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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1990
Page
3
In Johannesburg an explosion shattered the empty offices of the Afrikaans newspaper Vrye Weekblad. The blast, the fifth in as many nights tied to anti- apartheid opponents, followed a claim of responsibility by right wing extremists targeting whites seeking an end to segregation.
Forty environmentalists wearing badger masks demonstrated outside the House of Commons to back a parliamentary bill banning interference with badger burrows. They warned that hunting badgers for sport is rising in rural Britain, said by members of the Royal Society for Nature Conservation.
Rostock officials revoked the 1933 honorary citizen title given to Adolf Hitler and also canceled the honorary citizen status of Friedrich Hildebrandt, Rostock’s former Nazi district leader, according to ADN.
Iranian President Rafsanjani said Tehran and Baghdad near a formal end to nearly ten years of hostilities after direct talks between their foreign ministers Ali Akbar Velayati and Tariq Aziz in Geneva. U N secretary general Perez de Cuellar mediated the meeting in Cyprus.
Buckingham Palace announced Burmese, the Queen Elizabeth II's favored ceremonial horse, died after a stroke at Windsor Palace. The jet black mare, long seen in 18 Trooping the Color ceremonies, was 28 and will be buried in Windsor Home Park near Windsor Castle.
San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos orders police to break up a sprawling encampment outside City Hall and enforce laws against public sleeping. The plan shifts to a resettlement program critics deem inadequate, with the dispersal taking effect Friday.
President Bush depart ed for the NATO conference in London after urging the Soviets to cut military spending before seeking Western aid. He flew from Kennebunkport by Marine One to New Hampshire then aboard Air Force One for the transatlantic overnight flight with Barbara Bush bidding farewell.
In Vienna Albanian authorities will meet with a representative of foreign embassies sheltering refugees after hundreds sought to leave Albania. Albanian diplomats say passport issuance will be guaranteed and reprisals denied. Reports estimate 214 to 243 people sought asylum in Tirana missions amid unrest against socialist rule.
In daytime thefts two paintings were cut from frames in Paris museums. Renoir's Portrait of a Seated Woman was stolen from the Louvre and Hebert's Portrait of Monaluccia from the Ernest Hebert Museum on the Left Bank. Both were small formats and discovered within about an hour of each other. Authorities noted simultaneous daytime thefts but could not confirm a link. Both museums are run by the Directory of French Museums.
A New England Journal of Medicine report details a six month trial in 21 men aged 61 to 81 who received a synthetic growth hormone. The treatment reduced body fat by about 15 percent and increased lean mass by roughly 9 percent while skin thickened and blood levels of growth hormone rose to youthful levels. Researchers caution that results are preliminary and long term risks are unknown. Dr Rudman notes aging is complex and the study shows body composition shifts rather than a fountain of youth.
The Group of 24, led by the United States, expands its aid program to Czechoslovakia Bulgaria Yugoslavia and East Germany while keeping Poland and Hungary in the package. No new money is promised, and Romania is excluded due to its new government’s reforms. Ministers say further Western commitments are needed and Romania’s case remains under review.
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