraskan FAX NUMBER 472-1761 The Daily NebraskanMJSPS 144-080) is published by the UNL Publications Board, Ne braska Union 34, 1400 R St., Lincoln, NE 68588-0448, Monday through Friday during the academic year; weekly during summer sessions. Readers are encouraged to submit story ideas and comments to the Daily Nebraskan by phoning 472-1763 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The public also has access to the Publications Board. For information, contact Tim Hedegaard, 436-9258. SubscriDtion Dries is $50 for one vear. Postmaster: Send address changes to the Daily Nebraskan, Nebraska Union 34,1400 R St.,Lincoln, NE 685884)448. Second-class postage paid at Lincoln, NE. 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