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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 2006
Page
5
In Florida, a 23 year old woman staying at a secluded cabin near Lake George was killed after an alligator attack at a lakeside recreation area. Fire Rescue officials said bystanders pulled her from the gator's mouth and she died at the scene.
Former New York Times editor A M Rosenthal was honored as a fierce defender of human rights and a journalist who kept the paper free of bias. Arthur Gelb called him the greatest newspaper editor of our age and noted his epitaph as keeping the paper straight. Rosenthal died at 84 after a stroke, ending a 56 year Times career.
In Sao Paulo a notorious gang launched a second wave of violence against police, raising fatalities to 52 and triggering 33 prison uprisings across 51 facilities at the peak. By Sunday inmates held 229 guards hostage as rebellions persisted in 41 prisons.
The Israeli Supreme Court upholds a law that bars many Palestinians from living in Israel with Israeli spouses and children, citing security concerns. Critics call it racist and aimed at reducing Arab citizens. The panel noted West Bank Palestinians who married Israeli Arabs linked to attacks. Separately, Israeli forces killed six militants in West Bank raids and Navy intercepted a boat carrying explosives destined for Gaza.
Daniel Waltz, a 16 year old from Weston Florida, died from injuries suffered when a Palestinian suicide bomber struck a Tel Aviv restaurant on April 17. He and his father were visiting relatives for Passover. The hospital spokeswoman said Waltz will be flown home for burial Monday.
The article notes a law aimed at restricting movement of West Bank and Gaza Palestinians into Israel after a Palestinian with Israeli citizenship carried out a suicide bombing at a Haifa restaurant in 2002, killing himself and 14 others. It asserts hundreds or thousands may be prevented from crossing.
President Ahmadinejad dismissed Europe’s proposed political and economic package as invalid if it forces Iran to renounce its uranium enrichment rights. He spoke on state television after a Indonesia trip, urging focus on peaceful nuclear energy and criticizing opponents as living in colonial-era mindsets.
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