Language barriers in Olympics spark referee clash remembered
An Ottawa Gazette column recalls a U S versus China softball win 3 1 and a disputed two run homer deemed fair by umpires amid language barriers. It links historic umpire defections and famous managers to illustrate Olympic interpretation challenges and trivia about Edie Adams Arte Johnson and World War I ace Manfred von Richtofen.
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Catholics march peacefully in Belfast amid tensions
Thousands of Catholics marched into Belfast city center without Protestant resistance to end a tense weekend. In Londonderry, the Apprentice Boys held a march without clashes as police barriers kept rival neighborhoods apart. Police used plastic bullets to disperse youths throwing gasoline bombs in Londonderry. In Dunloy, police broke up a Saturday night standoff between residents and locals 35 miles east of Londonderry.
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Commitment to the future and tensions in Northern Ireland
The article notes a Sunday protest clash in Bellaghy amid wider sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. Sinn Fein led a march marking the 25th anniversary of the internment without trial of Catholics, as peace talks stalled and IRA cease-fire efforts faltered amid bombings in London and Manchester.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication and Delivery Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 provides daily and Sunday editions from 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52401. Subscription rates include carrier four dollars per week motor route four thirty five weekly and mail options from seventeen forty for seven issues eight five dollars for four weeks. The paper notes AP news use and directs postmaster to Cedar Rapids ETTE Inc P.O. Box 511 Cedar Rapids IA 52406 with contact numbers 319 398 8333 and 1 800 397 8333 and general number 319 396 8211.
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Gazette Company
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Associated Press
Life on Mars stirs debate among scientists in 3.8 billion year record
UCLA and Scripps researchers debate Martian life traces found in a meteorite and 3.85 billion year old Greenland rocks. Miller says origin of life on Earth may be easier if Martian evidence holds, while Arrhenius outlines steps to form and reproduce complex molecules.
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Poisonous weed seeds linked to diner deaths
Seeds from a poisonous weed were found in rice and vegetables served at a Bombay restaurant where 25 people died from food poisoning. United News of India reported Sunday that another 150 diners fell ill.
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Restaurant owner linked to Bhwindi town incident
Forty-eight victims remain in critical condition in Bombay hospitals after a meal at a local restaurant. Doctors administered an antitoxin to three patients on Sunday.
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Mount Canlaon eruption kills three climbers
Rescuers reach the last climbers trapped on Mount Canlaon after a sudden eruption that killed a Briton and two Filipinos. Twenty-one climbers were on the volcano on Negros Island when it blew on Saturday. 13 weaker hikers spent Friday night on upper slopes.
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