AP Worldstream back issues from Wednesday, January 30:
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Jan 30, 2008 ... EDITORS: The Associated Press closes its news cycle for Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008, and begins its report for Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. The AP news report is protected by copyright, which gives the AP ...
Motion: Hundreds of Florida residents squeezed out of Vioxx deal
Jan 30, 2008; ... Hundreds of Florida residents who claim the painkiller Vioxx caused their strokes or heart attacks were squeezed out of a federal court settlement and should be included, their lawyers say in a motion filed in U.S. District Court. If the motion is successful, people in a half-dozen ...
Motion: Hundreds of Florida residents squeezed out of Vioxx deal
Jan 30, 2008; ... Hundreds of Florida residents who claim the painkiller Vioxx caused their strokes or heart attacks were squeezed out of a federal court settlement and should be included, their lawyers say in a motion filed in U.S. District Court. If the motion is successful, people in a half-dozen ...
Sudanese rapper, women call for African leaders to strengthen Darfur force
Jan 30, 2008; ... In a former life, Emmanuel Jal turned a gun against his government as a conscripted rebel soldier in his native Sudan. These days, the 28-year-old child-soldier-turned-hip-hop artist has traded the machine gun for a microphone, but has kept his aim squarely on the Sudanese government ....
Sudanese rapper, women call for African leaders to strengthen Darfur force
Jan 30, 2008; ... In a former life, Emmanuel Jal turned a gun against his government as a conscripted rebel soldier in his native Sudan. These days, the 28-year-old child-soldier-turned-hip-hop artist has traded the machine gun for a microphone, but has kept his aim squarely on the Sudanese government ....
Italy's president says he needs more time to decide 'complicated' political crisis
Jan 30, 2008; ... More conservative allies have joined former Premier Silvio Berlusconi in clamoring for elections soon, while Italy's president was taking more time to decide if the nation should go to the polls quickly. President Giorgio Napolitano, as head of state, said he was giving himself a ...
Italy's president says he needs more time to decide 'complicated' political crisis
Jan 30, 2008; ... More conservative allies have joined former Premier Silvio Berlusconi in clamoring for elections soon, while Italy's president was taking more time to decide if the nation should go to the polls quickly. President Giorgio Napolitano, as head of state, said he was giving himself a ...
Key European leaders call for a better early warning system for global economy
Jan 30, 2008; ... European leaders have called for greater transparency in global markets _ warning that financial institutions must act promptly or face the prospect of tighter regulations. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown hosted French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, ...
President Jimmy Carter convenes moderate Baptist meeting as counterweight to Southern Baptists
Jan 30, 2008; ... Weary of Southern Baptists' dominance in American Protestantism, a new push is starting by other Baptist groups aimed at working on social justice issues, and showing their religious tradition is broader than the conservative SBC. Former President Jimmy Carter is leading the effort. ...
Key European leaders call for a better early warning system for global economy
Jan 30, 2008; ... European leaders have called for greater transparency in global markets _ warning that financial institutions must act promptly or face the prospect of tighter regulations. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown hosted French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, ...
Bush says reliance on faith helped him beat "addiction" to alcohol
Jan 30, 2008; ... President George W. Bush is talking more openly about his old drinking habit, and offered perhaps his most pointed assessment yet by saying plainly that the term "addiction" had applied to him. "Addiction is hard to overcome. As you might remember, I drank too much at ...
Wednesday, February 6
Jan 30, 2008; ... Today is Wednesday, Feb. 6, the 37th day of 2008. There are 329 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1643 - Dutch mariner Abel Tasman discovers Fiji Islands in the Pacific. 1701 - War of Spanish Succession begins. 1715 - Peace of ...
President Jimmy Carter convenes moderate Baptist meeting as counterweight to Southern Baptists
Jan 30, 2008; ... Weary of Southern Baptists' dominance in American Protestantism, a new push is starting by other Baptist groups aimed at working on social justice issues, and showing their religious tradition is broader than the conservative SBC. Former President Jimmy Carter is leading the effort. ...
Bush says reliance on faith helped him beat "addiction" to alcohol
Jan 30, 2008; ... President George W. Bush is talking more openly about his old drinking habit, and offered perhaps his most pointed assessment yet by saying plainly that the term "addiction" had applied to him. "Addiction is hard to overcome. As you might remember, I drank too much at ...
Wednesday, February 6
Jan 30, 2008; ... Today is Wednesday, Feb. 6, the 37th day of 2008. There are 329 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1643 - Dutch mariner Abel Tasman discovers Fiji Islands in the Pacific. 1701 - War of Spanish Succession begins. 1715 - Peace of ...
Elusive trader in French bank scandal gives world media the slip
Jan 30, 2008; ... PARIS _ "It's his ear!" a photographer shouted gleefully, reviewing pictures he snapped of a police-escorted van thought to be carrying the alleged rogue trader in the scandal shaking French bank Societe Generale. If it was Jerome Kerviel's ear, that is pretty much the best ...
Elusive trader in French bank scandal gives world media the slip
Jan 30, 2008; ... PARIS _ "It's his ear!" a photographer shouted gleefully, reviewing pictures he snapped of a police-escorted van thought to be carrying the alleged rogue trader in the scandal shaking French bank Societe Generale. If it was Jerome Kerviel's ear, that is pretty much the best ...
Florida mall acquires museum-caliber private collection of contemporary art
Jan 30, 2008; ... Shoppers at the Aventura Mall get to see something far more unusual than the latest shoe or clothing trend: museum-caliber high art. The dozen or so pieces that make up the mall's permanent collection were either commissioned or acquired by the shopping center's owners especially for ...
Florida mall acquires museum-caliber private collection of contemporary art
Jan 30, 2008; ... Shoppers at the Aventura Mall get to see something far more unusual than the latest shoe or clothing trend: museum-caliber high art. The dozen or so pieces that make up the mall's permanent collection were either commissioned or acquired by the shopping center's owners especially for ...
Lawmaker says two companies in Chinese-export program have military ties
Jan 30, 2008; ... A federal program to ease U.S. exports to China may need to be "scrapped" because companies with alleged ties to the Chinese military were allowed to participate, a U.S. lawmaker said. The two are among five participants the Commerce Department selected in October for the ...
Rogue trader in court's hands, but fate of Societe Generale shakier than ever
Jan 30, 2008; ... The fate of the alleged Societe Generale rogue trader is in judges' hands, but that of the bank is far less clear. Headhunters are looking to poach the shaken French bank's staff, the government is hinting its chief executive should resign, and there's industry speculation of a ...
Lawmaker says two companies in Chinese-export program have military ties
Jan 30, 2008; ... A federal program to ease U.S. exports to China may need to be "scrapped" because companies with alleged ties to the Chinese military were allowed to participate, a U.S. lawmaker said. The two are among five participants the Commerce Department selected in October for the ...
Rogue trader in court's hands, but fate of Societe Generale shakier than ever
Jan 30, 2008; ... The fate of the alleged Societe Generale rogue trader is in judges' hands, but that of the bank is far less clear. Headhunters are looking to poach the shaken French bank's staff, the government is hinting its chief executive should resign, and there's industry speculation of a ...
McCain, Romney look to Florida primary to gain front-runner status
Jan 30, 2008 ... John McCain and Mitt Romney clashed in a pivotal Florida primary that could anoint a Republican presidential front-runner and end Rudy Giuliani's bid for the White House. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who largely ceded other early races to his rivals and staked his ...
McCain, Romney look to Florida primary to gain front-runner status
Jan 30, 2008 ... John McCain and Mitt Romney clashed in a pivotal Florida primary that could anoint a Republican presidential front-runner and end Rudy Giuliani's bid for the White House. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who largely ceded other early races to his rivals and staked his ...
WORLD SPORTS at 0000 GMT
Jan 30, 2008 ... SOCCER: AFRICAN CUP: Nigeria joins Ivory Coast in quarterfinals SEKONDI, Ghana _ Nigeria joins Group B winner Ivory Coast in the quarterfinals at the African Cup of Nations on Tuesday, with both teams winning their final games of the first round. BC-AF-SPT-SOC--AFRICAN CUP ...
New twist in French bank scandal: Trader says his bosses turned blind eye
Jan 30, 2008; ... Terror bombs hit London, financial markets wobbled, and Jerome Kerviel was hooked. The trader at the center of a massive banking scandal in France told investigators that his spiral of trades that ended in a loss of nearly 5 billion (US$7.38 billion) for his bank, Societe Generale, ...
New twist in French bank scandal: Trader says his bosses turned blind eye
Jan 30, 2008; ... Terror bombs hit London, financial markets wobbled, and Jerome Kerviel was hooked. The trader at the center of a massive banking scandal in France told investigators that his spiral of trades that ended in a loss of nearly euro5 billion (US$7.38 billion) for his bank, Societe ...
ATP Movistar Open Results
Jan 30, 2008 ... Results Tuesday from the Movistar Open, a US$462,000 (313,100) ATP event on clay at Club Naval de Campo Las Salinas (seedings in parentheses): Singles First Round Fabio Fognini, Italy, def. Juan Ignacio Chela (2), Argentina, 7-6 (0), 6-2. Daniel ...
ATP Movistar Open Results
Jan 30, 2008 ... Results Tuesday from the Movistar Open, a US$462,000 (euro313,100) ATP event on clay at Club Naval de Campo Las Salinas (seedings in parentheses): Singles First Round Fabio Fognini, Italy, def. Juan Ignacio Chela (2), Argentina, 7-6 (0), 6-2. Daniel ...
Bush presses to end restrictions on buying food aid from farmers abroad
Jan 30, 2008; ... President George W. Bush is making a renewed push to allow the U.S. government to spend food aid money to buy crops in poor countries. Congress is unlikely to go along. Bush has asked Congress to change a U.S. law that requires food supplies for foreign aid to be bought in the United ...
Hidden victims of mortgage crisis: Pets abandoned by their owners after foreclosure
Jan 30, 2008; ... The house was ravaged _ its floors ripped, walls busted and lights smashed by owners who trashed their home before a bank foreclosed on it. Hidden in the wreckage was an abandoned member of the family: a starving pit bull. The dog found by workers was too far gone to save _ another ...
Bush presses to end restrictions on buying food aid from farmers abroad
Jan 30, 2008; ... President George W. Bush is making a renewed push to allow the U.S. government to spend food aid money to buy crops in poor countries. Congress is unlikely to go along. Bush has asked Congress to change a U.S. law that requires food supplies for foreign aid to be bought in the United ...
Hidden victims of mortgage crisis: Pets abandoned by their owners after foreclosure
Jan 30, 2008; ... The house was ravaged _ its floors ripped, walls busted and lights smashed by owners who trashed their home before a bank foreclosed on it. Hidden in the wreckage was an abandoned member of the family: a starving pit bull. The dog found by workers was too far gone to save _ another ...
Winter storm causes more chaos in China, with bus crashes, blackouts, train delays
Jan 30, 2008; ... China's worst winter storms in five decades showed no signs of letting up, with cities blacked out and transportation paralyzed while a bus crash on an icy road killed dozens of people during the busiest travel season. The extreme weather _ blamed for 54 deaths in the past two weeks _ ...
Sun-Times Media to take $8 million 4th-quarter charge for job cuts
Jan 30, 2008; ... Sun-Times Media Group Inc., parent company of the Chicago Sun-Times, said it plans to take a fourth-quarter charge of $8 million (5.42 million) before taxes for severance costs from previously announced job cuts at its newspapers and other actions. Chief Executive Cyrus Freidheim said ...
Deep-rooted problems at the heart of Kenya's ethnic violence will take years to resolve
Jan 30, 2008; ... Kenya, once a leader in the region, is following neighbors like Somalia down a path of disintegration, with no solution in sight as slums burn and thousands fleeing in fear alter the nation's ethnic map _ perhaps forever The international community is pressuring the president and his ...
Winter storm causes more chaos in China, with bus crashes, blackouts, train delays
Jan 30, 2008; ... China's worst winter storms in five decades showed no signs of letting up, with cities blacked out and transportation paralyzed while a bus crash on an icy road killed dozens of people during the busiest travel season. The extreme weather _ blamed for 54 deaths in the past two weeks _ ...
Sun-Times Media to take $8 million 4th-quarter charge for job cuts
Jan 30, 2008; ... Sun-Times Media Group Inc., parent company of the Chicago Sun-Times, said it plans to take a fourth-quarter charge of $8 million (euro5.42 million) before taxes for severance costs from previously announced job cuts at its newspapers and other actions. Chief Executive Cyrus Freidheim ...
Deep-rooted problems at the heart of Kenya's ethnic violence will take years to resolve
Jan 30, 2008; ... Kenya, once a leader in the region, is following neighbors like Somalia down a path of disintegration, with no solution in sight as slums burn and thousands fleeing in fear alter the nation's ethnic map _ perhaps forever The international community is pressuring the president and his ...
Jesse Ryder earns callup to NZ one-day squad
Jan 30, 2008 ... Uncapped top order batsman Jesse Ryder was named Wednesday in New Zealand's cricket squad for Twenty20 and limited-overs matches against England next month. Ryder, 23, is a hard-hitting batsman whose selection comes at the expense of Mathew Sinclair, dropped after recent poor form ...
Jesse Ryder earns callup to NZ one-day squad
Jan 30, 2008 ... Uncapped top order batsman Jesse Ryder was named Wednesday in New Zealand's cricket squad for Twenty20 and limited-overs matches against England next month. Ryder, 23, is a hard-hitting batsman whose selection comes at the expense of Mathew Sinclair, dropped after recent poor form ...
Judge grants states' request to extend antitrust oversight of Microsoft to November 2009
Jan 30, 2008; ... Federal oversight of Microsoft Corp.'s market power, which began in 2002 after a landmark antitrust settlement, has been extended by 18 months. The court's ruling "should not be viewed as a sanction against Microsoft," U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said ...
Judge grants states' request to extend antitrust oversight of Microsoft to November 2009
Jan 30, 2008; ... Federal oversight of Microsoft Corp.'s market power, which began in 2002 after a landmark antitrust settlement, has been extended by 18 months. The court's ruling "should not be viewed as a sanction against Microsoft," U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said ...
UK advertising watchdog says Ryanair ad featuring scantily clad schoolgirl was offensive
Jan 30, 2008; ... Britain's advertising watchdog criticized Ryanair on Wednesday for an advertisement portraying a scantily clad schoolgirl seductively twirling her hair in an empty classroom to promote low-cost "back to school" fares. The text for the budget airline's newspaper advertisement ...
UK advertising watchdog says Ryanair ad featuring scantily clad schoolgirl was offensive
Jan 30, 2008; ... Britain's advertising watchdog criticized Ryanair on Wednesday for an advertisement portraying a scantily clad schoolgirl seductively twirling her hair in an empty classroom to promote low-cost "back to school" fares. The text for the budget airline's newspaper advertisement ...
New talks, progress on Internet issue, raise Hollywood hopes for ending to strike
Jan 30, 2008; ... While negotiators edge toward agreement on the thorniest issues in the 3-month-old writers strike, many in Hollywood are nurturing new hope that an end is near for the walkout that has brought their industry to a standstill. The Writers Guild of America and studio executives, ...
New talks, progress on Internet issue, raise Hollywood hopes for ending to strike
Jan 30, 2008; ... While negotiators edge toward agreement on the thorniest issues in the 3-month-old writers strike, many in Hollywood are nurturing new hope that an end is near for the walkout that has brought their industry to a standstill. The Writers Guild of America and studio executives, ...
US commanders see extended offensive against al-Qaida in `campaign for Mosul'
Jan 30, 2008 ... The top American commanders in northern Iraq predicted the battle to oust al-Qaida in Iraq from its last urban stronghold will not be a swift strike, but rather a grinding campaign for Mosul that will require more firepower from both the U.S. and Iraqi allies. The statements Tuesday ...
US commanders see extended offensive against al-Qaida in `campaign for Mosul'
Jan 30, 2008 ... The top American commanders in northern Iraq predicted the battle to oust al-Qaida in Iraq from its last urban stronghold will not be a swift strike, but rather a grinding campaign for Mosul that will require more firepower from both the U.S. and Iraqi allies. The statements Tuesday ...
Hundreds protest Pakistan's support for U.S.; Missile kills suspected militants
Jan 30, 2008; ... Hundreds of students chanting "Death to America" protested Pakistan's support for the U.S.-led fight against terrorism, while the government said that security forces would show "no leniency" in the conflict with Islamic militants. In the latest violence, a missile ...
Hundreds protest Pakistan's support for U.S.; Missile kills suspected militants
Jan 30, 2008; ... Hundreds of students chanting "Death to America" protested Pakistan's support for the U.S.-led fight against terrorism, while the government said that security forces would show "no leniency" in the conflict with Islamic militants. In the latest violence, a missile ...
From green card to SAG card: The expatriate's path to Hollywood stardom
Jan 30, 2008; ... He died thousands of miles from home, but like hundreds of other entertainers who came before him, Heath Ledger had left his native land to carve out a career in Hollywood. In doing so, the Australian-born actor, who died last week in New York City of still-undetermined causes, joined ...
From green card to SAG card: The expatriate's path to Hollywood stardom
Jan 30, 2008; ... He died thousands of miles from home, but like hundreds of other entertainers who came before him, Heath Ledger had left his native land to carve out a career in Hollywood. In doing so, the Australian-born actor, who died last week in New York City of still-undetermined causes, joined ...
Ian Thorpe heads list of Australian torchbearers for Beijing flame
Jan 30, 2008 ... Five-time Olympic gold medalist Ian Thorpe and runner Ron Clarke, who lit the Olympic cauldron in Melbourne 52 years ago, head the list of Australians participating in the Beijing Games torch relay. "It is a great honor to be a small part of the torch relay," Thorpe said ...
Ian Thorpe heads list of Australian torchbearers for Beijing flame
Jan 30, 2008 ... Five-time Olympic gold medalist Ian Thorpe and runner Ron Clarke, who lit the Olympic cauldron in Melbourne 52 years ago, head the list of Australians participating in the Beijing Games torch relay. "It is a great honor to be a small part of the torch relay," Thorpe said ...
Anna Nicole Smith's son was unhappy living in her shadow, family friend tells inquest
Jan 30, 2008; ... The late son of reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith was a gifted but anguished 20-year-old who longed to be more independent of his celebrity mother, a family friend testified Tuesday at an inquest into his death. Ford Shelley, the son-in-law of a developer who was embroiled in an ...
Anna Nicole Smith's son was unhappy living in her shadow, family friend tells inquest
Jan 30, 2008; ... The late son of reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith was a gifted but anguished 20-year-old who longed to be more independent of his celebrity mother, a family friend testified Tuesday at an inquest into his death. Ford Shelley, the son-in-law of a developer who was embroiled in an ...
New Thai PM defends deposed predecessor, asks critics for time to prove himself
Jan 30, 2008; ... Thailand's new prime minister, under close scrutiny for his links to ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra, asked the public for time to prove himself and defended his controversial predecessor. Samak Sundaravej made the appeal Tuesday in his inaugural speech after becoming the country's ...
New Thai PM defends deposed predecessor, asks critics for time to prove himself
Jan 30, 2008; ... Thailand's new prime minister, under close scrutiny for his links to ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra, asked the public for time to prove himself and defended his controversial predecessor. Samak Sundaravej made the appeal Tuesday in his inaugural speech after becoming the country's ...
Carnegie Hall to honor composer Elliott Carter's 100th birthday
Jan 30, 2008; ... Jessye Norman is on a Spiritual mission. The soprano will curate a 20-day festival celebrating black cultural legacy next season at Carnegie Hall, which also will honor the 100th birthday year of composer Elliott Carter and present a complete cycle of Mahler symphonies in a 12-day ...
Carnegie Hall to honor composer Elliott Carter's 100th birthday
Jan 30, 2008; ... Jessye Norman is on a Spiritual mission. The soprano will curate a 20-day festival celebrating black cultural legacy next season at Carnegie Hall, which also will honor the 100th birthday year of composer Elliott Carter and present a complete cycle of Mahler symphonies in a 12-day ...
Citigroup absorbs Nikko Cordial, names new leader for Japanese brokerage unit
Jan 30, 2008; ... Citigroup has absorbed Japan's third-largest brokerage Nikko Cordial and named a new leader to head the operation. Nikko Cordial said Douglas Peterson was named as its CEO and president Tuesday, replacing Shoji Kuwashima. Peterson will also serve as the head of Citigroup Japan ...
Citigroup absorbs Nikko Cordial, names new leader for Japanese brokerage unit
Jan 30, 2008; ... Citigroup has absorbed Japan's third-largest brokerage Nikko Cordial and named a new leader to head the operation. Nikko Cordial said Douglas Peterson was named as its CEO and president Tuesday, replacing Shoji Kuwashima. Peterson will also serve as the head of Citigroup Japan ...
Argentina's Arsenal beats Mineros of Venezuela 2-0 to begin Libertadores
Jan 30, 2008 ... Copa Sudamericana champion Arsenal began its pursuit of South America's premier club title with a 2-0 victory over Mineros of Venezuela on Tuesday, getting a goal in each half to prevail in its preliminary phase first-leg match. Jose Luis Calderon gave the Argentine side the lead in ...