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Globes, July 31, 2006 Newseum Image

July 31, 2006:
Page One news from the Israeli business daily, Globes. The newspaper is published in Rishon, Le-Zion, Israel.

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Journal & Courier, July 31, 2006 Image from newspaper's Web site

July 31, 2006: An excerpt from a column in Lafayette - West Lafayette, Indiana's Journal & Courier:

Welcome to your new newspaper

Today's Journal & Courier marks a new era in journalism in Lafayette.

Through nearly 200 years, the Journal & Courier and our predecessors have worked to bring you the news and information you want and need. The innovations have been plentiful -- from using motorized vehicles in the early 20th century to deliver newspapers to the launch in the 1990s of jconline.com.

But we've never been more excited about what the J&C has to offer. Our $24.1 million press project today.

It allows us to deliver your news with more vibrant colors, with crisp reproduction and in a new format that is easy to use. One thing that won't change, however, is our commitment to provide thorough and fair coverage of news that affects you and your community.

So welcome to your new newspaper, and thank you for making us a part of your lives each day.

Julie Doll, Executive Editor

Gary Suisman, President and Publisher
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Reading Eagle, July 28, 2006 Newseum Image

July 28, 2006: An excerpt from a story in Pennsylvania's Reading Eagle:

Fans Stand By Landis

By Mike Urban

EPHRATA -- Friends and former neighbors of Tour de France Champion Floyd Landis were sticking by their hero Thursday, reluctant to believe he cheated despite news that he tested positive for a performance enhancer during the race.

"I don't believe he did anything wrong," said Michael C. Farrington, a friend of Landis and owner of Green Mountain Cyclery along Route 272 in Ephrata, where Landis bought his first bike. "He's a straight-up guy. It's not his style."

Farrington's wife, Jennifer F., said she spoke with Landis by phone Thursday. Landis, who was in France, assured her he did nothing wrong.

"He is absolutely distraught," Jennifer said.
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La Repubblica, July 27, 2006 Newseum Image

July 27, 2006:
The Italian newspaper, La Repubblica, reports on the Mideast crisis conference held in Rome yesterday. International leaders failed to agree on a cease-fire for the violence on the Lebanon-Israel border.

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USA Today, July 26, 2006 Newseum Image

July 26, 2006: An excerpt from a story in USA Today:

The battle for Baghdad, again

By RICK JERVIS and DAVID JACKSON 

BAGHDAD -- The battle for Iraq's future has come down to this: Can the country's U.S.-supported government control escalating violence in the streets of its capital?
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met with President Bush on Tuesday at the White House, where they announced a plan to dispatch more U.S. and Iraqi troops to Baghdad to try to salvage a faltering security plan for Iraq's war-ravaged capital.

The leaders said an unspecified number of troops would be redeployed to respond to a surge in violence that has killed more than 100 civilians a day since Bush's surprise visit to Baghdad six weeks ago, when Maliki announced a security crackdown in Baghdad.
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San Francisco Chronicle, July 25, 2006 Newseum Image

July 25, 2006: An excerpt from a story in the San Francisco Chronicle:

Hot and bothered:
Too much summer in area known for fog

By C.W. NEVIUS

In the scorched outposts of the Central Valley, they have a name for this blistering weather -- they call it summer.

But around here we don't do hot. We are more used to fog and breezes and temperatures that might creep up into the 90s. So, when this happens, the usual conventions are thrown out the window.

As the temperatures climbed into the triple digits day after day, the Bay Area wilted into grumpy disarray. The problem isn't the heat. It is that we don't know what to do with such a long, sauna-like stretch. _____________________________________________

Intelligencer Journal, July 24, 2006 Newseum Image

July 24, 2006: An excerpt from a story in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania newspaper, the Intelligencer Journal:

Farmersville celebrates Floyd

By  P.J. REILLY 

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - Paul and Arlene Landis didn't watch their son, Floyd, on television Sunday morning as he rode triumphantly through the streets of Paris, celebrating his victory in the Tour de France.

That's because they were riding their bikes, too -- on their way home from Sunday school and worship at Martindale Mennonite Church.

"Our neighbor taped it, so we're going to watch it later at a party at their house," Mr. Landis said Sunday afternoon.

The Landises, who don't own a television, already knew their son was the winner of the world's most prestigious cycling race.

"Someone told us Sunday is just ceremonial," Mrs. Landis said. "He won it on Saturday."

Floyd's hometown of Farmersville was buzzing with celebratory activities Sunday.
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The Boston Globe, July 21, 2006 Newseum Image

July 21, 2006: An excerpt from a story in The Boston Globe:

Citing loose bolts, Romney closes eastbound tunnel

By  MATT VISER and SCOTT ALLEN 

Governor Mitt Romney yesterday ordered an immediate closure of the eastbound Ted Williams Tunnel, a main route for bus traffic to Logan International Airport, saying emergency repairs were necessary because two bolts holding up a ceiling panel were loose.

Last week, in the aftermath of the ceiling collapse in the adjacent Interstate 90 connector, Romney and Massachusetts Turnpike Authority Chairman Matthew J. Amorello had separately assured the public that the tunnel appeared to be safe, though its drop ceiling used epoxy-and-bolt fasteners similar to those suspected of failing in the connector.

Inspectors from the Turnpike Authority had spotted the loose bolts last week, but agency officials concluded they were not an immediate concern, in part because the ceiling panels were lighter than in the connector.

But after state highway department inspectors conducted another visual inspection Tuesday and Wednesday, Romney reached a different conclusion, saying in a news conference yesterday afternoon that two loose bolts on a single panel posed "a very substantial threat to public safety." One bolt had slipped out of the roof by an inch, the other by half an inch.
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The Wichita Eagle, July 20, 2006 Newseum Image

July 20, 2006: An excerpt from a story in the Wichita (Kansas) Eagle:

Temperature boils to new high; today is forecast to be just as hot

By STAN FINGER

Roy Smith sighed as he settled into a chair in the basement of St. John's Episcopal Church, happy to be out of the searing afternoon heat.

"It's just a relief to be here," Smith said between bites of pizza. He was one of more than 30 people taking advantage of a shelter set up Wednesday for those without a house or air conditioning.

"I saw four ambulances go by as I was walking here," Smith said, "and I didn't know if there'd been an accident or a homeless person had died in this heat."

It was a fair question for a day that saw a record high temperature of 109 for Wichita, topping by 2 degrees the mark set during the legendary heat wave of 1980. No deaths were reported locally from the heat on Wednesday, though at least seven people were treated at local hospitals for heat-related illnesses.

The heat wave is blamed for at least 12 deaths nationwide, including a Coffeyville man who died earlier this week in Tulsa.
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Pedoman Rakyat, July 19, 2006 Newseum Image

July 19, 2006:
The Makassar, Indonesia newspaper, Pedoman Rakyat, reports on Indonesia's devastating tsunami that killed more than 530 people.

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Izvestia, July 18, 2006 Newseum Image

July 18, 2006:
The Moscow, Russia newspaper, Izvestia, reports on the end of the G8 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, July 17, 2006 Newseum Image

July 17, 2006: An excerpt from a story in the Ontario, California newspaper, the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin:

Cost of firefighting adds up

By NIKKI COBB, GINA TENORIO and JEFF HORWITZ 

It was almost like commandeering Air Force One for forest fire duty.

For the first time, state firefighting officials enlisted the aid of a DC-10 jet that had been converted to an air tanker to fight the estimated 82,000-acre wildfires wreaking havoc in San Bernardino County's mountains and desert.

At a cost of $52,000 a day to rent the giant aircraft, officials have to weigh the price of the aircraft against potential loss.

The fires have already claimed one life, and a number of firefighters have collapsed and been hospitalized for heat exhaustion.
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An-Nahar, July 14, 2006 Newseum Image

July 14, 2006:
The Beirut, Lebanon newspaper, An-Nahar, reports on the escalating violence in the Middle East.

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Maariv, July 13, 2006 Newseum Image

July 13, 2006:
The Tel-Aviv, Israel newspaper, Maariv, reports on the Israeli military's attacks in south Lebanon.








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The Times of India, July 12, 2006 Newseum Image

July 12, 2006: An excerpt from a story in The Times of India:

Mumbai Attacked

By Times News Network

Mumbai: Thirteen years after terror struck the most potent symbols of India's financial capital in a series of 13 blasts which killed 257 people, it struck again, this time at Mumbai's very lifeline -- its overcrowded suburban Western Railway.

The horrors of March 12, 1993 came back to haunt Mumbai on Tuesday evening when seven high-intensity bombs ripped through first-class compartments of suburban trains headed towards the distant suburbs between 6.24 pm and 6.34 pm. Two of the blasts occurred when the trains were on platforms at Mahim and Borivli. At the time of going to press, an estimated 172 people had died and another 460 were injured. The toll is likely to rise.
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Newsday, July 11, 2006 Newseum Image

July 11, 2006: An excerpt from a story in Newsday:

Probe focuses on doctor in building explosion

By HANA ALBERTS, JULIA NEYMAN, LUIS PEREZ, GRAHAM RAYMAN, KATIE THOMAS, JOHN VALENTI, and CHUCK BENNETT

An explosion, likely fueled by a gas leak, leveled a venerable East-Side brownstone, showering the upscale block with glass shards and filling the neighborhood with heavy, acrid smoke.

Investigators Monday were looking into whether the doctor who owned the building, Nicholas Bartha, 66, turned on the gas and tried to kill himself and destroy the building as a final, bitter salvo in a long-running divorce battle. Paul Browne, a police department spokesman, said the incident was being investigated as a crime.

Hours before the blast, police sources said, Bartha e-mailed a 15-page, single-spaced letter to his ex-wife and 20 others, blaming her for hardships in his life, said a police official with knowledge of the situation.
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La Stampa, July 10, 2006 Newseum Image

July 10, 2006:
The Torino, Italy newspaper, La Stampa, reports on their country's win over France in the World Cup final.
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The Guardian, July 7, 2006 Newseum Image

July 7, 2006: An excerpt from a story in London, England's newspaper, The Guardian: 

How London carried on

....And yet the response to the attacks of July 7 2005 tells a different story. One year on, it seems an event that many thought would mark a collective watershed has barely changed us. From our habits of leisure and transport, to our attitudes to politics, to the way we live with each other, the bombings have not had the impact many expected. We could mark today's anniversary with another poster: London carried on. 
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The Korea Times, July 6, 2006 Newseum Image

July 6, 2006: An excerpt from a story in The Korea Times:

Roh, Bush Stress Diplomatic Solution 

By RYU JIN
 
President Roh Moo-hyun and U.S. President George W. Bush Thursday discussed the North Korean missile issue and agreed to make joint efforts along with other relevant nations for a diplomatic solution, Chong Wa Dae announced.

"President Roh and President Bush held telephone talks between 7:50 a.m. and 8 a.m. and agreed to make joint diplomatic efforts to resolve the North Korean missile issue," Roh's spokesman Jung Tae-ho said in a press briefing.

....On Wednesday, North Korea test-fired at least seven missiles, including a long-range Taepodong-2 weapon, in an apparent bid to pull the United States into a direct negotiation rather than the six-party talks involving four other nations.
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Florida Today, July 5, 2006 Newseum Image

July 5, 2006: An excerpt from a story in Florida Today:

Astronauts on way to space station

By TODD HALVORSON

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Discovery's astronauts will inspect their ship's heat shield today after an impressive Independence Day launch on a mission marking NASA's second attempt to get a deadly foam-shedding problem under control.

With sophisticated radar and more than 100 high-resolution cameras tracking Discovery's climb into orbit, engineers spotted a flurry of small foam fragments flying off the shuttle's redesigned external tank.

But NASA officials said Discovery was traveling too high and too fast for the debris to do the type of serious damage that doomed Columbia's crew during an ill-fated atmospheric reentry back in February 2003.
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Niagara Gazette, July 4, 2006 Newseum Image

July 4, 2006: An excerpt from a story in New York's Niagara Gazette:

National pride finds home in local man

By CARLY PETERSON 

Harvey Lettman wakes up each morning with the flag in the back of his mind.

The Town of Tonawanda resident's patriotism is rooted deep beneath the laugh lines on his face and his casual, quick smile. Lettman's patriotism is his confidence, which has grown and matured as he did.

"Every day I wake up and cherish that I live in America," he said. "Some people don't realize they have everything here. I grew up thinking that way and enjoying and appreciating life."
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El Quintanarroense, July 3, 2006 Newseum Image

July 3, 2006:
The Playa del Carmen, Mexico newspaper, El Quintanarroense, reports on Mexico's presidential election.