<p>March 18, 2003 -- Protesters in Manhattan and the Gaza Strip carried mock tombstones and coffins yesterday to protest the death of Rachel Corrie, a U.S. peace activist who acted as a "human shield" at a Palestinian refugee camp.</p>
<p>Corrie, 23, died Sunday when she tried to stop an Israeli bulldozer from tearing down a doctor's house in Rafah.</p>