AP Worldstream back issues from Friday, November 16:
New Zealand airport bid confirmed by Canadian fund; other bids sought
Nov 16, 2007 ... The board of Auckland International Airport Ltd. said Friday it will actively seek takeover offers from other parties after receiving a formal offer from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. The board of New Zealand's largest international airport said it has asked its investment ...
New Zealand airport bid confirmed by Canadian fund; other bids sought
Nov 16, 2007 ... The board of Auckland International Airport Ltd. said Friday it will actively seek takeover offers from other parties after receiving a formal offer from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. The board of New Zealand's largest international airport said it has asked its investment ...
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Nov 16, 2007 ... EDITORS: The Associated Press closes its news cycle for Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007, and begins its report for Friday, Nov. 16, 2007. The AP news report is protected by copyright, which gives the AP ...
AP Service Guide
Nov 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 ...
Friday, November 23
Nov 16, 2007; ... Today is Friday, November 23, the 327th day of 2007. There are 38 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1499 - Perkin Warbeck, pretender to English throne, is executed. 1531 - Peace of Kappel ends second civil war in Switzerland. ...
US dollar rises against the yen
Nov 16, 2007 ... The U.S. dollar was trading at 110.46 yen at 8:50 a.m. Friday ...
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Nov 16, 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 ...
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Nov 16, 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 ...
Lindsay Lohan completes jail sentence in 84 minutes
Nov 16, 2007; ... Actress Lindsay Lohan was in jail for just 84 minutes, becoming the latest celebrity to serve less than a day for a drunken driving offense. Lohan, 21, turned herself in Thursday morning. She was searched, fingerprinted and placed in a holding cell in the inmate reception area but got ...
US dollar rises against the yen
Nov 16, 2007 ... The U.S. dollar was trading at 110.46 yen at 8:50 a.m. Friday ...
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Nov 16, 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 ...
Friday, November 23
Nov 16, 2007; ... Today is Friday, November 23, the 327th day of 2007. There are 38 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1499 - Perkin Warbeck, pretender to English throne, is executed. 1531 - Peace of Kappel ends second civil war in Switzerland. ...
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Nov 16, 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 ...
Lindsay Lohan completes jail sentence in 84 minutes
Nov 16, 2007; ... Actress Lindsay Lohan was in jail for just 84 minutes, becoming the latest celebrity to serve less than a day for a drunken driving offense. Lohan, 21, turned herself in Thursday morning. She was searched, fingerprinted and placed in a holding cell in the inmate reception area but got ...
Southern Sudan leader meets with Bush
Nov 16, 2007 ... The head of the transitional government in the non-Muslim southern Sudan talked with President George W. Bush about ways to revive a peace agreement signed in 2005 that has bogged down in recent months. Bush and Salva Kiir, vice president of Sudan and president of the southern Sudan ...
Southern Sudan leader meets with Bush
Nov 16, 2007 ... The head of the transitional government in the non-Muslim southern Sudan talked with President George W. Bush about ways to revive a peace agreement signed in 2005 that has bogged down in recent months. Bush and Salva Kiir, vice president of Sudan and president of the southern Sudan ...
Benefits of diet drugs may outweigh the risks, experts say
Nov 16, 2007; ... Three diet drugs recommended for long-term use result in minimal weight loss and carry some serious side effects, a review of research found. Though most users of the drugs remained overweight, experts said the drugs could help curb the dangers of obesity by reducing rates of heart ...
Benefits of diet drugs may outweigh the risks, experts say
Nov 16, 2007; ... Three diet drugs recommended for long-term use result in minimal weight loss and carry some serious side effects, a review of research found. Though most users of the drugs remained overweight, experts said the drugs could help curb the dangers of obesity by reducing rates of heart ...
Cooling down process starts for world's doomsday seed bank on remote Arctic island
Nov 16, 2007; ... Refrigeration units were to begin on Friday further cooling a new doomsday vault, dug into an already frigid Arctic mountainside to protect the world's seeds in case of a global catastrophe. Norway blasted the Svalbard Global Seed Vault deep into the permafrost of a remote Arctic ...
'Bookseller of Kabul' writes his own story in response to best seller about him
Nov 16, 2007; ... The famed bookseller of Kabul _ whose family life was chronicled by a Norwegian journalist _ has published a scathing response to that best-selling book, accusing the author of creating lies about him and abusing his hospitality and friendship. Shah Mohammad Rais welcomed journalist ...
Cooling down process starts for world's doomsday seed bank on remote Arctic island
Nov 16, 2007; ... Refrigeration units were to begin on Friday further cooling a new doomsday vault, dug into an already frigid Arctic mountainside to protect the world's seeds in case of a global catastrophe. Norway blasted the Svalbard Global Seed Vault deep into the permafrost of a remote Arctic ...
'Bookseller of Kabul' writes his own story in response to best seller about him
Nov 16, 2007; ... The famed bookseller of Kabul _ whose family life was chronicled by a Norwegian journalist _ has published a scathing response to that best-selling book, accusing the author of creating lies about him and abusing his hospitality and friendship. Shah Mohammad Rais welcomed journalist ...
Bidders due to submit final proposals for credit crisis casualty Northern Rock
Nov 16, 2007 ... Prospective bidders are due to submit their final proposals Friday for mortgage lender Northern Rock PLC, Britain's biggest casualty of the global credit crisis. Richard Branson's Virgin Group, U.S. private equity house J.C. Flowers and Co. and investment firm Olivant Advisers Ltd ....
Bidders due to submit final proposals for credit crisis casualty Northern Rock
Nov 16, 2007 ... Prospective bidders are due to submit their final proposals Friday for mortgage lender Northern Rock PLC, Britain's biggest casualty of the global credit crisis. Richard Branson's Virgin Group, U.S. private equity house J.C. Flowers and Co. and investment firm Olivant Advisers Ltd ....
Poland's president to swear in government of former dissidents devoted to capitalist reforms
Nov 16, 2007; ... Poland's president swears in a new government Friday that includes a British-born economist among an internationally minded team of former anti-communist dissidents committed to deeper capitalist reforms. Donald Tusk, 50, is to be sworn as prime minister in at 10:15 a.m. (0915 GMT) at ...
After 4-year run in Las Vegas, Celine Dion returns cautiously to the pop arena
Nov 16, 2007; ... Though she's undeniably warm and gregarious, you can hear a bit of irritation creep into Celine Dion's voice when her years away from the pop music world is referred to as "time off." "I don't think it was a break," she says politely but firmly. "I worked for ...
Poland's president to swear in government of former dissidents devoted to capitalist reforms
Nov 16, 2007; ... Poland's president swears in a new government Friday that includes a British-born economist among an internationally minded team of former anti-communist dissidents committed to deeper capitalist reforms. Donald Tusk, 50, is to be sworn as prime minister in at 10:15 a.m. (0915 GMT) at ...
After 4-year run in Las Vegas, Celine Dion returns cautiously to the pop arena
Nov 16, 2007; ... Though she's undeniably warm and gregarious, you can hear a bit of irritation creep into Celine Dion's voice when her years away from the pop music world is referred to as "time off." "I don't think it was a break," she says politely but firmly. "I worked for ...
Poland's Tusk taking over as new prime minister
Nov 16, 2007; ... Donald Tusk has never missed the annual New Year's Eve soccer match with buddies from the days he spent painting the tops of sooty industrial smokestacks in 1980s communist Poland. Friends hope the down-to-earth Tusk will still keep the date this year, even after he is sworn in Friday ...
Poland's Tusk taking over as new prime minister
Nov 16, 2007; ... Donald Tusk has never missed the annual New Year's Eve soccer match with buddies from the days he spent painting the tops of sooty industrial smokestacks in 1980s communist Poland. Friends hope the down-to-earth Tusk will still keep the date this year, even after he is sworn in Friday ...
Courtesy of Timbaland and Timberlake, Duran Duran's '80s sound gets an update
Nov 16, 2007; ... When Duran Duran asked superproducer Timbaland to come up with some hit-worthy songs for their new album, they knew they'd have to give up a fair amount of creative control. After all, while Timbaland has worked with artists as diverse as Justin Timberlake, 50 Cent and Missy Elliott, ...
Courtesy of Timbaland and Timberlake, Duran Duran's '80s sound gets an update
Nov 16, 2007; ... When Duran Duran asked superproducer Timbaland to come up with some hit-worthy songs for their new album, they knew they'd have to give up a fair amount of creative control. After all, while Timbaland has worked with artists as diverse as Justin Timberlake, 50 Cent and Missy Elliott, ...
Survivors of Somali pirate attack tell of months of horror
Nov 16, 2007; ... With one murdered crewmen in the ship's freezer and Somali pirates threatening to execute his son, Captain Xinshen Ling could think of only one thing to do: Threaten to throw himself into the shark-infested waters. Four pirates immediately rushed to keep him from jumping from the ...
Label change gives Trisha Yearwood a shot of energy on her new album 'Heaven'
Nov 16, 2007; ... When Trisha Yearwood signed her first record deal in 1991, there was one route for a country singer who wanted to make a big splash. "You had to be on a big label and have major distribution," she recalled recently. Not anymore. Yearwood parted with MCA ...
Survivors of Somali pirate attack tell of months of horror
Nov 16, 2007; ... With one murdered crewmen in the ship's freezer and Somali pirates threatening to execute his son, Captain Xinshen Ling could think of only one thing to do: Threaten to throw himself into the shark-infested waters. Four pirates immediately rushed to keep him from jumping from the ...
Label change gives Trisha Yearwood a shot of energy on her new album 'Heaven'
Nov 16, 2007; ... When Trisha Yearwood signed her first record deal in 1991, there was one route for a country singer who wanted to make a big splash. "You had to be on a big label and have major distribution," she recalled recently. Not anymore. Yearwood parted with MCA ...
Sahara, the Arctic seal that keeps turning up in warmer waters
Nov 16, 2007; ... Sahara the Arctic seal keeps turning up in warmer waters. The young seal was rescued off the coast of Africa last year, far from his native habitat in the Arctic circle. He was brought to Britain to be nursed back to health and was freed into the wild _ only to paddle in the wrong ...
Sahara, the Arctic seal that keeps turning up in warmer waters
Nov 16, 2007; ... Sahara the Arctic seal keeps turning up in warmer waters. The young seal was rescued off the coast of Africa last year, far from his native habitat in the Arctic circle. He was brought to Britain to be nursed back to health and was freed into the wild _ only to paddle in the wrong ...
Energy experts say world must develop carbon capture to fight climate change
Nov 16, 2007; ... Since heavily polluting coal and ever-pricier oil will provide most of the world's power for decades to come, nations must make more efficient use of fossil fuels and learn to contain the tons of carbon dioxide industries spew each day, experts said. The world cannot wait while ...
After taking time off for family, Seal manages to incorporate it in new music
Nov 16, 2007; ... For a man who built his career on singing ballads, Seal's new album, "System," is surprisingly upbeat. The British rocker says you can thank his blissful home life for that. Seal _ who became the envy of men worldwide when he wed supermodel Heidi Klum _ credits the couple's ...
Energy experts say world must develop carbon capture to fight climate change
Nov 16, 2007; ... Since heavily polluting coal and ever-pricier oil will provide most of the world's power for decades to come, nations must make more efficient use of fossil fuels and learn to contain the tons of carbon dioxide industries spew each day, experts said. The world cannot wait while ...
After taking time off for family, Seal manages to incorporate it in new music
Nov 16, 2007; ... For a man who built his career on singing ballads, Seal's new album, "System," is surprisingly upbeat. The British rocker says you can thank his blissful home life for that. Seal _ who became the envy of men worldwide when he wed supermodel Heidi Klum _ credits the couple's ...
Evidence of warming surrounds negotiators at climate change conference in Spain
Nov 16, 2007; ... Negotiators working on a landmark global warming report don't need to go far to see the effects of climate change: The evidence is all around the Mediterranean resort where they are meeting. Sea water threatens to inundate rice paddies in use since Spain was an Arab kingdom in the ...
Film review: `Southland Tales' spins nonsensical apocalyptic mess
Nov 16, 2007; ... "Southland Tales" writer-director Richard Kelly set out to tell a grand comic adventure about an apocalypse close at hand. With boundless ambition far exceeding his ability to tell a coherent story, Kelly manages only an artistic apocalypse. Irksomely self-important, ...
Film review: `Southland Tales' spins nonsensical apocalyptic mess
Nov 16, 2007; ... "Southland Tales" writer-director Richard Kelly set out to tell a grand comic adventure about an apocalypse close at hand. With boundless ambition far exceeding his ability to tell a coherent story, Kelly manages only an artistic apocalypse. Irksomely self-important, ...
Clock ticking as talks on climate change document struggle over text
Nov 16, 2007; ... Delegates at a U.N. climate change conference struggled to hammer out the text of a scientific report that will guide governments for years to come on their global warming policies. With just one day left in their timetable to complete the report, key differences were being sent to ad ...
Clock ticking as talks on climate change document struggle over text
Nov 16, 2007; ... Delegates at a U.N. climate change conference struggled to hammer out the text of a scientific report that will guide governments for years to come on their global warming policies. With just one day left in their timetable to complete the report, key differences were being sent to ad ...
Movie review: De Palma shows outrage over Iraq war with gimmicky fake doc `Redacted'
Nov 16, 2007; ... Brian De Palma's outrage over the war in Iraq is palpable in "Redacted," his fictionalized telling of the real-life rape and murder of a teenage girl by U.S. soldiers. Certainly this is a story that people need to know about, if they didn't know it already. His technique, ...
Movie review: De Palma shows outrage over Iraq war with gimmicky fake doc `Redacted'
Nov 16, 2007; ... Brian De Palma's outrage over the war in Iraq is palpable in "Redacted," his fictionalized telling of the real-life rape and murder of a teenage girl by U.S. soldiers. Certainly this is a story that people need to know about, if they didn't know it already. His technique, ...
Movie review: Animated 3-D `Beowulf' sexes up the epic Old English poem
Nov 16, 2007; ... The name "Beowulf" alone surely will inspire painful memories of high-school English class and pangs of dread. Never fear. This 3-D animated "Beowulf" is more like "300," only with more violence, if that's possible. And nudity _ lots and lots of ...
Gem dealers push to ban Myanmar rubies after bloody crackdown has them seeing red
Nov 16, 2007; ... Myanmar rubies are indisputably the world's finest, but their rich red hue is reminding an increasing number of international gem dealers of the bloody suppression of democracy advocates by the generals running the Southeast Asian country. The military's most recent crackdown on the ...
Movie review: Animated 3-D `Beowulf' sexes up the epic Old English poem
Nov 16, 2007; ... The name "Beowulf" alone surely will inspire painful memories of high-school English class and pangs of dread. Never fear. This 3-D animated "Beowulf" is more like "300," only with more violence, if that's possible. And nudity _ lots and lots of ...
Gem dealers push to ban Myanmar rubies after bloody crackdown has them seeing red
Nov 16, 2007; ... Myanmar rubies are indisputably the world's finest, but their rich red hue is reminding an increasing number of international gem dealers of the bloody suppression of democracy advocates by the generals running the Southeast Asian country. The military's most recent crackdown on the ...
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Nov 16, 2007 ... SOCCER: EURO 2008 QUALIFYING: Saddened by rioting, Italy seeks morale-boosting victory over Scotland GLASGOW, Scotland _ Conquering psychological barriers could pose a greater obstacle to Italy's European Championship destiny than Scotland's bruising attack. Preparations ...
Movie review: 1-note `Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium' tries too hard to be whimsical
Nov 16, 2007; ... You'd have to be a really little kid _ we're talking young enough to be enthralled by colorful, shiny objects and oblivious to the necessity of character development _ to want to hang out at "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium." With wild hair and an annoying accent, Dustin ...
Movie review: 1-note `Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium' tries too hard to be whimsical
Nov 16, 2007; ... You'd have to be a really little kid _ we're talking young enough to be enthralled by colorful, shiny objects and oblivious to the necessity of character development _ to want to hang out at "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium." With wild hair and an annoying accent, Dustin ...
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Nov 16, 2007 ... Emporium,0647 Movie review: 1-note `Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium' tries too hard to be whimsical Eds: Film opens Friday in the United States AP Photo NYET682 By CHRISTY LEMIRE AP Movie Critic NEW YORK (AP) _ You'd have to be a ...
Movie review: 1-note `Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium' tries too hard to be whimsical
Nov 16, 2007; ... You'd have to be a really little kid _ we're talking young enough to be enthralled by colorful, shiny objects and oblivious to the necessity of character development _ to want to hang out at "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium." With wild hair and an annoying accent, Dustin ...
UN meeting gives mobile service providers access to terrestrial TV spectrum
Nov 16, 2007; ... A U.N. telecoms meeting has decided to give mobile service providers access to bandwidth currently reserved for terrestrial television broadcasts, offering the promise of high-speed Internet access on-the-move anywhere in the world by 2015. The decision Thursday will give ...
Movie review: Garcia Marquez' `Cholera' makes awkward, flat transition from page to screen
Nov 16, 2007; ... Much of the great joy of reading an author like Gabriel Garcia Marquez is the fact that you're reading him _ that you're allowing yourself to become engrossed in his florid phrasing and vivid descriptions, that he's taking you to a fully realized place, and that you're succumbing, gladly. ...
Movie review: Garcia Marquez' `Cholera' makes awkward, flat transition from page to screen
Nov 16, 2007; ... Much of the great joy of reading an author like Gabriel Garcia Marquez is the fact that you're reading him _ that you're allowing yourself to become engrossed in his florid phrasing and vivid descriptions, that he's taking you to a fully realized place, and that you're succumbing, gladly. ...
Iran generally truthful on aspects of its nuclear history, UN atomic agency says
Nov 16, 2007; ... A report from the U.N nuclear watchdog agency found Iran to be generally truthful about key aspects of its nuclear past, but the U.S. and Britain said Tehran's revelations were inadequate and urged new U.N. sanctions. Washington and London's call Thursday for a third round of Security ...