AP Worldstream back issues from Thursday, March 13:
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Mar 13, 2008 ... EDITORS: The Associated Press closes its news cycle for Wednesday, March 12, 2008, and begins its report for Thursday, March 13, 2008. The AP news report is protected by copyright, which gives the ...
Thursday, March 20
Mar 13, 2008; ... Today is Thursday, March 20, the 80th day of 2008. There are 286 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1616 - Sir Walter Raleigh is released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana. 1784 - Holland cedes Negapatama and Madras, India, to ...
Thursday, March 20
Mar 13, 2008; ... Today is Thursday, March 20, the 80th day of 2008. There are 286 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1616 - Sir Walter Raleigh is released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana. 1784 - Holland cedes Negapatama and Madras, India, to ...
Thursday, March 20
Mar 13, 2008; ... Today is Thursday, March 20, the 80th day of 2008. There are 286 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1616 - Sir Walter Raleigh is released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana. 1784 - Holland cedes Negapatama and Madras, India, to ...
WORLD SPORTS at 0000 GMT
Mar 13, 2008 ... SOCCER: UEFA CUP: German rivals Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen advance into quarters LONDON _ German rivals Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen advance to the UEFA Cup quarterfinals despite defeats. Munich beats Anderlecht on aggregate, while Leverkusen tops Hamburger SV on ...
Suspensions increasingly unlikely for MLB players mentioned in Mitchell Report
Mar 13, 2008; ... Major League Baseball has taken no steps to discipline players mentioned in the Mitchell Report since the detailed account of drug use was released three months ago. That makes it increasingly unlikely players will be punished before opening day. No players have been called in for ...
Hamas' latest truce offer reveals reluctance to give Israel real peace
Mar 13, 2008; ... Hamas is once again offering Israel a truce, but the language the Islamic movement has chosen reveals a deep reluctance to talk about any real peace with the Jewish state. Ismail Haniyeh, Gaza's Hamas prime minister, on Wednesday proposed a "tahdia," a loosely defined period ...
Suspensions increasingly unlikely for MLB players mentioned in Mitchell Report
Mar 13, 2008; ... Major League Baseball has taken no steps to discipline players mentioned in the Mitchell Report since the detailed account of drug use was released three months ago. That makes it increasingly unlikely players will be punished before opening day. No players have been called in for ...
Suspensions increasingly unlikely for MLB players mentioned in Mitchell Report
Mar 13, 2008; ... Major League Baseball has taken no steps to discipline players mentioned in the Mitchell Report since the detailed account of drug use was released three months ago. That makes it increasingly unlikely players will be punished before opening day. No players have been called in for ...
Hamas' latest truce offer reveals reluctance to give Israel real peace
Mar 13, 2008; ... Hamas is once again offering Israel a truce, but the language the Islamic movement has chosen reveals a deep reluctance to talk about any real peace with the Jewish state. Ismail Haniyeh, Gaza's Hamas prime minister, on Wednesday proposed a "tahdia," a loosely defined period ...
Hamas' latest truce offer reveals reluctance to give Israel real peace
Mar 13, 2008; ... Hamas is once again offering Israel a truce, but the language the Islamic movement has chosen reveals a deep reluctance to talk about any real peace with the Jewish state. Ismail Haniyeh, Gaza's Hamas prime minister, on Wednesday proposed a "tahdia," a loosely defined period ...
Police say mother tossed boys from Dallas overpass, then jumped herself; all 3 survive
Mar 13, 2008; ... Motorists watched in horror as a woman tossed two young boys off a freeway overpass, then took the two-story leap into rush-hour traffic herself. But the shocking moment had an incredibly fortunate ending. Police said Khandi Busby and her children, ages 8 and 6, somehow survived ...
Police say mother tossed boys from Dallas overpass, then jumped herself; all 3 survive
Mar 13, 2008; ... Motorists watched in horror as a woman tossed two young boys off a freeway overpass, then took the two-story leap into rush-hour traffic herself. But the shocking moment had an incredibly fortunate ending. Police said Khandi Busby and her children, ages 8 and 6, somehow survived ...
Police say mother tossed boys from Dallas overpass, then jumped herself; all 3 survive
Mar 13, 2008; ... Motorists watched in horror as a woman tossed two young boys off a freeway overpass, then took the two-story leap into rush-hour traffic herself. But the shocking moment had an incredibly fortunate ending. Police said Khandi Busby and her children, ages 8 and 6, somehow survived ...
Five Cuban soccer players leave under-23team in Tampa
Mar 13, 2008 ... Five Cuban players went missing on Tuesday after the Cuba Under-23 team played against the United States in an Olympic qualifier, a team official said on Wednesday. The missing men had not yet reported to authorities. Zachary Mann, a spokesman for Customs and Border ...
Five Cuban soccer players leave under-23team in Tampa
Mar 13, 2008 ... Five Cuban players went missing on Tuesday after the Cuba Under-23 team played against the United States in an Olympic qualifier, a team official said on Wednesday. The missing men had not yet reported to authorities. Zachary Mann, a spokesman for Customs and Border ...
Five Cuban soccer players leave under-23team in Tampa
Mar 13, 2008 ... Five Cuban players went missing on Tuesday after the Cuba Under-23 team played against the United States in an Olympic qualifier, a team official said on Wednesday. The missing men had not yet reported to authorities. Zachary Mann, a spokesman for Customs and Border ...
US envoy says he has ideas to push forward NKorea nuclear talks
Mar 13, 2008; ... The top U.S. envoy at stalled North Korean nuclear disarmament talks is sounding a note of optimism ahead of a meeting Thursday with his North Korean counterpart in Geneva. Chris Hill, a U.S. assistant secretary of state, told reporters Wednesday that he will offer ideas to jump-start ...
US envoy says he has ideas to push forward NKorea nuclear talks
Mar 13, 2008; ... The top U.S. envoy at stalled North Korean nuclear disarmament talks is sounding a note of optimism ahead of a meeting Thursday with his North Korean counterpart in Geneva. Chris Hill, a U.S. assistant secretary of state, told reporters Wednesday that he will offer ideas to jump-start ...
US envoy says he has ideas to push forward NKorea nuclear talks
Mar 13, 2008; ... The top U.S. envoy at stalled North Korean nuclear disarmament talks is sounding a note of optimism ahead of a meeting Thursday with his North Korean counterpart in Geneva. Chris Hill, a U.S. assistant secretary of state, told reporters Wednesday that he will offer ideas to jump-start ...
Episcopal leaders oust breakaway, conservative Fresno bishop in fight over diocese
Mar 13, 2008; ... Episcopal leaders have ousted a breakaway conservative bishop in a struggle for control of the Diocese of San Joaquin and its properties. The Episcopal House of Bishops, meeting in Texas, took the action Wednesday against Bishop John-David Schofield, who last December led the Fresno ...
Episcopal leaders oust breakaway, conservative Fresno bishop in fight over diocese
Mar 13, 2008; ... Episcopal leaders have ousted a breakaway conservative bishop in a struggle for control of the Diocese of San Joaquin and its properties. The Episcopal House of Bishops, meeting in Texas, took the action Wednesday against Bishop John-David Schofield, who last December led the Fresno ...
Episcopal leaders oust breakaway, conservative Fresno bishop in fight over diocese
Mar 13, 2008; ... Episcopal leaders have ousted a breakaway conservative bishop in a struggle for control of the Diocese of San Joaquin and its properties. The Episcopal House of Bishops, meeting in Texas, took the action Wednesday against Bishop John-David Schofield, who last December led the Fresno ...
EU leaders try to soothe worries over slowing economy
Mar 13, 2008; ... European leaders will try Thursday to soothe worries over their slowing economies by promising they will move to contain record-high inflation and push through reforms for labor markets and the banking system. But faced with a limited range of tools to tackle problems that mostly lie ...
EU leaders try to soothe worries over slowing economy
Mar 13, 2008; ... European leaders will try Thursday to soothe worries over their slowing economies by promising they will move to contain record-high inflation and push through reforms for labor markets and the banking system. But faced with a limited range of tools to tackle problems that mostly lie ...
EU leaders try to soothe worries over slowing economy
Mar 13, 2008; ... European leaders will try Thursday to soothe worries over their slowing economies by promising they will move to contain record-high inflation and push through reforms for labor markets and the banking system. But faced with a limited range of tools to tackle problems that mostly lie ...
Copa Libertadores: Ecuadorean club Liga de Quito beats Argentine host Arsenal 1-0
Mar 13, 2008 ... Patricio Urrutia converted a late penalty and Ecuador's Liga de Quito beat Arsenal 1-0 to take sole possession of first place in Copa Libertadores Group 8 on Wednesday. Arsenal goalkeeper Mario Cuenca made the foul which Urrutia scored from in the 79th minute. Liga has 7 ...
Copa Libertadores: Ecuadorean club Liga de Quito beats Argentine host Arsenal 1-0
Mar 13, 2008 ... Patricio Urrutia converted a late penalty and Ecuador's Liga de Quito beat Arsenal 1-0 to take sole possession of first place in Copa Libertadores Group 8 on Wednesday. Arsenal goalkeeper Mario Cuenca made the foul which Urrutia scored from in the 79th minute. Liga has 7 ...
Copa Libertadores: Ecuadorean club Liga de Quito beats Argentine host Arsenal 1-0
Mar 13, 2008 ... Patricio Urrutia converted a late penalty and Ecuador's Liga de Quito beat Arsenal 1-0 to take sole possession of first place in Copa Libertadores Group 8 on Wednesday. Arsenal goalkeeper Mario Cuenca made the foul which Urrutia scored from in the 79th minute. Liga has 7 ...
Harkleroad advanced to 2nd round in Pacific Life Open
Mar 13, 2008 ... Ashley Harkleroad advanced to the second round of the Pacific Life Open by beating Ukraine's Tatiana Perebiynis 6-2, 6-0 on Wednesday. Jill Craybas edged Czech qualifier Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 7-6 (2), 6-4, while Russia's Ekaterina Makarova beat Meilen Tu 6-4, 6-2. All ...
Harkleroad advanced to 2nd round in Pacific Life Open
Mar 13, 2008 ... Ashley Harkleroad advanced to the second round of the Pacific Life Open by beating Ukraine's Tatiana Perebiynis 6-2, 6-0 on Wednesday. Jill Craybas edged Czech qualifier Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 7-6 (2), 6-4, while Russia's Ekaterina Makarova beat Meilen Tu 6-4, 6-2. All ...
Harkleroad advanced to 2nd round in Pacific Life Open
Mar 13, 2008 ... Ashley Harkleroad advanced to the second round of the Pacific Life Open by beating Ukraine's Tatiana Perebiynis 6-2, 6-0 on Wednesday. Jill Craybas edged Czech qualifier Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 7-6 (2), 6-4, while Russia's Ekaterina Makarova beat Meilen Tu 6-4, 6-2. All ...
Senegal's Wade hosts talks to end Chad-Sudan tensions
Mar 13, 2008; ... Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade was hosting talks between the leaders of Chad and Sudan in a bid to stop them from supporting each other's rebel groups, a step that could help calm Darfur and other areas along their shared border. But both Chad's Idriss Deby and Sudan's Omar ...
Senegal's Wade hosts talks to end Chad-Sudan tensions
Mar 13, 2008; ... Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade was hosting talks between the leaders of Chad and Sudan in a bid to stop them from supporting each other's rebel groups, a step that could help calm Darfur and other areas along their shared border. But both Chad's Idriss Deby and Sudan's Omar ...
Senegal's Wade hosts talks to end Chad-Sudan tensions
Mar 13, 2008; ... Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade was hosting talks between the leaders of Chad and Sudan in a bid to stop them from supporting each other's rebel groups, a step that could help calm Darfur and other areas along their shared border. But both Chad's Idriss Deby and Sudan's Omar ...
Southwest Airlines grounds dozens of jets to examine structural soundness
Mar 13, 2008; ... Southwest Airlines Co. canceled flights and temporarily grounded 43 planes to examine if they were sound enough to carry passengers, the latest twist in the low-cost carrier's saga of missed safety inspections and civil penalties. The groundings on Wednesday affected about 8 percent ...
Southwest Airlines grounds dozens of jets to examine structural soundness
Mar 13, 2008; ... Southwest Airlines Co. canceled flights and temporarily grounded 43 planes to examine if they were sound enough to carry passengers, the latest twist in the low-cost carrier's saga of missed safety inspections and civil penalties. The groundings on Wednesday affected about 8 percent ...
Southwest Airlines grounds dozens of jets to examine structural soundness
Mar 13, 2008; ... Southwest Airlines Co. canceled flights and temporarily grounded 43 planes to examine if they were sound enough to carry passengers, the latest twist in the low-cost carrier's saga of missed safety inspections and civil penalties. The groundings on Wednesday affected about 8 percent ...
French judicial officials say new Societe Generale trader in custody in trading probe
Mar 13, 2008; ... Judicial officials say that another trader at French bank Societe Generale has been taken in for questioning in connection with a multibillion dollar trading scandal. Investigators are trying to determine whether Jerome Kerviel _ the trader blamed by the bank for unauthorized trades ...
French judicial officials say new Societe Generale trader in custody in trading probe
Mar 13, 2008; ... Judicial officials say that another trader at French bank Societe Generale has been taken in for questioning in connection with a multibillion dollar trading scandal. Investigators are trying to determine whether Jerome Kerviel _ the trader blamed by the bank for unauthorized trades ...
French judicial officials say new Societe Generale trader in custody in trading probe
Mar 13, 2008; ... Judicial officials say that another trader at French bank Societe Generale has been taken in for questioning in connection with a multibillion dollar trading scandal. Investigators are trying to determine whether Jerome Kerviel _ the trader blamed by the bank for unauthorized trades ...
US, EU security chiefs meet in Slovenia over visa waivers, travel security
Mar 13, 2008; ... U.S. and European security chiefs meet in Slovenia on Thursday to try to resolve a standoff over new travel security demands Washington is asking EU nations to sign up to in exchange for visa-free entry into the United States. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, U.S ....
US, EU security chiefs meet in Slovenia over visa waivers, travel security
Mar 13, 2008; ... U.S. and European security chiefs meet in Slovenia on Thursday to try to resolve a standoff over new travel security demands Washington is asking EU nations to sign up to in exchange for visa-free entry into the United States. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, U.S ....
US, EU security chiefs meet in Slovenia over visa waivers, travel security
Mar 13, 2008; ... U.S. and European security chiefs meet in Slovenia on Thursday to try to resolve a standoff over new travel security demands Washington is asking EU nations to sign up to in exchange for visa-free entry into the United States. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, U.S ....
Top US, North Korean negotiators meeting in Geneva in bid to resolve differences
Mar 13, 2008; ... The United States and North Korea's top negotiators, who have previously broken stalemates in tense nuclear talks, will seek a new breakthrough in stalled diplomatic talks over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill and North Korean ...
Top US, North Korean negotiators meeting in Geneva in bid to resolve differences
Mar 13, 2008; ... The United States and North Korea's top negotiators, who have previously broken stalemates in tense nuclear talks, will seek a new breakthrough in stalled diplomatic talks over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill and North Korean ...
Top US, North Korean negotiators meeting in Geneva in bid to resolve differences
Mar 13, 2008; ... The United States and North Korea's top negotiators, who have previously broken stalemates in tense nuclear talks, will seek a new breakthrough in stalled diplomatic talks over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill and North Korean ...
Lance Mackey wins second straight Iditarod title
Mar 13, 2008; ... Lance Mackey couldn't shake four-time champion Jeff King and his faster team. So Mackey pulled off a stunt at the Elim checkpoint _ 123 miles (198 kilometers) from the Nome finish line _ that proved to be the turning point in his second consecutive Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race victory ...
Lance Mackey wins second straight Iditarod title
Mar 13, 2008; ... Lance Mackey couldn't shake four-time champion Jeff King and his faster team. So Mackey pulled off a stunt at the Elim checkpoint _ 123 miles (198 kilometers) from the Nome finish line _ that proved to be the turning point in his second consecutive Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race victory ...
Lance Mackey wins second straight Iditarod title
Mar 13, 2008; ... Lance Mackey couldn't shake four-time champion Jeff King and his faster team. So Mackey pulled off a stunt at the Elim checkpoint _ 123 miles (198 kilometers) from the Nome finish line _ that proved to be the turning point in his second consecutive Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race victory ...
Apple hit with patent-infringement lawsuit over iTunes and iPods
Mar 13, 2008 ... Apple Inc. has been sued over allegations its iTunes online music store and iPod music players are illegally using a patented method for distributing digital media over the Internet. Atlanta-based ZapMedia Services Inc. sued Apple in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of ...
Apple hit with patent-infringement lawsuit over iTunes and iPods
Mar 13, 2008 ... Apple Inc. has been sued over allegations its iTunes online music store and iPod music players are illegally using a patented method for distributing digital media over the Internet. Atlanta-based ZapMedia Services Inc. sued Apple in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of ...
Apple hit with patent-infringement lawsuit over iTunes and iPods
Mar 13, 2008 ... Apple Inc. has been sued over allegations its iTunes online music store and iPod music players are illegally using a patented method for distributing digital media over the Internet. Atlanta-based ZapMedia Services Inc. sued Apple in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of ...
Thousands pressure Brazil Congress to take action against slave-like labor conditions
Mar 13, 2008 ... About 2,000 activists joined government officials Wednesday to pressure Brazil's Congress to pass a constitutional amendment aimed at stopping slave-like labor conditions in Latin America's biggest nation. Human rights groups, landless workers movements, unions, religious groups and ...
Thousands pressure Brazil Congress to take action against slave-like labor conditions
Mar 13, 2008 ... About 2,000 activists joined government officials Wednesday to pressure Brazil's Congress to pass a constitutional amendment aimed at stopping slave-like labor conditions in Latin America's biggest nation. Human rights groups, landless workers movements, unions, religious groups and ...
Thousands pressure Brazil Congress to take action against slave-like labor conditions
Mar 13, 2008 ... About 2,000 activists joined government officials Wednesday to pressure Brazil's Congress to pass a constitutional amendment aimed at stopping slave-like labor conditions in Latin America's biggest nation. Human rights groups, landless workers movements, unions, religious groups and ...
Austria solemnly marks 70th anniversary of Nazi Germany's takeover
Mar 13, 2008; ... On the same square where thousands gave Adolf Hitler an adoring welcome in 1938, Austrians marked the 70th anniversary of Nazi Germany's annexation by lighting 80,000 candles: one for every person who perished under the regime. The somber "Night of Silence" remembrance ...
Austria solemnly marks 70th anniversary of Nazi Germany's takeover
Mar 13, 2008; ... On the same square where thousands gave Adolf Hitler an adoring welcome in 1938, Austrians marked the 70th anniversary of Nazi Germany's annexation by lighting 80,000 candles: one for every person who perished under the regime. The somber "Night of Silence" remembrance ...
Austria solemnly marks 70th anniversary of Nazi Germany's takeover
Mar 13, 2008; ... On the same square where thousands gave Adolf Hitler an adoring welcome in 1938, Austrians marked the 70th anniversary of Nazi Germany's annexation by lighting 80,000 candles: one for every person who perished under the regime. The somber "Night of Silence" remembrance ...
Hong Kong closes all kindergartens, primary schools amid flu outbreak
Mar 13, 2008; ... Hong Kong ordered more than half a million primary and kindergarten students to stay home from school for two weeks starting Thursday after three schoolchildren died amid recent outbreaks of the flu. The government asked one of its top scientists to investigate the three deaths. But ...
Hong Kong closes all kindergartens, primary schools amid flu outbreak
Mar 13, 2008; ... Hong Kong ordered more than half a million primary and kindergarten students to stay home from school for two weeks starting Thursday after three schoolchildren died amid recent outbreaks of the flu. The government asked one of its top scientists to investigate the three deaths. But ...
Hong Kong closes all kindergartens, primary schools amid flu outbreak
Mar 13, 2008; ... Hong Kong ordered more than half a million primary and kindergarten students to stay home from school for two weeks starting Thursday after three schoolchildren died amid recent outbreaks of the flu. The government asked one of its top scientists to investigate the three deaths. But ...
Museum-quality art and natural history shows amid the flowers at botanical gardens
Mar 13, 2008; ... NEW YORK _ Spring is the loveliest time of year to visit a public garden. Cherry trees bloom, lilacs perfume the breeze and tulips color the landscape. But many botanical gardens offer additional reasons to visit - art shows and exhibits you might normally expect to find in a gallery or natural ...
Museum-quality art and natural history shows amid the flowers at botanical gardens
Mar 13, 2008; ... NEW YORK _ Spring is the loveliest time of year to visit a public garden. Cherry trees bloom, lilacs perfume the breeze and tulips color the landscape. But many botanical gardens offer additional reasons to visit - art shows and exhibits you might normally expect to find in a gallery or natural ...
Museum-quality art and natural history shows amid the flowers at botanical gardens
Mar 13, 2008; ... NEW YORK _ Spring is the loveliest time of year to visit a public garden. Cherry trees bloom, lilacs perfume the breeze and tulips color the landscape. But many botanical gardens offer additional reasons to visit - art shows and exhibits you might normally expect to find in a gallery or natural ...