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Dec 13, 2007 ... EDITORS: The Associated Press closes its news cycle for Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007, and begins its report for Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007. The AP news report is protected by copyright, which gives the AP ...
Thursday, December 20
Dec 13, 2007; ... Today is Thursday, Dec. 20, the 354th day of 2007. There are 11 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1192 - Richard I the Lion-heart, king of England, is captured in Vienna. 1582 - The Gregorian calendar is adopted in France. 1694 ...
Thursday, December 20
Dec 13, 2007; ... Today is Thursday, Dec. 20, the 354th day of 2007. There are 11 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1192 - Richard I the Lion-heart, king of England, is captured in Vienna. 1582 - The Gregorian calendar is adopted in France. 1694 ...
Court refuses to restore Perelman's $1.58 billion verdict
Dec 13, 2007; ... Billionaire Ron Perelman lost a longshot bid to restore a $1.58 billion (1.08 billion) verdict against Morgan Stanley when the Florida Supreme Court refused to accept his appeal. Perelman won the jury verdict in a trial court after alleging Morgan Stanley helped Sunbeam Corp. inflate ...
Court refuses to restore Perelman's $1.58 billion verdict
Dec 13, 2007; ... Billionaire Ron Perelman lost a longshot bid to restore a $1.58 billion (euro1.08 billion) verdict against Morgan Stanley when the Florida Supreme Court refused to accept his appeal. Perelman won the jury verdict in a trial court after alleging Morgan Stanley helped Sunbeam Corp ....
WORLD SPORTS at 0000 GMT
Dec 13, 2007 ... SOCCER: CLUB WORLD CUP: Milan faces local favorite Urawa for trip to title match YOKOHAMA, Japan _ AC Milan faces the Asian champion Urawa Red Diamonds in the semifinals to earn a match against Boca Juniors and the Club World Cup title. BC-AS-SPT-SOC--CLUB WORLD CUP ....
Legendary producer-agent Freddie Fields dead at 84
Dec 13, 2007; ... Freddie Fields, the legendary Hollywood agent, producer and studio executive who helped make stars of Mel Gibson, Richard Gere and others with films like "The Year of Living Dangerously," "American Gigolo" and "Glory," has died at age 84. Fields died ...
Legendary producer-agent Freddie Fields dead at 84
Dec 13, 2007; ... Freddie Fields, the legendary Hollywood agent, producer and studio executive who helped make stars of Mel Gibson, Richard Gere and others with films like "The Year of Living Dangerously," "American Gigolo" and "Glory," has died at age 84. Fields died ...
Under new pressure at climate talks, US fends off `too ambitious' emissions guidelines
Dec 13, 2007; ... The United States rejected fresh demands that it accept ambitious guidelines for negotiating future cuts in emissions of global-warming gases, as the U.N. climate conference entered its last days. Pressure came even from a one-time ally on climate, Australia, whose new prime minister ...
Common childhood vaccine recalled over contamination concerns; U.S. says 'not health threat'
Dec 13, 2007; ... More than a million doses of a common vaccine given to babies as young as two months was being recalled because of contamination risks, but the top U.S. health official said it was not a health threat. Wednesday's recall is for 1.2 million doses of the vaccine for Hib, which protects ...
Bombs kill at least 41 in southern Iraq; deadliest attack on civilians in 4 months
Dec 13, 2007; ... Three car bombs exploded in quick succession at the main market of a southern Shiite city, killing at least 41 people and wounding 150 others, police and local government officials said. It was the deadliest attack against Iraqi civilians in four months. The devastating blasts ...
Under new pressure at climate talks, US fends off `too ambitious' emissions guidelines
Dec 13, 2007; ... The United States rejected fresh demands that it accept ambitious guidelines for negotiating future cuts in emissions of global-warming gases, as the U.N. climate conference entered its last days. Pressure came even from a one-time ally on climate, Australia, whose new prime minister ...
Common childhood vaccine recalled over contamination concerns; U.S. says 'not health threat'
Dec 13, 2007; ... More than a million doses of a common vaccine given to babies as young as two months was being recalled because of contamination risks, but the top U.S. health official said it was not a health threat. Wednesday's recall is for 1.2 million doses of the vaccine for Hib, which protects ...
Car bomb kills senior army general in tense Lebanon
Dec 13, 2007; ... A powerful car bombing killed the likely next head of the army in the first such assassination targeting Lebanon's military, seen by many Lebanese as the only institution keeping the divided nation from breaking apart. Brig. Gen. Francois Hajj and his driver were killed minutes after ...
Bombs kill at least 41 in southern Iraq; deadliest attack on civilians in 4 months
Dec 13, 2007; ... Three car bombs exploded in quick succession at the main market of a southern Shiite city, killing at least 41 people and wounding 150 others, police and local government officials said. It was the deadliest attack against Iraqi civilians in four months. The devastating blasts ...
EU leaders, wary of public doubts and 'green' concerns, to sign bloc's new treaty
Dec 13, 2007; ... European Union leaders meet in Lisbon on Thursday to sign a new treaty they say is a milestone in the bloc's history. The heads of government, though, arrive in the Portuguese capital amid complaints they will not grant referendums on the document and accusations about the ...
Car bomb kills senior army general in tense Lebanon
Dec 13, 2007; ... A powerful car bombing killed the likely next head of the army in the first such assassination targeting Lebanon's military, seen by many Lebanese as the only institution keeping the divided nation from breaking apart. Brig. Gen. Francois Hajj and his driver were killed minutes after ...
EU leaders, wary of public doubts and 'green' concerns, to sign bloc's new treaty
Dec 13, 2007; ... European Union leaders meet in Lisbon on Thursday to sign a new treaty they say is a milestone in the bloc's history. The heads of government, though, arrive in the Portuguese capital amid complaints they will not grant referendums on the document and accusations about the ...
Pakistani regulator warns TV networks over live broadcasts as election approaches
Dec 13, 2007; ... Information Minister Nisar Memon has rejected claims that the government is trying to stifle the media ahead of elections next month, but said TV channels had a responsibility to avoid raising political temperatures. The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists, or PFUJ, accused the ...
Pakistani regulator warns TV networks over live broadcasts as election approaches
Dec 13, 2007; ... Information Minister Nisar Memon has rejected claims that the government is trying to stifle the media ahead of elections next month, but said TV channels had a responsibility to avoid raising political temperatures. The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists, or PFUJ, accused the ...
Putin could become leader of a land larger than Russia with addition of Belarus
Dec 13, 2007; ... Vladimir Putin could become the leader of a land even larger than Russia _ a development that may hinge on talks beginning Thursday in neighboring Belarus. Putin has unexpectedly revived efforts to create a single state from the two former Soviet republics _ a merger that would expand ...
Putin could become leader of a land larger than Russia with addition of Belarus
Dec 13, 2007; ... Vladimir Putin could become the leader of a land even larger than Russia _ a development that may hinge on talks beginning Thursday in neighboring Belarus. Putin has unexpectedly revived efforts to create a single state from the two former Soviet republics _ a merger that would expand ...
US: Cash suitcase meant for candidate in Argentine election
Dec 13, 2007; ... The $800,000 (545,144) in Venezuelan cash brought into Buenos Aires by a Miami man in a suitcase was intended as a political contribution for the campaign of Cristina Fernandez, who was inaugurated this week as Argentina's president, U.S. prosecutors said Wednesday. The disclosure ...
US: Cash suitcase meant for candidate in Argentine election
Dec 13, 2007; ... The $800,000 (euro545,144) in Venezuelan cash brought into Buenos Aires by a Miami man in a suitcase was intended as a political contribution for the campaign of Cristina Fernandez, who was inaugurated this week as Argentina's president, U.S. prosecutors said Wednesday. The disclosure ...
Deadly Algeria bombings could be harbinger of rise of terrorism in North Africa
Dec 13, 2007; ... Algeria has seen more than its fair share of Islamist attacks, but Tuesday's carnage was different. Never before has such a prominent international site _ U.N. offices _ been struck with such deadly ferocity in the North African nation. Experts say the powerful twin bombings of U.N ....
Deadly Algeria bombings could be harbinger of rise of terrorism in North Africa
Dec 13, 2007; ... Algeria has seen more than its fair share of Islamist attacks, but Tuesday's carnage was different. Never before has such a prominent international site _ U.N. offices _ been struck with such deadly ferocity in the North African nation. Experts say the powerful twin bombings of U.N ....
Pirates release Japanese tanker and crew off Somalia, all crew members safe
Dec 13, 2007; ... The waters off Somalia's 2,900-kilometer (1,800-mile) coast are the most lawless in the world, with pirates _ some working for the clans who rule instead of a government ashore _ cruising the sea with impunity as their country festers in chaos. On Wednesday, pirates freed a Japanese ...
Pirates release Japanese tanker and crew off Somalia, all crew members safe
Dec 13, 2007; ... The waters off Somalia's 2,900-kilometer (1,800-mile) coast are the most lawless in the world, with pirates _ some working for the clans who rule instead of a government ashore _ cruising the sea with impunity as their country festers in chaos. On Wednesday, pirates freed a Japanese ...
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks get off to rocky start after 7-year freeze
Dec 13, 2007; ... The first Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in seven years got off to a rocky start, marred by a Palestinian rocket barrage, an Israeli army incursion in Gaza and a fresh land dispute in Jerusalem. Instead of building on the momentum of last month's high-profile peace conference in the ...
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks get off to rocky start after 7-year freeze
Dec 13, 2007; ... The first Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in seven years got off to a rocky start, marred by a Palestinian rocket barrage, an Israeli army incursion in Gaza and a fresh land dispute in Jerusalem. Instead of building on the momentum of last month's high-profile peace conference in the ...
Disputed sea border causes upset at military talks between NKorea and South
Dec 13, 2007 ... A festering sea border dispute between the two Koreas threatens to disrupt high-level, bilateral military talks running through Friday aimed at easing tensions and promoting reconciliation. North Korea accused South Korea of refusing to compromise on the border, claiming Seoul's ...
Disputed sea border causes upset at military talks between NKorea and South
Dec 13, 2007 ... A festering sea border dispute between the two Koreas threatens to disrupt high-level, bilateral military talks running through Friday aimed at easing tensions and promoting reconciliation. North Korea accused South Korea of refusing to compromise on the border, claiming Seoul's ...
Tens of thousands march in Athens as Greece grinds to halt in general strike
Dec 13, 2007; ... Tens of thousands of demonstrators jammed central Athens and the northern city of Thessaloniki as a general strike to protest government plans to reform the country's debt-ridden pension system brought Greece to a standstill. Some estimates put the number of protesters at 80,000 in ...
Tens of thousands march in Athens as Greece grinds to halt in general strike
Dec 13, 2007; ... Tens of thousands of demonstrators jammed central Athens and the northern city of Thessaloniki as a general strike to protest government plans to reform the country's debt-ridden pension system brought Greece to a standstill. Some estimates put the number of protesters at 80,000 in ...
Government officials say Italy's truck drivers have agreed to end protest
Dec 13, 2007; ... Italy's truck drivers agreed to call off a protest that has blocked highways and borders for three days, causing shortages of gasoline, medicines and perishable foods across Italy, government officials said. "We expect that over the coming hours the situation can go back to ...
Government officials say Italy's truck drivers have agreed to end protest
Dec 13, 2007; ... Italy's truck drivers agreed to call off a protest that has blocked highways and borders for three days, causing shortages of gasoline, medicines and perishable foods across Italy, government officials said. "We expect that over the coming hours the situation can go back to ...
AZ Alkmaar acquires Mexican defender Hector Moreno from Pumas UNAM
Dec 13, 2007; ... Pumas UNAM defender Hector Moreno has transferred to Dutch club AZ Alkmaar, his agent said Wednesday, the third member of Mexico's 2005 U17 World Cup championship team to move to Europe. The 19-year-old Moreno signed a 4 1/2-year contract with the Dutch squad, agent Eduardo Hernandez ...
US dollar little changed against Japanese yen in early morning trade
Dec 13, 2007 ... The dollar was trading at 112.12 yen at 8:50 a.m. Thursday (2350 GMT ...
AZ Alkmaar acquires Mexican defender Hector Moreno from Pumas UNAM
Dec 13, 2007; ... Pumas UNAM defender Hector Moreno has transferred to Dutch club AZ Alkmaar, his agent said Wednesday, the third member of Mexico's 2005 U17 World Cup championship team to move to Europe. The 19-year-old Moreno signed a 4 1/2-year contract with the Dutch squad, agent Eduardo Hernandez ...
US dollar little changed against Japanese yen in early morning trade
Dec 13, 2007 ... The dollar was trading at 112.12 yen at 8:50 a.m. Thursday (2350 GMT ...
Human toll, financial cost of disasters lower last year: Red Cross
Dec 13, 2007 ... Disasters killed fewer people and caused less financial damage around the world last year than in 2005, the international Red Cross said in a report Thursday, but also warned that the number of storms and floods is on the rise because of climate change. Some 34,000 people died in 724 ...
2 NATO soldiers killed in roadside blast in eastern Afghanistan
Dec 13, 2007; ... Two NATO soldiers were killed and three others wounded by a roadside bomb attack on a military convoy in eastern Afghanistan, the alliance said in a statement. NATO did not disclose the nationalities of the dead and wounded or the location of the attack on Wednesday. However, most of ...
2 NATO soldiers killed in roadside blast in eastern Afghanistan
Dec 13, 2007; ... Two NATO soldiers were killed and three others wounded by a roadside bomb attack on a military convoy in eastern Afghanistan, the alliance said in a statement. NATO did not disclose the nationalities of the dead and wounded or the location of the attack on Wednesday. However, most of ...
Advisory on Year-end stories
Dec 13, 2007 ... EDITORS: Shortly, The Associated Press will move a series of stories looking back on 2007 and ahead to 2008 that can be used anytime before the end of the year. The stories concentrate on general news and the arts and are accompanied by photos. Later, we will move further ...
LA prosecutors charge rocker Scott Weiland with driving under influence
Dec 13, 2007 ... Scott Weiland was charged with driving under the influence of drugs stemming from his arrest last month, prosecutors said. The Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver singer was arrested Nov. 21 after he crashed his car on a state highway. The 40-year-old rocker refused to take a ...
LA prosecutors charge rocker Scott Weiland with driving under influence
Dec 13, 2007 ... Scott Weiland was charged with driving under the influence of drugs stemming from his arrest last month, prosecutors said. The Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver singer was arrested Nov. 21 after he crashed his car on a state highway. The 40-year-old rocker refused to take a ...
First signs of hope appear in Iraq but future still clouded by country's internal divisions
Dec 13, 2007; ... Former Sunni insurgents are signing up to fight al-Qaida, Shiite militias have toned down attacks, commerce is reviving and monthly casualty counts are falling. But the failure of Iraq's leaders to strike power-sharing deals raises questions whether the progress can survive after America begins ...
First signs of hope appear in Iraq but future still clouded by country's internal divisions
Dec 13, 2007; ... Former Sunni insurgents are signing up to fight al-Qaida, Shiite militias have toned down attacks, commerce is reviving and monthly casualty counts are falling. But the failure of Iraq's leaders to strike power-sharing deals raises questions whether the progress can survive after America begins ...
After a year of US presidential campaign, voters undecided on Democratic, Republican hopefuls
Dec 13, 2007; ... The 2008 American presidential race began so early that voters have been on a first-name basis for months with Hillary and Barack, Rudy, Mitt and the other contenders. Yet people seem no closer to choosing among them. Democrats are hopeful of reclaiming the White House, helped by ...
After a year of US presidential campaign, voters undecided on Democratic, Republican hopefuls
Dec 13, 2007; ... The 2008 American presidential race began so early that voters have been on a first-name basis for months with Hillary and Barack, Rudy, Mitt and the other contenders. Yet people seem no closer to choosing among them. Democrats are hopeful of reclaiming the White House, helped by ...
Taliban collected taxes, ran heroin labs, had own judge in Afghan town
Dec 13, 2007; ... The Taliban appointed a judge and a police chief and drove through town in stolen police trucks. They oversaw dozens of heroin labs, using the profits to fund their insurgency. That was life under the Taliban in the key southern town of Musa Qala _ a rule that ended, at least for now, ...
Taliban collected taxes, ran heroin labs, had own judge in Afghan town
Dec 13, 2007; ... The Taliban appointed a judge and a police chief and drove through town in stolen police trucks. They oversaw dozens of heroin labs, using the profits to fund their insurgency. That was life under the Taliban in the key southern town of Musa Qala _ a rule that ended, at least for now, ...
Economists: More foreclosures and fall in home prices and sales expected next year
Dec 13, 2007; ... The head of one of the largest U.S. homebuilders made headlines early this year by bucking his industry peers' projections of a housing turnaround by spring and instead predicting the market would remain ugly "all 12 months of the calendar year." He got it right. The housing ...
Economists: More foreclosures and fall in home prices and sales expected next year
Dec 13, 2007; ... The head of one of the largest U.S. homebuilders made headlines early this year by bucking his industry peers' projections of a housing turnaround by spring and instead predicting the market would remain ugly "all 12 months of the calendar year." He got it right. The housing ...
Russia urges Security Council to support new talks on Kosovo but US and Europe say no
Dec 13, 2007; ... Russia urged the U.N. Security Council to support further talks on the future status of Kosovo, but the United States and key European nations who favor independence for the Serb province immediately rejected the appeal. U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad and British Ambassador John ...
Russia urges Security Council to support new talks on Kosovo but US and Europe say no
Dec 13, 2007; ... Russia urged the U.N. Security Council to support further talks on the future status of Kosovo, but the United States and key European nations who favor independence for the Serb province immediately rejected the appeal. U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad and British Ambassador John ...
In afterglow of high-profile conference, Israelis and Palestinians try for long-elusive peace
Dec 13, 2007; ... In the afterglow of a high-profile peace conference, Israeli and Palestinian leaders will try in the coming year to resolve issues that have defied solutions for decades. For peace to work, Israel will have to give up most of the West Bank, Palestinians must agree to resettle refugees ...
In afterglow of high-profile conference, Israelis and Palestinians try for long-elusive peace
Dec 13, 2007; ... In the afterglow of a high-profile peace conference, Israeli and Palestinian leaders will try in the coming year to resolve issues that have defied solutions for decades. For peace to work, Israel will have to give up most of the West Bank, Palestinians must agree to resettle refugees ...
With manuals in hand, U.S. golf tour players have 6 months to prepare for testing
Dec 13, 2007; ... Tiger Woods said Wednesday that drug testing on the U.S. PGA Tour will start July 8, and he is about halfway through the tour's anti-doping manual sent to players earlier this month. "It's unbelievable how thick this thing is," Woods said after his pro-am round at the Target ...
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Dec 13, 2007; ... Tiger Woods said Wednesday that drug testing on the U.S. PGA Tour will start July 8, and he is about halfway through the tour's anti-doping manual sent to players earlier this month. "It's unbelievable how thick this thing is," Woods said after his pro-am round at the Target ...
Writers strike, dull fall spoil climax of Hollywood's big year
Dec 13, 2007; ... There should be plenty of money and holiday cheer for everyone in town as Hollywood edged near the $10 billion (6.8 billion) mark at the domestic box office for the first time. So why couldn't producers and writers play nice together, and why have so few of Hollywood's year-end ...
Mexico's Cemex said workforce reductions part of plan to cut costs 10 percent
Dec 13, 2007 ... Mexican cement giant Cemex SAB will cut overall costs by 10 percent, including by reducing its work force, following its June takeover of Australia's Rinker Group Ltd., a company spokesman said Wednesday. Cemex did not say how many of the company's 70,000 employees will be cut ...
Writers strike, dull fall spoil climax of Hollywood's big year
Dec 13, 2007; ... There should be plenty of money and holiday cheer for everyone in town as Hollywood edged near the $10 billion (euro6.8 billion) mark at the domestic box office for the first time. So why couldn't producers and writers play nice together, and why have so few of Hollywood's year-end ...
Mexico's Cemex said workforce reductions part of plan to cut costs 10 percent
Dec 13, 2007 ... Mexican cement giant Cemex SAB will cut overall costs by 10 percent, including by reducing its work force, following its June takeover of Australia's Rinker Group Ltd., a company spokesman said Wednesday. Cemex did not say how many of the company's 70,000 employees will be cut ...
Radiohead, Modest Mouse, Feist among best albums of 2007
Dec 13, 2007; ... For music, 2007 was a year of duality. While the industry continued to tank, it was quietly a very good year for rock 'n' roll and indie music. The Boss _ Bruce Springsteen _ returned with his old band. The Police actually got along. Even Led Zeppelin reunited. The most ...