AP Worldstream back issues from Monday, November 5:
Joubert wins Skate Canada, American Melissa Gregory injured, taken to hospital
Nov 05, 2007 ... World champion Brian Joubert of France won Skate Canada on Sunday, hours after U.S. ice dancer Melissa Gregory was injured in a fall. Joubert won gold despite jumps that weren't anywhere near the quality he produced in winning the world title last March in Tokyo. He tumbled to the ice ...
Joubert wins Skate Canada, American Melissa Gregory injured, taken to hospital
Nov 05, 2007 ... World champion Brian Joubert of France won Skate Canada on Sunday, hours after U.S. ice dancer Melissa Gregory was injured in a fall. Joubert won gold despite jumps that weren't anywhere near the quality he produced in winning the world title last March in Tokyo. He tumbled to the ice ...
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Nov 05, 2007 ... EDITORS: The Associated Press closes its news cycle for Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007, and begins its report for Monday, Nov. 5, 2007. The AP news report is protected by copyright, which gives the AP ...
AP Service Guide
Nov 05, 2007 ... This AP Service Guide is designed to assist editors in finding specific categories of news in the AP news report using simple text searches for a string of characters. Any questions regarding this guide may be addressed by email to ami@ap.org. ...
AP News Pronunciation Guide
Nov 05, 2007 ... A Abakan -- ah-bah-KAHN' Feroz Abbasi -- feh-ROOZ' ah-BAH'-see Abul Abbas -- AH'-bool ah-BAHS' Mahmoud Abbas -- mahk-MOOD' ah-BAHS' Mahmoud Abdel-Baset -- mah-MOOD' ab-DEHL'-BA'-set Anthony Abbate -- ah-BAHT'-ee Raouf ...
AP News Pronunciation Guide
Nov 05, 2007 ... E Shirin Ebadi -- shih-REEN' eh-BAH'-dee Dalton Eby -- EE'-bee Edinburgh -- EH'-din-bur-uh Boudewijn van Eenennaam -- BOH'-duh-van vahn AY'-nuh-nohm Edward Egan -- EE'-gihn Jan Egeland -- yahn EHG'-lahnd Robert Ehrlich ...
AP News Pronunciation Guide
Nov 05, 2007 ... N Nabatiyeh -- nah-bah-TEE'-yuh Nabilone -- NAB'-ih-lohn Joseph Nacchio -- NAH'-chee-oh Javid Naghani -- jah-VEED' neh-GAH'-nee Ray Nagin -- NAY'-gin Nahariya -- nah-hah-REE'-yuh David Nahmias -- NAH'-mee-uhs ...
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Nov 05, 2007 ... A Abakan -- ah-bah-KAHN' Feroz Abbasi -- feh-ROOZ' ah-BAH'-see Abul Abbas -- AH'-bool ah-BAHS' Mahmoud Abbas -- mahk-MOOD' ah-BAHS' Mahmoud Abdel-Baset -- mah-MOOD' ab-DEHL'-BA'-set Anthony Abbate -- ah-BAHT'-ee Raouf ...
Monday, November 12
Nov 05, 2007; ... Today is Monday, November 12, the 316th day of 2007. There are 49 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1554 - Britain's Parliament re-establishes Roman Catholicism. 1603 - Sir Walter Raleigh's high treason trial opens in Winchester, ...
Venezuela's Chavez warns opposition could be denied protest permits
Nov 05, 2007; ... President Hugo Chavez said Sunday his government could deny permits for opposition-led protests because of violence during demonstrations against proposed constitutional amendments that would let him run for re-election indefinitely. "The next time they announce one of these ...
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Nov 05, 2007 ... E Shirin Ebadi -- shih-REEN' eh-BAH'-dee Dalton Eby -- EE'-bee Edinburgh -- EH'-din-bur-uh Boudewijn van Eenennaam -- BOH'-duh-van vahn AY'-nuh-nohm Edward Egan -- EE'-gihn Jan Egeland -- yahn EHG'-lahnd Robert Ehrlich ...
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Nov 05, 2007 ... N Nabatiyeh -- nah-bah-TEE'-yuh Nabilone -- NAB'-ih-lohn Joseph Nacchio -- NAH'-chee-oh Javid Naghani -- jah-VEED' neh-GAH'-nee Ray Nagin -- NAY'-gin Nahariya -- nah-hah-REE'-yuh David Nahmias -- NAH'-mee-uhs ...
Monday, November 12
Nov 05, 2007; ... Today is Monday, November 12, the 316th day of 2007. There are 49 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1554 - Britain's Parliament re-establishes Roman Catholicism. 1603 - Sir Walter Raleigh's high treason trial opens in Winchester, ...
Venezuela's Chavez warns opposition could be denied protest permits
Nov 05, 2007; ... President Hugo Chavez said Sunday his government could deny permits for opposition-led protests because of violence during demonstrations against proposed constitutional amendments that would let him run for re-election indefinitely. "The next time they announce one of these ...
Skate Canada Results
Nov 05, 2007 ... Results from Sunday's competition at the Skate Canada ISU Grand Prix figure skating event: Men Free Skating 1. Kevin Van Der Perren, Belgium, 136.44 points. 2. Brian Joubert, France, 135.57. 3. Jeffrey Buttle, Canada, 131.92. 4 ....
Skate Canada Results
Nov 05, 2007 ... Results from Sunday's competition at the Skate Canada ISU Grand Prix figure skating event: Men Free Skating 1. Kevin Van Der Perren, Belgium, 136.44 points. 2. Brian Joubert, France, 135.57. 3. Jeffrey Buttle, Canada, 131.92. 4 ....
WORLD SPORTS at 0000 GMT
Nov 05, 2007 ... SOCCER: ENGLISH ROUNDUP: Nolan scores in injury time to give Bolton 1-1 draw with West Ham LONDON _ Kevin Nolan scores in injury time to give Bolton a 1-1 draw at West Ham in Sunday's only Premier League game. It is the third match in charge for new Bolton manager Gary ...
Rice meets with Israeli PM, who hopes for Mideast progress before Bush's term ends
Nov 05, 2007; ... Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert hoped for movement toward peace with the Palestinians while U.S. President George W. Bush is still in office, and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned extremists would gain from lack of progress. Rice was winding up her latest Mideast ...
Police detain 500 Pakistani activists under emergency powers; vote could be delayed
Nov 05, 2007; ... Police and soldiers emboldened by emergency powers swept up hundreds of activists and opposition members, dragged away protesters shouting "Shame on you!" and turned government buildings into barbed-wire compounds. Gen. Pervez Musharraf's government said Sunday that ...
Rice meets with Israeli PM, who hopes for Mideast progress before Bush's term ends
Nov 05, 2007; ... Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert hoped for movement toward peace with the Palestinians while U.S. President George W. Bush is still in office, and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned extremists would gain from lack of progress. Rice was winding up her latest Mideast ...
Police detain 500 Pakistani activists under emergency powers; vote could be delayed
Nov 05, 2007; ... Police and soldiers emboldened by emergency powers swept up hundreds of activists and opposition members, dragged away protesters shouting "Shame on you!" and turned government buildings into barbed-wire compounds. Gen. Pervez Musharraf's government said Sunday that ...
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Nov 05, 2007 ... Below is a list of feature stories that The Associated Press plans to move in the coming week. Questions about the stories may be addressed to the North America Desk supervisor in New York at 212-621-1650 (fax 212-621-5449 or e-mail amidesk@ap.org) or to individual bureaus in your country or ...
Myanmar junta leader expected to snub UN envoy on reform mission
Nov 05, 2007 ... A U.N. envoy hoping to broker talks on political reform in military-ruled Myanmar might not get to talk with the top junta leader because of the regime's ongoing rift with the United Nations, diplomats said. However, envoy Ibrahim Gambari did meet with two Cabinet ministers Sunday in ...
Myanmar junta leader expected to snub UN envoy on reform mission
Nov 05, 2007 ... A U.N. envoy hoping to broker talks on political reform in military-ruled Myanmar might not get to talk with the top junta leader because of the regime's ongoing rift with the United Nations, diplomats said. However, envoy Ibrahim Gambari did meet with two Cabinet ministers Sunday in ...
Autism 'epidemic' largely fueled by special ed funding, shift in diagnosing
Nov 05, 2007; ... A few decades ago, people probably would have said kids like Ryan Massey and Eddie Scheuplein were just odd. Or difficult. Both boys are bright. But Ryan, 11, is hyper and prone to angry outbursts, sometimes trying to strangle another kid in his class who annoys him. Eddie, 7, has a ...
Gold opens higher in Hong Kong at US$805.05 an ounce
Nov 05, 2007 ... Gold opened at US$805.05 an ounce on Monday in Hong ...
Autism 'epidemic' largely fueled by special ed funding, shift in diagnosing
Nov 05, 2007; ... A few decades ago, people probably would have said kids like Ryan Massey and Eddie Scheuplein were just odd. Or difficult. Both boys are bright. But Ryan, 11, is hyper and prone to angry outbursts, sometimes trying to strangle another kid in his class who annoys him. Eddie, 7, has a ...
Gold opens higher in Hong Kong at US$805.05 an ounce
Nov 05, 2007 ... Gold opened at US$805.05 an ounce on Monday in Hong ...
2 musicals about Frankenstein, a drama and a comedy, open on and off-Broadway
Nov 05, 2007; ... An icebound ship somewhere in the Arctic spots a dog sled gliding across the ice with an astonishingly large man _ a creature made from stolen bones and body parts and reanimated by Victor Frankenstein. It is the opening of Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel, "Frankenstein or the Modern ...
2 musicals about Frankenstein, a drama and a comedy, open on and off-Broadway
Nov 05, 2007; ... An icebound ship somewhere in the Arctic spots a dog sled gliding across the ice with an astonishingly large man _ a creature made from stolen bones and body parts and reanimated by Victor Frankenstein. It is the opening of Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel, "Frankenstein or the Modern ...
US dollar lower against the yen in early Tokyo trade
Nov 05, 2007 ... The dollar was trading at 114.60 yen at 8:50 a.m. Monday ...
US dollar lower against the yen in early Tokyo trade
Nov 05, 2007 ... The dollar was trading at 114.60 yen at 8:50 a.m. Monday ...
Japanese opposition mulls party leader's offer to resign
Nov 05, 2007; ... Japan's main opposition planned to hold an extraordinary meeting Monday to discuss the party president's offer to step down after his colleagues rejected a proposed alliance with the troubled ruling bloc. Democratic Party President Ichiro Ozawa's planned resignation comes amid a major ...
Japanese opposition mulls party leader's offer to resign
Nov 05, 2007; ... Japan's main opposition planned to hold an extraordinary meeting Monday to discuss the party president's offer to step down after his colleagues rejected a proposed alliance with the troubled ruling bloc. Democratic Party President Ichiro Ozawa's planned resignation comes amid a major ...
Thousands od residents defy warnings that Indonesian volcano is about to erupt
Nov 05, 2007; ... A deadly Indonesian volcano is spewing clouds of white smoke as the temperature of its crater lake soars, but thousands of residents are defying warnings of a major eruption, choosing to tend crops and livestock on its slopes. The top scientist monitoring Mount Kelud said Sunday the ...
Thousands od residents defy warnings that Indonesian volcano is about to erupt
Nov 05, 2007; ... A deadly Indonesian volcano is spewing clouds of white smoke as the temperature of its crater lake soars, but thousands of residents are defying warnings of a major eruption, choosing to tend crops and livestock on its slopes. The top scientist monitoring Mount Kelud said Sunday the ...
Citigroup CEO Prince resigns, replaced as chairman by former Treasury Secy Rubin
Nov 05, 2007; ... Citigroup Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Charles Prince, beset by the company's billions of dollars in losses from investing in bad debt, has retired and is being replaced as chairman by former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, the company said. In an announcement Sunday ...
Emergency power may buy Musharraf time, but could backfire and destabilize Pakistan further
Nov 05, 2007; ... Suspending basic rights and sacking independent-minded judges may buy President Gen. Pervez Musharraf more time in power, but his assumption of emergency powers could ultimately destabilize Pakistan further and embolden Islamic militants. Western allies will also find it increasingly ...
Citigroup CEO Prince resigns, replaced as chairman by former Treasury Secy Rubin
Nov 05, 2007; ... Citigroup Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Charles Prince, beset by the company's billions of dollars in losses from investing in bad debt, has retired and is being replaced as chairman by former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, the company said. In an announcement Sunday ...
Emergency power may buy Musharraf time, but could backfire and destabilize Pakistan further
Nov 05, 2007; ... Suspending basic rights and sacking independent-minded judges may buy President Gen. Pervez Musharraf more time in power, but his assumption of emergency powers could ultimately destabilize Pakistan further and embolden Islamic militants. Western allies will also find it increasingly ...
North Korea to start disabling nuclear facilities
Nov 05, 2007 ... North Korea is expected to begin disabling its nuclear facilities Monday, marking the biggest step the communist country has ever taken to scale back its atomic program. The North shut down its sole functioning nuclear reactor at Yongbyon in July, and promised to disable it by year's ...
North Korea to start disabling nuclear facilities
Nov 05, 2007 ... North Korea is expected to begin disabling its nuclear facilities Monday, marking the biggest step the communist country has ever taken to scale back its atomic program. The North shut down its sole functioning nuclear reactor at Yongbyon in July, and promised to disable it by year's ...
Hollywood writers' battle over DVD, Internet profits also likely to affect actors, directors
Nov 05, 2007; ... Hollywood writers were back at the bargaining table in a last-minute push to avoid a strike set to begin Monday against TV networks and movie studios over writers' share of profits from DVDs and the Internet. The battle has broad implications for the way Hollywood does business, since ...
Hollywood writers' battle over DVD, Internet profits also likely to affect actors, directors
Nov 05, 2007; ... Hollywood writers were back at the bargaining table in a last-minute push to avoid a strike set to begin Monday against TV networks and movie studios over writers' share of profits from DVDs and the Internet. The battle has broad implications for the way Hollywood does business, since ...
Katie Holmes among the thousands of runners at NYC marathon
Nov 05, 2007 ... Katie Holmes was among the tens of thousands of runners participating in Sunday's New York City Marathon, finishing the race in 5 hours, 29 minutes and 58 seconds. Husband Tom Cruise and their daughter, Suri, were at the finish line to congratulate the actress, according to event ...
Katie Holmes among the thousands of runners at NYC marathon
Nov 05, 2007 ... Katie Holmes was among the tens of thousands of runners participating in Sunday's New York City Marathon, finishing the race in 5 hours, 29 minutes and 58 seconds. Husband Tom Cruise and their daughter, Suri, were at the finish line to congratulate the actress, according to event ...
A look at the rights suspended by Pakistan's state of emergency
Nov 05, 2007; ... A look at some of the rights that were suspended in the state of emergency declared over the weekend by Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf: _ Protection of life and liberty. _ The right to free movement. _ The right of detainees to be informed of their ...
A look at the rights suspended by Pakistan's state of emergency
Nov 05, 2007; ... A look at some of the rights that were suspended in the state of emergency declared over the weekend by Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf: _ Protection of life and liberty. _ The right to free movement. _ The right of detainees to be informed of their ...
UN in Myanmar: a history of failed efforts
Nov 05, 2007 ... Efforts in recent years by the United Nations to achieve reconciliation between the ruling military and pro-democracy forces in Myanmar have been punctuated by frustration, false hopes and failure: 1989: Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi detained and put under house arrest after ...
UN in Myanmar: a history of failed efforts
Nov 05, 2007 ... Efforts in recent years by the United Nations to achieve reconciliation between the ruling military and pro-democracy forces in Myanmar have been punctuated by frustration, false hopes and failure: 1989: Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi detained and put under house arrest after ...
World's growing dependence on coal leaving a trail of environmental devastation
Nov 05, 2007; ... It takes five to 10 ...
China's dependence on coal damaging country's historic sites
Nov 05, 2007; ... A few years back, the Leshan Giant Buddha started to weep. Or so some locals imagined when black streaks appeared on the rose-colored cheeks of the towering 7th-century figure, hewn from ...
World's growing dependence on coal leaving a trail of environmental devastation
Nov 05, 2007; ... It takes five to 10 days for the pollution from China's coal-fired plants to make its way to the United States, like a slow-moving storm. It shows up as mercury in the bass and trout caught in the Willamette River in the western U.S. state of Oregon. It increases cloud cover and ...
China's dependence on coal damaging country's historic sites
Nov 05, 2007; ... A few years back, the Leshan Giant Buddha started to weep. Or so some locals imagined when black streaks appeared on the rose-colored cheeks of the towering 7th-century figure, hewn from sandstone cliffs in the forests of southern China. They worried they had angered the religious ...
If 4 more US troops die in Iraq this year, 2007 will be bloodiest of the war
Nov 05, 2007; ... With nearly two months left in the year, 2007 is on course to be the deadliest year on record for American forces in Iraq, despite a recent sharp drop in U.S. deaths. At least 847 American military personnel have died in Iraq so far this year _ the second-highest annual toll since the ...
If 4 more US troops die in Iraq this year, 2007 will be bloodiest of the war
Nov 05, 2007; ... With nearly two months left in the year, 2007 is on course to be the deadliest year on record for American forces in Iraq, despite a recent sharp drop in U.S. deaths. At least 847 American military personnel have died in Iraq so far this year _ the second-highest annual toll since the ...
Mexico reports 10 dead in flood region, 500,000 homes damaged or destroyed
Nov 05, 2007; ... Authorities said two more bodies were found floating in brackish waters covering much of Mexico's southern Gulf coast, as residents began running perilously short of food and water after a week of devastating floods. The Interior Department said the cause of death of the two people ...
Egypt unveils King Tut's face to public, 85 years after discovery of boy king's tomb
Nov 05, 2007; ... King Tut's face was unveiled for the first time in public _ more than 3,000 years after the youngest and most famous pharaoh to rule ancient Egypt was shrouded in linen and buried in his golden underground tomb. Archeologists carefully lifted the fragile mummy out of a quartz ...
Mexico reports 10 dead in flood region, 500,000 homes damaged or destroyed
Nov 05, 2007; ... Authorities said two more bodies were found floating in brackish waters covering much of Mexico's southern Gulf coast, as residents began running perilously short of food and water after a week of devastating floods. The Interior Department said the cause of death of the two people ...
Egypt unveils King Tut's face to public, 85 years after discovery of boy king's tomb
Nov 05, 2007; ... King Tut's face was unveiled for the first time in public _ more than 3,000 years after the youngest and most famous pharaoh to rule ancient Egypt was shrouded in linen and buried in his golden underground tomb. Archeologists carefully lifted the fragile mummy out of a quartz ...
Guatemalans eye law-and-order, anti-poverty candidates in presidential election
Nov 05, 2007; ... Guatemala's presidential runoff pitted a former general vowing a crackdown on rampant crime against a businessman promising to end desperate poverty by creating jobs, as voters went to heavily guarded polls. More than 30,000 police and soldiers were on alert after weeks of campaigning ...
Guatemalans eye law-and-order, anti-poverty candidates in presidential election
Nov 05, 2007; ... Guatemala's presidential runoff pitted a former general vowing a crackdown on rampant crime against a businessman promising to end desperate poverty by creating jobs, as voters went to heavily guarded polls. More than 30,000 police and soldiers were on alert after weeks of campaigning ...
Johnson wins third straight race, takes Cup points lead.
Nov 05, 2007; ... Jimmie Johnson won a dramatic side-by-side duel with Matt Kenseth, grabbing his third straight victory and, more important, wresting the NASCAR Nextel Cup points lead from Jeff Gordon on Sunday in the Dickies 500. The reigning Cup champion, who began the day at Texas Motor Speedway ...
Johnson wins third straight race, takes Cup points lead.
Nov 05, 2007; ... Jimmie Johnson won a dramatic side-by-side duel with Matt Kenseth, grabbing his third straight victory and, more important, wresting the NASCAR Nextel Cup points lead from Jeff Gordon on Sunday in the Dickies 500. The reigning Cup champion, who began the day at Texas Motor Speedway ...
Top Macau official to go on trial in gambling resort's biggest graft case in a decade
Nov 05, 2007 ... A senior Macau official goes on trial Monday charged with allegedly amassing US$100 million (69 million) in kickbacks during his seven years in office in the tiny gambling enclave, which has struggled to shake off its links to crime. Former Transport and Public Works Secretary Ao ...