AP Worldstream back issues from Friday, February 29:
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Feb 29, 2008 ... EDITORS: The Associated Press closes its news cycle for Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, and begins its report for Friday, Feb. 29, 2008. The AP news report is protected by copyright, which gives the AP ...
Friday, March 7
Feb 29, 2008; ... Today is Friday, March 7, the 67th day of 2008. There are 299 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1573 - Peace of Constantinople ends war between Turkey and Venice. 1793 - France declares war on Spain, and Spanish forces invade Roussillon ...
Friday, March 7
Feb 29, 2008; ... Today is Friday, March 7, the 67th day of 2008. There are 299 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1573 - Peace of Constantinople ends war between Turkey and Venice. 1793 - France declares war on Spain, and Spanish forces invade Roussillon ...
WORLD SPORTS at 0000 GMT
Feb 29, 2008 ... SOCCER: LIVERPOOL: Hicks may block co-owner Gillett from selling 50 percent stake MANCHESTER, England _ Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks may block George Gillett Jr. if he tries to sell his 50 percent stake in the English Premier League club. BC-EU-SPT-SOC--LIVERPOOL-HICKS. Has ...
Prosecutors in sailor's terrorism trial try to show leaked documents matched ship's movements
Feb 29, 2008; ... Prosecutors at the federal trial of a former sailor accused of supplying information that could have doomed his ship tried to show that a stop by his vessel in Hawaii matched details in leaked documents. Hassan Abu-Jihaad, 32, an American-born Muslim convert, has pleaded not guilty to ...
Critics fear deposed Thai PM Thaksin plotting to retake power after return from exile
Feb 29, 2008; ... Deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has returned from exile to a rousing welcome in what critics fear is his first step toward regaining power, despite corruption charges that could put him behind bars and his vow to renounce politics forever. The 58-year-old billionaire, ...
Prosecutors in sailor's terrorism trial try to show leaked documents matched ship's movements
Feb 29, 2008; ... Prosecutors at the federal trial of a former sailor accused of supplying information that could have doomed his ship tried to show that a stop by his vessel in Hawaii matched details in leaked documents. Hassan Abu-Jihaad, 32, an American-born Muslim convert, has pleaded not guilty to ...
Critics fear deposed Thai PM Thaksin plotting to retake power after return from exile
Feb 29, 2008; ... Deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has returned from exile to a rousing welcome in what critics fear is his first step toward regaining power, despite corruption charges that could put him behind bars and his vow to renounce politics forever. The 58-year-old billionaire, ...
California sues over government plan that allows roads, drilling in state's largest forests
Feb 29, 2008; ... California sued the U.S. Forest Service for adopting a management plan that would allow for the construction of roads and oil drilling in the state's largest national forests. The lawsuit, filed by the state attorney general's office in federal court Thursday, claims the plan ignores ...
California sues over government plan that allows roads, drilling in state's largest forests
Feb 29, 2008; ... California sued the U.S. Forest Service for adopting a management plan that would allow for the construction of roads and oil drilling in the state's largest national forests. The lawsuit, filed by the state attorney general's office in federal court Thursday, claims the plan ignores ...
US PGA-Honda Classic Scores
Feb 29, 2008 ... First Round Luke Donald33-31_64 Brian Davis33-32_65 Matt Jones 32-34_66...
Bush looking for clues about who will wield power in Russia after March 2 elections
Feb 29, 2008; ... Like the rest of an anxious world, President George W. Bush said Thursday he is waiting to see who will wield the real power in Russia after next month's elections, departing President Vladimir Putin or his hand-picked successor, Dmitry Medvedev. It will be interesting, the president ...
Bush looking for clues about who will wield power in Russia after March 2 elections
Feb 29, 2008; ... Like the rest of an anxious world, President George W. Bush said Thursday he is waiting to see who will wield the real power in Russia after next month's elections, departing President Vladimir Putin or his hand-picked successor, Dmitry Medvedev. It will be interesting, the president ...
Japan experiments with robots as part of daily life
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Japan and robots are an old love affair
Feb 29, 2008; ... Japan's love affair with robots could be said to be more than 300 years old. Wooden wind-up dolls known as "karakuri" appeared as early as the 17th century. Especially famous is a kimono-clad tea-serving machine considered one of the world's first "robots." It ...
Japan experiments with robots as part of daily life
Feb 29, 2008; ... At a university lab in a Tokyo suburb, engineering students are wiring a rubbery robot face to simulate six basic expressions: anger, fear, sadness, happiness, surprise and disgust. Hooked up to a database of words clustered by association, the robot _ dubbed Kansei, or ...
Japan and robots are an old love affair
Feb 29, 2008; ... Japan's love affair with robots could be said to be more than 300 years old. Wooden wind-up dolls known as "karakuri" appeared as early as the 17th century. Especially famous is a kimono-clad tea-serving machine considered one of the world's first "robots." It ...
Sponsors expect vote on new sanctions against Iran on Saturday
Feb 29, 2008 ... Britain and France say they expect the Security Council to vote Saturday on new sanctions against Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment. The two countries co-sponsored the resolution that would impose a third round of sanctions on Iran. Britain's U.N. Ambassador ...
Sponsors expect vote on new sanctions against Iran on Saturday
Feb 29, 2008 ... Britain and France say they expect the Security Council to vote Saturday on new sanctions against Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment. The two countries co-sponsored the resolution that would impose a third round of sanctions on Iran. Britain's U.N. Ambassador ...
AP Weekly Sports Calendar
Feb 29, 2008 ... EDITORS: These are among the top sports events of the week. Coverage of most of these events will move on this circuit: FRIDAY, Feb. 29 thru March 1, Zagreb, Croatia _ tennis, ATP Zagreb Indoors. thru March 1, Acapulco, Mexico _ tennis, ATP-WTA, ...
Mike Smith, lead singer and keyboard player in 'The Dave Clark Five,' dies at 64
Feb 29, 2008; ... Singer Mike Smith, who provided vocals and keyboards for the "Dave Clark Five," one of the most successful British bands of the 1960s, died from pneumonia on Thursday, his agent said. He was 64. Smith died at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital, outside London, less than two weeks ...
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Feb 29, 2008 ... EDITORS: These are among the top sports events of the week. Coverage of most of these events will move on this circuit: FRIDAY, Feb. 29 thru March 1, Zagreb, Croatia _ tennis, ATP Zagreb Indoors. thru March 1, Acapulco, Mexico _ tennis, ATP-WTA, ...
Mike Smith, lead singer and keyboard player in 'The Dave Clark Five,' dies at 64
Feb 29, 2008; ... Singer Mike Smith, who provided vocals and keyboards for the "Dave Clark Five," one of the most successful British bands of the 1960s, died from pneumonia on Thursday, his agent said. He was 64. Smith died at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital, outside London, less than two weeks ...
Beijing hopes to control everything _ even the weather _ for coming Olympics
Feb 29, 2008; ... As they prepare to host the Olympics _ an event whose very purpose is to push the limits of human beings _ the Chinese are trying to do what man never has: Control the weather. With five months to go before the Summer Games come to Beijing, Chinese scientists say they are confident ...
Flagship Mars project faces technical problems and cost overruns; could jeopardize 2009 launch
Feb 29, 2008; ... NASA's flagship mission to land a nuclear-powered, next-generation rover on Mars is facing development problems and ballooning costs that could threaten its scheduled launch next year. NASA Administrator Michael Griffin told a congressional hearing this month that engineers had to ...
Getting the air clear for Beijing Games will require a little help from Mother Nature
Feb 29, 2008; ... It may take a bit of good fortune to guarantee clean air for the Beijing Olympics. Though a top environment official is confident it will happen, he acknowledged this week that weather conditions in August will be critical. "There's a saying we've repeated over and ...
Getting the air clear for Beijing Games will require a little help from Mother Nature
Feb 29, 2008; ... It may take a bit of good fortune to guarantee clean air for the Beijing Olympics. Though a top environment official is confident it will happen, he acknowledged this week that weather conditions in August will be critical. "There's a saying we've repeated over and ...
Air New Zealand posts 58 percent higher first-half net profit
Feb 29, 2008 ... Air New Zealand Ltd. posted higher first-half net profit Friday despite high fuel costs and increased competition, but said oil price volatility made its forecast for a better full-year result less certain. The airline, which is around 76 percent-owned by the government, said its net ...
Air New Zealand posts 58 percent higher first-half net profit
Feb 29, 2008 ... Air New Zealand Ltd. posted higher first-half net profit Friday despite high fuel costs and increased competition, but said oil price volatility made its forecast for a better full-year result less certain. The airline, which is around 76 percent-owned by the government, said its net ...
Kenya's rival politicians signed a power-sharing agreement after weeks of bitter negotiations
Feb 29, 2008; ... Kenya's feuding politicians shook hands, smiled for the cameras, and finally agreed to share power. But two months after a disputed presidential election unleashed ethnic violence that killed more than 1,000 people, the real test is whether the reluctant partners can heal a deeply divided ...
Kenya's rival politicians signed a power-sharing agreement after weeks of bitter negotiations
Feb 29, 2008; ... Kenya's feuding politicians shook hands, smiled for the cameras, and finally agreed to share power. But two months after a disputed presidential election unleashed ethnic violence that killed more than 1,000 people, the real test is whether the reluctant partners can heal a deeply divided ...
Key events leading to power sharing in Kenya
Feb 29, 2008 ... Events in Kenya leading to Thursday's power-sharing agreement between President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga: _ September to December: Ahead of the Dec. 27 presidential election, clashes in western Kenya kill hundreds of people, although campaigning was ...
Africa adoptions clouded by uncertainty and confusion
Feb 29, 2008; ... The offer of a foreign education for her beloved youngest son seemed like a dream come true for Elizabeth Rioba. But the Kenyan mother says a family member tricked her into signing adoption papers, and now it's been five years since she's seen her boy. The Polish couple that adopted ...
Key events leading to power sharing in Kenya
Feb 29, 2008 ... Events in Kenya leading to Thursday's power-sharing agreement between President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga: _ September to December: Ahead of the Dec. 27 presidential election, clashes in western Kenya kill hundreds of people, although campaigning was ...
Africa adoptions clouded by uncertainty and confusion
Feb 29, 2008; ... The offer of a foreign education for her beloved youngest son seemed like a dream come true for Elizabeth Rioba. But the Kenyan mother says a family member tricked her into signing adoption papers, and now it's been five years since she's seen her boy. The Polish couple that adopted ...
Israel kills 20 in Gaza, Hamas rockets reach Israeli city
Feb 29, 2008; ... Gaza militants fired Grad rockets at an Israeli city, forcing Israel to install a warning system, and Israel killed 20 Palestinians in a day of fighting that evoked a top-level warning of an Israeli invasion if the salvos continue. The dead in Gaza Thursday included members of rocket ...
Israel kills 20 in Gaza, Hamas rockets reach Israeli city
Feb 29, 2008; ... Gaza militants fired Grad rockets at an Israeli city, forcing Israel to install a warning system, and Israel killed 20 Palestinians in a day of fighting that evoked a top-level warning of an Israeli invasion if the salvos continue. The dead in Gaza Thursday included members of rocket ...
Al-Maliki calls on Iraqis to boost political process in speech marking religious holiday
Feb 29, 2008; ... Iraq's prime minister declared that national reconciliation was moving forward despite the embarrassing collapse of a deal to hold provincial elections and a warning of possible escalating Shiite feuds over the failure. It was a day of charged rhetoric _ heightened by a flurry of ...
Al-Maliki calls on Iraqis to boost political process in speech marking religious holiday
Feb 29, 2008; ... Iraq's prime minister declared that national reconciliation was moving forward despite the embarrassing collapse of a deal to hold provincial elections and a warning of possible escalating Shiite feuds over the failure. It was a day of charged rhetoric _ heightened by a flurry of ...
Key points of Kenya's power-sharing deal between president, opposition leader
Feb 29, 2008 ... Key points of Kenya's power-sharing deal, reached Thursday: _ Kenya will create the post of prime minister, which was demanded by the opposition. _ The prime minister will have the power to "coordinate and supervise" government affairs _ stronger authority than ...
Key points of Kenya's power-sharing deal between president, opposition leader
Feb 29, 2008; ... Key points of Kenya's power-sharing deal, reached Thursday: _ Kenya will create the post of prime minister, which was demanded by the opposition. _ The prime minister will have the power to "coordinate and supervise" government affairs _ stronger authority than ...
Malaysian scientist turns rice husk into high-tech insulator that could cut electric bills
Feb 29, 2008; ... A Malaysian scientist says she has discovered a cheap way to turn discarded rice husks into a high-tech material that could reduce electricity bills, protect buildings from bomb blasts and make airplanes and tennis rackets lighter. Aerogel, the lightest solid known to man, was ...
US regulators finish Chinese inspection, still do not know what caused blood-thinner problems
Feb 29, 2008 ... U.S. inspectors found some mostly procedural problems at a Chinese factory that supplied the main ingredient for the recalled blood thinner heparin but say they cannot yet tell what is causing serious side effects. "We're still considering all possibilities," said Deborah ...
Malaysian scientist turns rice husk into high-tech insulator that could cut electric bills
Feb 29, 2008; ... A Malaysian scientist says she has discovered a cheap way to turn discarded rice husks into a high-tech material that could reduce electricity bills, protect buildings from bomb blasts and make airplanes and tennis rackets lighter. Aerogel, the lightest solid known to man, was ...
US regulators finish Chinese inspection, still do not know what caused blood-thinner problems
Feb 29, 2008 ... U.S. inspectors found some mostly procedural problems at a Chinese factory that supplied the main ingredient for the recalled blood thinner heparin but say they cannot yet tell what is causing serious side effects. "We're still considering all possibilities," said Deborah ...
Kibaki, Odinga have long history; now must work together to ensure Kenya's future
Feb 29, 2008; ... The two men who agreed Thursday to join in a coalition government to end Kenya's political crisis have a long history of friendship and betrayal. Opposition leader Raila Odinga's support was key to getting President Mwai Kibaki elected in 2002, But Kibaki later reneged on a promised ...
From pollution to food, US hopes for best, plans for anything at Beijing Olympics
Feb 29, 2008; ... One of the first times Steve Roush went to Beijing, he got off the plane, looked around and asked a local what time the milky fog that enshrouded the city normally lifts. "They told me, `That isn't fog,'" said the U.S. Olympic Committee's chief of sport performance, who has ...
From pollution to food, US hopes for best, plans for anything at Beijing Olympics
Feb 29, 2008; ... One of the first times Steve Roush went to Beijing, he got off the plane, looked around and asked a local what time the milky fog that enshrouded the city normally lifts. "They told me, `That isn't fog,'" said the U.S. Olympic Committee's chief of sport performance, who has ...
Serb officers in Kosovo desert force
Feb 29, 2008; ... Dozens of Serb officers have deserted the Kosovo police force since the new state declared independence, according to police, snubbing ethnic Albanian leaders and shattering the only institution in which real cooperation existed between the two ethnic groups. Some 170 of the force's ...
Serb officers in Kosovo desert force
Feb 29, 2008; ... Dozens of Serb officers have deserted the Kosovo police force since the new state declared independence, according to police, snubbing ethnic Albanian leaders and shattering the only institution in which real cooperation existed between the two ethnic groups. Some 170 of the force's ...
Remnants of 'Rent' survive in now trendy East Village
Feb 29, 2008; ... From the tiny East Village theater where "Rent" was born, you can still catch a glimpse of the funky neighborhood where the hit musical was set _ a scruffy courtyard, old brownstones, rusty pipes and fire escapes. Even when "Rent" opened in 1996, the East Village ...
ATP-WTA Abierto Mexicano Telcel Results
Feb 29, 2008 ... Results Thursday from the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, a US$794,000 (536,000) ATP event and (125,000) WTA Tour event on clay at The Fairmont Acapulco Princess (seedings in parentheses): Singles Men Quarterfinals David Nalbandian (1), Argentina, def. Potito ...
Remnants of 'Rent' survive in now trendy East Village
Feb 29, 2008; ... From the tiny East Village theater where "Rent" was born, you can still catch a glimpse of the funky neighborhood where the hit musical was set _ a scruffy courtyard, old brownstones, rusty pipes and fire escapes. Even when "Rent" opened in 1996, the East Village ...
ATP-WTA Abierto Mexicano Telcel Results
Feb 29, 2008 ... Results Thursday from the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, a US$794,000 (euro536,000) ATP event and (euro125,000) WTA Tour event on clay at The Fairmont Acapulco Princess (seedings in parentheses): Singles Men Quarterfinals David Nalbandian (1), Argentina, ...
US nuclear envoy weighs return visit for further NKorea nuclear talks
Feb 29, 2008; ... The top U.S. negotiator in troubled disarmament talks with North Korea may hold hastily arranged meetings with an envoy from the North this weekend, a State Department official said Thursday. The possible discussions in China would signal progress in resolving a two-month impasse ...
Publishers embrace short nonfiction, from presidents to science
Feb 29, 2008; ... As he prepared a biography of Edgar Allan Poe, author Peter Ackroyd read through more than 20 volumes of Poe's work and filled two file cabinet drawers with notes _ more information than the most ...
US nuclear envoy weighs return visit for further NKorea nuclear talks
Feb 29, 2008; ... The top U.S. negotiator in troubled disarmament talks with North Korea may hold hastily arranged meetings with an envoy from the North this weekend, a State Department official said Thursday. The possible discussions in China would signal progress in resolving a two-month impasse ...
UK officials: Prince Harry serving on front line in Afghanistan
Feb 29, 2008; ... The secret is out: Prince Harry has been serving on the front line with his British army unit in one of Afghanistan's most lawless and barren provinces. Harry is the first royal to serve in a combat zone since his uncle Prince Andrew flew ...
Publishers embrace short nonfiction, from presidents to science
Feb 29, 2008; ... As he prepared a biography of Edgar Allan Poe, author Peter Ackroyd read through more than 20 volumes of Poe's work and filled two file cabinet drawers with notes _ more information than the most devoted fan could absorb in a lifetime. It was all for a book that will run less than 200 ...
UK officials: Prince Harry serving on front line in Afghanistan
Feb 29, 2008; ... The secret is out: Prince Harry has been serving on the front line with his British army unit in one of Afghanistan's most lawless and barren provinces. Harry is the first royal to serve in a combat zone since his uncle Prince Andrew flew helicopters during Britain's war with ...
UK computer store discovers confidential government CD wedged inside laptop
Feb 29, 2008; ... A repairman discovered a confidential government CD hidden inside a laptop bought on eBay, according to a computer store in northern England. A customer brought the laptop to Leapfrog Computers in Bolton on Monday asking to have it repaired, sales manager Jonathan Parry said ...
UK computer store discovers confidential government CD wedged inside laptop
Feb 29, 2008; ... A repairman discovered a confidential government CD hidden inside a laptop bought on eBay, according to a computer store in northern England. A customer brought the laptop to Leapfrog Computers in Bolton on Monday asking to have it repaired, sales manager Jonathan Parry said ...
New US proposal for lynx habitat: 43,000 square miles in 6 states
Feb 29, 2008; ... Federal wildlife managers said they want to increase by more than 20-fold the amount of land designated as critical habitat for the threatened Canada lynx, to nearly 43,000 square miles (111,000 square kilometers) in six states. Only 1,841 square miles (4,768 square kilometers) in ...
New US proposal for lynx habitat: 43,000 square miles in 6 states
Feb 29, 2008; ... Federal wildlife managers said they want to increase by more than 20-fold the amount of land designated as critical habitat for the threatened Canada lynx, to nearly 43,000 square miles (111,000 square kilometers) in six states. Only 1,841 square miles (4,768 square kilometers) in ...
Key events in Prince Harry's deployment to Afghanistan
Feb 29, 2008; ... Events leading to Thursday's announcement that Prince Harry is fighting with British forces in Afghanistan. _ Feb. 22, 2007: Prince Charles joins the government in announcing that his son, Prince Harry, will be deployed to Iraq to command four British tanks. The prince is ...