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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1992
Page
5
Police used bamboo clubs and tear gas to disperse thousands of Hindu nationalists in New Delhi. A leader from India's main opposition party was briefly detained amid the largest show of force since the Ayodhya shrine destruction and ensuing Hindu Muslim riots that killed about 1,200.
Israel's Cabinet defends its 415 expulsions of Muslim activists from occupied lands amid international condemnation. Palestinian protests and West Bank Gaza strikes continue as Israel's Supreme Court weighs returning expulsions to Lebanon. US and Colin Powell voice concerns but urge restraint.
Yugoslavia's Milosevic faced Milan Panic in a close election seen as pivotal for Serbia and the federation. irregularities reported clouded fairness, with fears Milosevic could refuse defeat or incite ethnic clashes if defeated. Milosevic faces international scrutiny over Bosnia war links.
U.N. officials said humanitarian airlift to Sarajevo could resume aiding 380,000 besieged residents living without heat water or electricity. Heavy fighting around Trebinje and Foca, 30 miles south, and near Sarajevo continued as U.N. spokesmen planned 16 relief flights from Zagreb.
An earthquake struck the Ambon area in the Banda Sea and northern Australia with no immediate casualties. Measurements ranged from 5.4 on the Richter scale per Indonesia's meteorology agency to 7.3 by Australia’s seismology center, epicenter 268 miles southeast of Ambon at 3:52 a.m. local time, depth 62.5 miles.
In Mount Vernon and surrounding towns Iowa residents share stories of Christmas themed surnames. Holliday Hollibaugh Merry and Noel Newell describe the playful attention their names draw during holidays. Shirley Angel notes a family tradition of angels and a four generation connection to the Angel name.
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