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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 2005
Page
5
A truck filled with masked militants exploded at a Hamas rally in Jebaliya Gaza Strip killing at least 15 Palestinians and wounding 80 including children. The blast disrupted a mass gathering as militants awaited an agreement banning public weapon parades.
Diary excerpts from the 2005 conclave reveal Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina as the persistent second in all four ballots. The notes also show Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger led with 84 of 115 votes in the final round, suggesting a Latin American pope was a conceivable possibility.
U.S. and Afghan forces backed by helicopter gunships killed 14 suspected Taliban fighters in central Uruzgan amid heavy clashes during the parliamentary elections period. One Afghan soldier died and a U.S. soldier was wounded as air power was used for the first time in this campaign.
Simon Wiesenthal was buried in Israel after dying at 96 in Vienna. Hundreds attended the funeral in Herzliya with praise from dignitaries and survivors who credited him with tracking down Nazis and defending Holocaust victims and their families. Feb death noted in Vienna.
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