AP Worldstream back issues from Wednesday, December 5:
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Dec 05, 2007 ... EDITORS: The Associated Press closes its news cycle for Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007, and begins its report for Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007. The AP news report is protected by copyright, which gives the AP ...
British teacher back in northern England after Sudanese pardon in teddy bear case
Dec 05, 2007; ... British teacher Gillian Gibbons, freed from a Sudanese prison, has returned to northern England after being pardoned for insulting Islam by allowing her students to name a teddy bear Muhammad. Her case set off an international outcry and angered many moderate Muslims. At ...
British teacher back in northern England after Sudanese pardon in teddy bear case
Dec 05, 2007; ... British teacher Gillian Gibbons, freed from a Sudanese prison, has returned to northern England after being pardoned for insulting Islam by allowing her students to name a teddy bear Muhammad. Her case set off an international outcry and angered many moderate Muslims. At ...
France, Algeria sign nuclear cooperation deal
Dec 05, 2007; ... France and Algeria signed a nuclear cooperation accord during a visit by French President Nicolas Sarkozy that netted lucrative deals but failed to dispel the rancor between the two countries. The framework nuclear cooperation accord signed Tuesday _ which must be approved by the ...
France, Algeria sign nuclear cooperation deal
Dec 05, 2007; ... France and Algeria signed a nuclear cooperation accord during a visit by French President Nicolas Sarkozy that netted lucrative deals but failed to dispel the rancor between the two countries. The framework nuclear cooperation accord signed Tuesday _ which must be approved by the ...
WORLD SPORTS at 0000 GMT
Dec 05, 2007 ... SOCCER: EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Celtic advances, Inzaghi becomes Euro scoring leader in Milan win MILAN, Italy _ Filippo Inzaghi becomes the top all-time scorer in European play, and Celtic advances to the second round of the Champions League despite the 1-0 loss to AC ...
Reports: Survivor of 1999 Kosovo massacre testifies at war crimes trial in Serbia
Dec 05, 2007; ... An ethnic Albanian survivor of one of the worst massacres of the Kosovo war has testified at a Serbian war crimes court how Serb policemen killed her husband and four children, including a 22-month-old baby, Serbian media reported. "They killed them all," Shyhrete Berisha, ...
Wednesday, December 12
Dec 05, 2007; ... Today is Wednesday, Dec. 12, the 346th day of 2007. There are 19 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1574 - Murad III succeeds as Sultan of Turkey on death of Selim II. 1642 - Dutch navigator Abel Tasman discovers New Zealand. ...
As African countries overhaul education, a school succeeds against the odds
Dec 05, 2007; ... Here at the Chiseka school on the rural outskirts of town, many children attend class outside, sitting among weeds in the shade of a towering blue gum tree. There are 1,531 students, six classrooms, no running water and no light bulbs. Yet Chiseka has the best academic record in its ...
Wednesday, December 12
Dec 05, 2007; ... Today is Wednesday, Dec. 12, the 346th day of 2007. There are 19 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1574 - Murad III succeeds as Sultan of Turkey on death of Selim II. 1642 - Dutch navigator Abel Tasman discovers New Zealand. ...
As African countries overhaul education, a school succeeds against the odds
Dec 05, 2007; ... Here at the Chiseka school on the rural outskirts of town, many children attend class outside, sitting among weeds in the shade of a towering blue gum tree. There are 1,531 students, six classrooms, no running water and no light bulbs. Yet Chiseka has the best academic record in its ...
Interest in Africa's private schools comes from middle class, new programs
Dec 05, 2007; ... On the day before her 11th birthday, Memory Mzingwa offers no apology for a private school education in Africa that gives her the rare chance at a life better than her parents have. Memory's father, who owns a construction company, scrapes to afford US$1,500 (1,000) a year for each of ...
Environmental groups, Native Alaskans ask court to block Shell plan to drill in Alaska
Dec 05, 2007; ... Environmental and Native Alaskan groups asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to block Royal Dutch Shell PLC's plans for exploratory oil drilling near the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The U.S. Mineral Management Service decided this year to allow the energy giant to drill up to 12 ...
Interest in Africa's private schools comes from middle class, new programs
Dec 05, 2007; ... On the day before her 11th birthday, Memory Mzingwa offers no apology for a private school education in Africa that gives her the rare chance at a life better than her parents have. Memory's father, who owns a construction company, scrapes to afford US$1,500 (euro1,000) a year for ...
Bush to visit Middle East in push to restart peace talks
Dec 05, 2007 ... President George W. Bush will visit the Middle East in early January as he presses the Israelis and Palestinians to restart moribund peace talks, the White House said Tuesday. White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe would not release details of Bush's itinerary, but an Israeli ...
Environmental groups, Native Alaskans ask court to block Shell plan to drill in Alaska
Dec 05, 2007; ... Environmental and Native Alaskan groups asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to block Royal Dutch Shell PLC's plans for exploratory oil drilling near the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The U.S. Mineral Management Service decided this year to allow the energy giant to drill up to 12 ...
Bush to visit Middle East in push to restart peace talks
Dec 05, 2007 ... President George W. Bush will visit the Middle East in early January as he presses the Israelis and Palestinians to restart moribund peace talks, the White House said Tuesday. White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe would not release details of Bush's itinerary, but an Israeli ...
Huckabee bristles at creationism question, won't say what he thinks about Mormonism
Dec 05, 2007; ... Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, a Southern Baptist preacher who has surged in Iowa with evangelical Christian support, bristled when asked if creationism should be taught in public schools. Huckabee _ who raised his hand at a debate last May when asked which ...
Guantanamo prisoner cut his throat with sharpened fingernail, survives
Dec 05, 2007; ... A Guantanamo Bay prisoner slashed his throat with a sharpened fingernail last month, spilling a lot of blood but surviving, a U.S. military commander said. Guards administered first-aid and took the prisoner to the prison clinic, Navy Cmdr. Andrew Haynes, the deputy commander in ...
Yahoo spruces up Flickr photo-sharing service with free editing program
Dec 05, 2007; ... Yahoo Inc. is touching up its popular online photo-sharing service, Flickr, with free editing tools aimed at the growing number of shutterbugs who want to doctor their digital pictures. The editing software, expected to be introduced late Tuesday in a partnership with Picnik Inc., ...
Guantanamo prisoner cut his throat with sharpened fingernail, survives
Dec 05, 2007; ... A Guantanamo Bay prisoner slashed his throat with a sharpened fingernail last month, spilling a lot of blood but surviving, a U.S. military commander said. Guards administered first-aid and took the prisoner to the prison clinic, Navy Cmdr. Andrew Haynes, the deputy commander in ...
Yahoo spruces up Flickr photo-sharing service with free editing program
Dec 05, 2007; ... Yahoo Inc. is touching up its popular online photo-sharing service, Flickr, with free editing tools aimed at the growing number of shutterbugs who want to doctor their digital pictures. The editing software, expected to be introduced late Tuesday in a partnership with Picnik Inc., ...
EU-Africa summit looks ahead, but colonial history tugs
Dec 05, 2007; ... Zimbabwe's president has a simple answer to why his country's rich farmland is wasting away as inflation soars: colonialism. While critics in and outside his country blame Robert Mugabe's land seizures and draconian rule for Zimbabwe's crisis, Mugabe told attendees at a recent state ...
EU-Africa summit looks ahead, but colonial history tugs
Dec 05, 2007; ... Zimbabwe's president has a simple answer to why his country's rich farmland is wasting away as inflation soars: colonialism. While critics in and outside his country blame Robert Mugabe's land seizures and draconian rule for Zimbabwe's crisis, Mugabe told attendees at a recent state ...
Top Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu indicted in New York on fraud, election charges
Dec 05, 2007; ... A federal grand jury indicted a top Democratic fundraiser accused of cheating investors of at least $20 million (13.57 million) and using some of the money for illegal donations to political candidates such as Hillary Rodham Clinton. In the 15-count indictment, the government on ...
Top Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu indicted in New York on fraud, election charges
Dec 05, 2007; ... A federal grand jury indicted a top Democratic fundraiser accused of cheating investors of at least $20 million (euro13.57 million) and using some of the money for illegal donations to political candidates such as Hillary Rodham Clinton. In the 15-count indictment, the government on ...
Prodi, Zapatero to hold talks in southern Italy
Dec 05, 2007 ... The leaders of Italy and Spain are meeting in this southern Italian city Wednesday for talks expected to focus on the European Union's future and immigration. The meeting between Italian Premier Romano Prodi and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is part of annual ...
Opposition leaders draft terms for joining Pakistan elections, while keeping boycott option
Dec 05, 2007; ... Pakistan's major opposition parties have joined forces in drawing up a list of demands for President Pervez Musharraf to meet if he wants to avoid a threatened boycott of next month's elections. As conditions for their participation in parliamentary elections, the parties said Tuesday ...
Prodi, Zapatero to hold talks in southern Italy
Dec 05, 2007 ... The leaders of Italy and Spain are meeting in this southern Italian city Wednesday for talks expected to focus on the European Union's future and immigration. The meeting between Italian Premier Romano Prodi and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is part of annual ...
Opposition leaders draft terms for joining Pakistan elections, while keeping boycott option
Dec 05, 2007; ... Pakistan's major opposition parties have joined forces in drawing up a list of demands for President Pervez Musharraf to meet if he wants to avoid a threatened boycott of next month's elections. As conditions for their participation in parliamentary elections, the parties said Tuesday ...
Suicide bomber targets NATO convoy in Kabul, 22 civilians wounded
Dec 05, 2007; ... A suicide car bomber targeted a NATO convoy in Afghanistan's capital, wounding 22 civilians passing nearby, officials said. The attack came Tuesday as visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates planned to meet with President Hamid Karzai and other Afghan officials in the capital, ...
Suicide bomber targets NATO convoy in Kabul, 22 civilians wounded
Dec 05, 2007; ... A suicide car bomber targeted a NATO convoy in Afghanistan's capital, wounding 22 civilians passing nearby, officials said. The attack came Tuesday as visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates planned to meet with President Hamid Karzai and other Afghan officials in the capital, ...
Bush to visit Middle East in push to restart peace talks
Dec 05, 2007 ... President George W. Bush will visit the Middle East in early January as he presses the Israelis and Palestinians to restart moribund peace talks, the White House said Tuesday. White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe would not release details of Bush's itinerary, but an Israeli ...
Bush to visit Middle East in push to restart peace talks
Dec 05, 2007 ... President George W. Bush will visit the Middle East in early January as he presses the Israelis and Palestinians to restart moribund peace talks, the White House said Tuesday. White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe would not release details of Bush's itinerary, but an Israeli ...
European space officials excited as long-delayed science lab set to liftoff aboard shuttle
Dec 05, 2007; ... With ideal weather expected for Thursday's shuttle launch, European space officials grew increasingly exhilarated as each passing trouble-free hour brought their long-delayed science lab closer to liftoff. The laboratory, Columbus, was packed aboard space shuttle Atlantis. As NASA ...
European space officials excited as long-delayed science lab set to liftoff aboard shuttle
Dec 05, 2007; ... With ideal weather expected for Thursday's shuttle launch, European space officials grew increasingly exhilarated as each passing trouble-free hour brought their long-delayed science lab closer to liftoff. The laboratory, Columbus, was packed aboard space shuttle Atlantis. As NASA ...
Romney fires landscaper after second bout of employing illegals
Dec 05, 2007; ... Republican Mitt Romney, ridiculed by rival Rudy Giuliani for employing illegal aliens at his "sanctuary mansion," said Tuesday he had fired the landscaper for his suburban Boston home after being told for a second time he had used undocumented workers on the property. In a ...
Romney fires landscaper after second bout of employing illegals
Dec 05, 2007; ... Republican Mitt Romney, ridiculed by rival Rudy Giuliani for employing illegal aliens at his "sanctuary mansion," said Tuesday he had fired the landscaper for his suburban Boston home after being told for a second time he had used undocumented workers on the property. In a ...
Europeans struggle to maintain push for sanctions on Iran despite US report
Dec 05, 2007; ... With the American case for tougher sanctions against Iran looking weaker than ever, European diplomats are in a bind. Analysts say the Europeans may now have a hard time maintaining support for a swift new U.N. resolution that would further restrict their countries' trade with ...
Europeans struggle to maintain push for sanctions on Iran despite US report
Dec 05, 2007; ... With the American case for tougher sanctions against Iran looking weaker than ever, European diplomats are in a bind. Analysts say the Europeans may now have a hard time maintaining support for a swift new U.N. resolution that would further restrict their countries' trade with ...
Bush to visit Middle East in push to restart peace talks
Dec 05, 2007 ... President George W. Bush will visit the Middle East in early January as he presses the Israelis and Palestinians to restart moribund peace talks, the White House said Tuesday. White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe would not release details of Bush's itinerary, but an Israeli ...
Bush to visit Middle East in push to restart peace talks
Dec 05, 2007 ... President George W. Bush will visit the Middle East in early January as he presses the Israelis and Palestinians to restart moribund peace talks, the White House said Tuesday. White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe would not release details of Bush's itinerary, but an Israeli ...
Stanford Law group enters fray over Harry Potter guide
Dec 05, 2007 ... A group of crusading intellectual property lawyers at Stanford Law School say they will help defend a small publishing house being sued by author J.K. Rowling over its plan to print an unauthorized companion guide to her Harry Potter novels. The Fair Use Project at Stanford's Center ...
Stanford Law group enters fray over Harry Potter guide
Dec 05, 2007 ... A group of crusading intellectual property lawyers at Stanford Law School say they will help defend a small publishing house being sued by author J.K. Rowling over its plan to print an unauthorized companion guide to her Harry Potter novels. The Fair Use Project at Stanford's Center ...
Stern message for couple ordered to prison for insider trading
Dec 05, 2007; ... A judge scolded a husband and wife as she sentenced them to prison for insider trading, finding they were driven by greed and rejecting arguments that lax attitudes in their native China toward inside information and morality led to their crimes. Calling them "classic ...
Dollar higher against yen in Tokyo morning trading
Dec 05, 2007 ... The dollar was trading at 109.88 yen at 8:50 a.m. Wednesday ...
Stern message for couple ordered to prison for insider trading
Dec 05, 2007; ... A judge scolded a husband and wife as she sentenced them to prison for insider trading, finding they were driven by greed and rejecting arguments that lax attitudes in their native China toward inside information and morality led to their crimes. Calling them "classic ...
Dollar higher against yen in Tokyo morning trading
Dec 05, 2007 ... The dollar was trading at 109.88 yen at 8:50 a.m. Wednesday ...
Jodie Foster honored, says she's `nutty as a fruitcake'
Dec 05, 2007 ... Despite being the guest of honor at the Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment Power 100 breakfast Tuesday, Jodie Foster said, "I don't feel very powerful." "I feel fragile ... unsure, struggling to figure it all out," the 45-year-old actress-director-producer ...
Jodie Foster honored, says she's `nutty as a fruitcake'
Dec 05, 2007 ... Despite being the guest of honor at the Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment Power 100 breakfast Tuesday, Jodie Foster said, "I don't feel very powerful." "I feel fragile ... unsure, struggling to figure it all out," the 45-year-old actress-director-producer ...
Hough wins Northwestern University's piano performance prize
Dec 05, 2007 ... Acclaimed British pianist Stephen Hough is the 2008 winner of the $50,000 (33,919) Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance at Northwestern University School of Music, the school said Tuesday. The biennial award was established in 2005 to honor pianists who have achieved "the ...
Hough wins Northwestern University's piano performance prize
Dec 05, 2007 ... Acclaimed British pianist Stephen Hough is the 2008 winner of the $50,000 (euro33,919) Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance at Northwestern University School of Music, the school said Tuesday. The biennial award was established in 2005 to honor pianists who have achieved ...
US civil liberties group suing federal government over FBI 'name check' backlog
Dec 05, 2007; ... The American Civil Liberties Union sued the federal government Tuesday, claiming the FBI is taking too long finishing checks on immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service has 120 days to grant citizenship after the applicant has met all ...
US civil liberties group suing federal government over FBI 'name check' backlog
Dec 05, 2007; ... The American Civil Liberties Union sued the federal government Tuesday, claiming the FBI is taking too long finishing checks on immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service has 120 days to grant citizenship after the applicant has met all ...
Jamaica hires Rene Simoes to guide national soccer squads
Dec 05, 2007 ... Rene Simoes, who guided Jamaica to its only appearance in the World Cup finals in 1998, will return as manager of the Caribbean country's soccer program. Simoes, who resigned from the post in February 2000, will take up the position again on Jan. 5, the Jamaica Football Federation ...
Jamaica hires Rene Simoes to guide national soccer squads
Dec 05, 2007 ... Rene Simoes, who guided Jamaica to its only appearance in the World Cup finals in 1998, will return as manager of the Caribbean country's soccer program. Simoes, who resigned from the post in February 2000, will take up the position again on Jan. 5, the Jamaica Football Federation ...
Mother of Mexican kidnap victim helps nab suspect in U.S.
Dec 05, 2007; ... A Mexican woman whose private investigative work and persistence led to the capture of several suspects in her son's kidnapping helped authorities collar yet another alleged collaborator in the case _ this time in the U.S., she said Tuesday. Maria Isabel Miranda said she flew to ...
Mother of Mexican kidnap victim helps nab suspect in U.S.
Dec 05, 2007; ... A Mexican woman whose private investigative work and persistence led to the capture of several suspects in her son's kidnapping helped authorities collar yet another alleged collaborator in the case _ this time in the U.S., she said Tuesday. Maria Isabel Miranda said she flew to ...
European space officials excited as long-delayed science lab set to liftoff aboard shuttle
Dec 05, 2007; ... With ideal weather expected for Thursday's shuttle launch, European space officials grew increasingly exhilarated as each passing trouble-free hour brought their long-delayed science lab closer to liftoff. The laboratory, Columbus, was packed aboard space shuttle Atlantis. As NASA ...
European space officials excited as long-delayed science lab set to liftoff aboard shuttle
Dec 05, 2007; ... With ideal weather expected for Thursday's shuttle launch, European space officials grew increasingly exhilarated as each passing trouble-free hour brought their long-delayed science lab closer to liftoff. The laboratory, Columbus, was packed aboard space shuttle Atlantis. As NASA ...
Asking for record $5.8 billion in aid through 2010, Palestinians promise fiscal reform
Dec 05, 2007; ... Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will ask the international community this week to nearly double aid through 2010, for a total of $5.8 billion (3.93 billion), saying he needs help with a huge deficit run up in years of strife, but also promising to curb spending and to spark economic ...
Asking for record $5.8 billion in aid through 2010, Palestinians promise fiscal reform
Dec 05, 2007; ... Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will ask the international community this week to nearly double aid through 2010, for a total of $5.8 billion (euro3.93 billion), saying he needs help with a huge deficit run up in years of strife, but also promising to curb spending and to spark economic ...
Santa dons sunglasses to hand out presents in town where Jesus was born
Dec 05, 2007; ... In biblical Bethlehem, Santa makes his rounds in cool shades. The dark sunglasses are a Palestinian addition to Santa's traditional garb of red suit and black boots, meant to ensure that children in the tiny, tight-knit Christian community in Jesus' traditional birthplace don't ...
California atheist's Pledge of Allegiance, `In God We Trust' cases heard by US appeals court
Dec 05, 2007; ... An atheist pleaded with a federal appeals court to remove the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance tot he American flag and "In God We Trust" from U.S. currency, saying the references disrespect his religious beliefs. "I want to be treated ...
California atheist's Pledge of Allegiance, `In God We Trust' cases heard by US appeals court
Dec 05, 2007; ... An atheist pleaded with a federal appeals court to remove the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance tot he American flag and "In God We Trust" from U.S. currency, saying the references disrespect his religious beliefs. "I want to be treated ...