AP Worldstream back issues from Friday, November 9:
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Nov 09, 2007 ... EDITORS: The Associated Press closes its news cycle for Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, and begins its report for Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. The AP news report is protected by copyright, which gives the AP ...
AP Service Guide
Nov 09, 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 09, 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 09, 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 09, 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 ...
WORLD SPORTS at 0000 GMT
Nov 09, 2007 ... SOCCER: UEFA CUP: Bayern Munich draws 2-2 with Bolton in group stage LONDON _ Bayern Munich is held to 2-2 by a late equalizer from visiting Bolton in the UEFA Cup group stage. Other winners include Tottenham, Everton, Panathinaikos, Villarreal, Spartak Moscow, Sparta ...
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Nov 09, 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 ...
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Nov 09, 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 09, 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 ...
Palestinian officials say they are easing demands before U.S. Mideast conference
Nov 09, 2007; ... Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki softened demands for detailed statements on major issues before this month's U.S.-sponsored peace conference, agreeing with Israel that real negotiations will begin after the gathering. Speaking in Tel Aviv late Thursday, Malki said the ...
US-Mexico border fence could cut through backyards, create a no-man's-land
Nov 09, 2007; ... Founded 240 years ago, this sleepy Texas town along the Rio Grande has outlasted the Spanish, then the Mexicans and then the short-lived independent Republic of Texas. But it may not survive the U.S. government's effort to secure the Mexican border with a steel fence. A map obtained ...
Palestinian officials say they are easing demands before U.S. Mideast conference
Nov 09, 2007; ... Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki softened demands for detailed statements on major issues before this month's U.S.-sponsored peace conference, agreeing with Israel that real negotiations will begin after the gathering. Speaking in Tel Aviv late Thursday, Malki said the ...
US-Mexico border fence could cut through backyards, create a no-man's-land
Nov 09, 2007; ... Founded 240 years ago, this sleepy Texas town along the Rio Grande has outlasted the Spanish, then the Mexicans and then the short-lived independent Republic of Texas. But it may not survive the U.S. government's effort to secure the Mexican border with a steel fence. A map obtained ...
AP Interview: EU adviser says Palestinian police making inroads on crime, building trust
Nov 09, 2007; ... The Palestinian police are inadequately armed, but their current campaign against lawlessness in the West Bank could help them win trust from wary Israelis, according to the top European adviser to the Palestinian force. That, in turn, could improve prospects for peace talks. The head ...
AN AP ARTS REVIEW: A `Young Frankenstein' that only comes fitfully to life
Nov 09, 2007; ... What does it take to bring a big green monster _ not to mention a $20 million (13.6 million) musical _ to toe-tapping life? A nearly 80-year-old Irving Berlin standard called "Puttin' on the Ritz." The song shakes the slumbers out of "Young Frankenstein," the ...
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Nov 09, 2007; ... The Palestinian police are inadequately armed, but their current campaign against lawlessness in the West Bank could help them win trust from wary Israelis, according to the top European adviser to the Palestinian force. That, in turn, could improve prospects for peace talks. The head ...
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Nov 09, 2007; ... What does it take to bring a big green monster _ not to mention a $20 million (euro13.6 million) musical _ to toe-tapping life? A nearly 80-year-old Irving Berlin standard called "Puttin' on the Ritz." The song shakes the slumbers out of "Young Frankenstein," the ...
Nashville's famous Bluebird Cafe changing hands not music mission
Nov 09, 2007; ... After 25 years, the Bluebird Cafe, the famed songwriters club where Garth Brooks and Faith Hill were discovered and where so many hits were first performed, is changing ownership. The Nashville Songwriters Association bought the club in a deal that ensures it will keep operating as a ...
Myanmar junta, Suu Kyi edge toward reconciliation talks as UN envoy ends mission
Nov 09, 2007; ... Myanmar's junta agreed to let detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi meet with members of her party Friday for the first time in more than three years, while she offered to cooperate with the government to pursue national reconciliation. The trade of goodwill gestures came as ...
Hollywood writers strike idles hairdressers, set builders, caterers and other workers, too
Nov 09, 2007; ... They are not on screen or on strike, but somewhere way behind the scenes in Hollywood, legions of workers are off the job as writers strike against studios. A growing number of caterers, hairdressers, set builders, crew members and people who rent everything from trucks to portable ...
Nashville's famous Bluebird Cafe changing hands not music mission
Nov 09, 2007; ... After 25 years, the Bluebird Cafe, the famed songwriters club where Garth Brooks and Faith Hill were discovered and where so many hits were first performed, is changing ownership. The Nashville Songwriters Association bought the club in a deal that ensures it will keep operating as a ...
Myanmar junta, Suu Kyi edge toward reconciliation talks as UN envoy ends mission
Nov 09, 2007; ... Myanmar's junta agreed to let detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi meet with members of her party Friday for the first time in more than three years, while she offered to cooperate with the government to pursue national reconciliation. The trade of goodwill gestures came as ...
Hollywood writers strike idles hairdressers, set builders, caterers and other workers, too
Nov 09, 2007; ... They are not on screen or on strike, but somewhere way behind the scenes in Hollywood, legions of workers are off the job as writers strike against studios. A growing number of caterers, hairdressers, set builders, crew members and people who rent everything from trucks to portable ...
Stars shine on writers' picket lines on both coasts with words of support, bagels
Nov 09, 2007; ... Julianne Moore schmoozed with Nora Ephron. Robin Williams chatted up David Duchovny. Richard Belzer walked one dog and toted another in a zippered bag. Film festival? Premiere? No, it was the picket line in front of Time Warner Center on Thursday, the fourth day of a strike ...
Stars shine on writers' picket lines on both coasts with words of support, bagels
Nov 09, 2007; ... Julianne Moore schmoozed with Nora Ephron. Robin Williams chatted up David Duchovny. Richard Belzer walked one dog and toted another in a zippered bag. Film festival? Premiere? No, it was the picket line in front of Time Warner Center on Thursday, the fourth day of a strike ...
Bhutto vows to hold mass rally against emergency rule despite warnings of violence
Nov 09, 2007; ... Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto planned to hold a mass rally Friday to protest President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's emergency rule despite his announcement that elections would be held by February. Musharraf _ under pressure from the U.S. _ announced Thursday he would hold ...
Bhutto vows to hold mass rally against emergency rule despite warnings of violence
Nov 09, 2007; ... Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto planned to hold a mass rally Friday to protest President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's emergency rule despite his announcement that elections would be held by February. Musharraf _ under pressure from the U.S. _ announced Thursday he would hold ...
California sues US EPA for immediate action on global warming
Nov 09, 2007; ... California and 14 other U.S. states are demanding urgent action on global warming from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, arguing in a lawsuit that the environmental and health risks are mounting every day that President George W. Bush's administration delays action. But a ...
US dollar higher against yen in early trading in Tokyo
Nov 09, 2007 ... The U.S. dollar was trading at 112.66 yen at 8:50 a.m. Friday ...
US dollar higher against yen in early trading in Tokyo
Nov 09, 2007 ... The U.S. dollar was trading at 112.66 yen at 8:50 a.m. Friday ...
California sues US EPA for immediate action on global warming
Nov 09, 2007; ... California and 14 other U.S. states are demanding urgent action on global warming from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, arguing in a lawsuit that the environmental and health risks are mounting every day that President George W. Bush's administration delays action. But a ...
Mexican insurers: Flood damage claims estimated to reach nearly US$700 million
Nov 09, 2007; ... The floods that forced hundreds of thousands from their homes and left a Mexican Gulf coast state 80 percent underwater will be the nation's most costly natural disaster since a hurricane devastated Cancun and Cozumel in 2005, insurers said. Health officials warned of the potential ...
Mexican insurers: Flood damage claims estimated to reach nearly US$700 million
Nov 09, 2007; ... The floods that forced hundreds of thousands from their homes and left a Mexican Gulf coast state 80 percent underwater will be the nation's most costly natural disaster since a hurricane devastated Cancun and Cozumel in 2005, insurers said. Health officials warned of the potential ...
Bush pledges to make US medical system more responsible to injured veterans
Nov 09, 2007; ... President George W. Bush paid an emotional visit Thursday to soldiers maimed or badly burned in combat and said his administration is determined to mend the U.S. system of caring for veterans. Medical advances provide troops with treatment unimaginable just a decade ago, but the ...
Bush pledges to make US medical system more responsible to injured veterans
Nov 09, 2007; ... President George W. Bush paid an emotional visit Thursday to soldiers maimed or badly burned in combat and said his administration is determined to mend the U.S. system of caring for veterans. Medical advances provide troops with treatment unimaginable just a decade ago, but the ...
US releases 500 Iraqi prisoners from camps overloaded with surge suspects
Nov 09, 2007; ... U.S. authorities freed 500 Iraqi prisoners in an ongoing push to empty American jails of detainees no longer deemed a threat. But the military says it's still holding 25,800 Iraqis waiting to face charges or be given freedom. The releases on Thursday provided only small relief to a ...
US releases 500 Iraqi prisoners from camps overloaded with surge suspects
Nov 09, 2007; ... U.S. authorities freed 500 Iraqi prisoners in an ongoing push to empty American jails of detainees no longer deemed a threat. But the military says it's still holding 25,800 Iraqis waiting to face charges or be given freedom. The releases on Thursday provided only small relief to a ...
Jamaican specialist maintains deceased World Cup cricket coach was poisoned
Nov 09, 2007; ... A Jamaican specialist who analyzed stomach samples from Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer said Thursday that lethal amounts of a pesticide were revealed in tests he administered. Woolmer, 58, was found sprawled dead on the floor of his room on March 18, after his team was eliminated ...
Jamaican specialist maintains deceased World Cup cricket coach was poisoned
Nov 09, 2007; ... A Jamaican specialist who analyzed stomach samples from Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer said Thursday that lethal amounts of a pesticide were revealed in tests he administered. Woolmer, 58, was found sprawled dead on the floor of his room on March 18, after his team was eliminated ...
Afghans bury lawmakers killed in deadliest-ever suicide attack; thousands attend funeral
Nov 09, 2007; ... Thousands of mourners gathered to bury lawmakers killed in Afghanistan's deadliest suicide attack since the Taliban's ouster, amid demands for an international probe into the blast that killed at least 73 people _ most of them schoolchildren. Clerics on Thursday recited prayers as the ...
Afghans bury lawmakers killed in deadliest-ever suicide attack; thousands attend funeral
Nov 09, 2007; ... Thousands of mourners gathered to bury lawmakers killed in Afghanistan's deadliest suicide attack since the Taliban's ouster, amid demands for an international probe into the blast that killed at least 73 people _ most of them schoolchildren. Clerics on Thursday recited prayers as the ...
Lawyers emerge as Pakistan's political conscience in protests over emergency rule
Nov 09, 2007; ... Thousands of black-suited lawyers facing police batons and tear gas to protest the declaration of emergency rule have become Pakistan's political conscience. Enraged by President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's assault on independent judges, the legal community has eclipsed discredited ...
Dubai bridge collapse kills 7 workers, injures 15
Nov 09, 2007; ... A bridge under construction in a new development in Dubai collapsed, killing seven workers and injuring 15, police said. The workers were employees of the Wade Adams Group, a Middle East-based contracting company, said N.M. Naushad, the company's human resources director. One of the ...
AP Weekly Sports Calendar
Nov 09, 2007 ... EDITORS: These are among the top sports events of the week. Coverage of most of these events will move on this circuit: FRIDAY, Nov. 9 thru 11, Madrid, Spain _ tennis, WTA Championship. thru 11, Shanghai, China _ golf, Asian, HSBC Champions. ...
Krakatau's Child starts to erupt, showing Indonesia's deadly seismic forces
Nov 09, 2007; ... Sending a boom across the bay, the offspring of the fabled Krakatau unleashes another mighty eruption, blasting smoke and red-hot rocks hundreds of meters (yards) into the sky. This week's display by Anak Krakatau _ or the Child of Krakatau _ is impressive, yet is a mere sneeze when ...
Memorabilia dealer testifies at O.J. Simpson hearing, says football star burst into hotel room
Nov 09, 2007; ... A memorabilia dealer accusing O.J. Simpson of robbing him testified that the former football star burst into a hotel room with a handful of other men, including one wielding a gun, and carried off hundreds of collector's items. Bruce Fromong, one of two dealers allegedly robbed, said ...
Lawyers emerge as Pakistan's political conscience in protests over emergency rule
Nov 09, 2007; ... Thousands of black-suited lawyers facing police batons and tear gas to protest the declaration of emergency rule have become Pakistan's political conscience. Enraged by President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's assault on independent judges, the legal community has eclipsed discredited ...
Dubai bridge collapse kills 7 workers, injures 15
Nov 09, 2007; ... A bridge under construction in a new development in Dubai collapsed, killing seven workers and injuring 15, police said. The workers were employees of the Wade Adams Group, a Middle East-based contracting company, said N.M. Naushad, the company's human resources director. One of the ...
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Nov 09, 2007 ... EDITORS: These are among the top sports events of the week. Coverage of most of these events will move on this circuit: FRIDAY, Nov. 9 thru 11, Madrid, Spain _ tennis, WTA Championship. thru 11, Shanghai, China _ golf, Asian, HSBC Champions. ...
Krakatau's Child starts to erupt, showing Indonesia's deadly seismic forces
Nov 09, 2007; ... Sending a boom across the bay, the offspring of the fabled Krakatau unleashes another mighty eruption, blasting smoke and red-hot rocks hundreds of meters (yards) into the sky. This week's display by Anak Krakatau _ or the Child of Krakatau _ is impressive, yet is a mere sneeze when ...
Memorabilia dealer testifies at O.J. Simpson hearing, says football star burst into hotel room
Nov 09, 2007; ... A memorabilia dealer accusing O.J. Simpson of robbing him testified that the former football star burst into a hotel room with a handful of other men, including one wielding a gun, and carried off hundreds of collector's items. Bruce Fromong, one of two dealers allegedly robbed, said ...
Bernanke says growth will slow significantly in coming months
Nov 09, 2007; ... Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said that economic growth will slow noticeably in coming months while surging oil costs will raise inflation pressures. But he said the economy is nowhere close to the stagflation nightmare of the 1970s and he predicted an economic rebound by mid-2008....
Bernanke says growth will slow significantly in coming months
Nov 09, 2007; ... Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said that economic growth will slow noticeably in coming months while surging oil costs will raise inflation pressures. But he said the economy is nowhere close to the stagflation nightmare of the 1970s and he predicted an economic rebound by mid-2008....
World Internet forum opens in Brazil with US control over domain names at forefront
Nov 09, 2007; ... Debate over U.S. control of core Internet systems threatens to overtake an international meeting in Brazil next week that was meant to cover topics including spam, free speech and cheaper access. The Internet Governance Forum is the result of a compromise world leaders reached at a ...
Outcast teenage killer leaves suicide note before shooting spree at Finnish school
Nov 09, 2007; ... A bullied teenage outcast with radical views scribbled a suicide note bidding farewell to his family before unleashing an indiscriminate killing campaign at his high school, police said. As the grim details emerged of a premeditated massacre by a youth consumed with anger against ...
Forbes: Maple Leafs most valuable NHL team at $413 million
Nov 09, 2007 ... The Toronto Maple Leafs are the most valuable NHL team, even though the Original Six franchise hasn't captured the Stanley Cup in 40 years, according to Forbes. The value of the Maple Leafs has gone up 23 percent a year since the initial investment by the Ontario Teachers' Pension ...
Outcast teenage killer leaves suicide note before shooting spree at Finnish school
Nov 09, 2007; ... A bullied teenage outcast with radical views scribbled a suicide note bidding farewell to his family before unleashing an indiscriminate killing campaign at his high school, police said. As the grim details emerged of a premeditated massacre by a youth consumed with anger against ...
Forbes: Maple Leafs most valuable NHL team at $413 million
Nov 09, 2007 ... The Toronto Maple Leafs are the most valuable NHL team, even though the Original Six franchise hasn't captured the Stanley Cup in 40 years, according to Forbes. The value of the Maple Leafs has gone up 23 percent a year since the initial investment by the Ontario Teachers' Pension ...
Federal Reserve approves China Merchants Bank's bid to open New York branch
Nov 09, 2007; ... The U.S. Federal Reserve has announced its approval of an application by China Merchants Bank Co. to open a branch in New York. The Fed's decision marks the first time since a 1991 law went into effect that the central bank has allowed a Chinese bank to open a branch in the United ...
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Nov 09, 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 ...
Georgian president calls early presidential election for Jan. 5
Nov 09, 2007; ... Under fire from the West, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili sought to defuse an explosive political conflict by calling an early presidential election and promising to quickly lift a state of emergency. He also offered minor concessions Thursday to the opposition, whose protests ...
Georgian president calls early presidential election for Jan. 5
Nov 09, 2007; ... Under fire from the West, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili sought to defuse an explosive political conflict by calling an early presidential election and promising to quickly lift a state of emergency. He also offered minor concessions Thursday to the opposition, whose protests ...
Cathay Pacific orders 10 Boeing 747-8 freighters, 7 777s
Nov 09, 2007 ... Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways has ordered 10 of Boeing Co.'s new 747-8 cargo planes and seven long-range 777 passenger jets, the companies said Thursday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Boeing said the planes were worth $5.2 billion (3.5 billion) at list prices, though ...
Wealthy Russians stream into London to protect families, assets
Nov 09, 2007; ... Roman Abramovich is Russia's richest man, with an estimated fortune of more than US$20 billion (13.8 billion). But if you want to see his money, visit London. Abramovich owns the Chelsea soccer club, one of Britain's most famous. He also has bought several homes in the British capital ...
The gray cardinal of Tbilisi? A Georgian tycoon plays pivotal role in unrest
Nov 09, 2007; ... He is said to be Georgia's wealthiest businessman. He has owned the country's most storied soccer club, headed its Olympic committee and created its most popular television station. Badri Patarkatsishvili is now involved in arguably his most audacious project to date _ forcing ...