AP Worldstream back issues from Tuesday, March 18:
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Mar 18, 2008 ... EDITORS: The Associated Press closes its news cycle for Monday, March 17, 2008, and begins its report for Tuesday, March 18, 2008. The AP news report is protected by copyright, which gives the AP ...
Florida Democrats abandon plan for mail-in primary redo
Mar 18, 2008; ... Facing strong opposition, Florida Democrats abandoned plans to hold a do-over presidential primary with a mail-in vote and threw the delegate dispute into the lap of the national party. While Monday's decision by Florida Democrats left the state's 210 delegates in limbo, Democrats in ...
Florida Democrats abandon plan for mail-in primary redo
Mar 18, 2008; ... Facing strong opposition, Florida Democrats abandoned plans to hold a do-over presidential primary with a mail-in vote and threw the delegate dispute into the lap of the national party. While Monday's decision by Florida Democrats left the state's 210 delegates in limbo, Democrats in ...
Florida Democrats abandon plan for mail-in primary redo
Mar 18, 2008; ... Facing strong opposition, Florida Democrats abandoned plans to hold a do-over presidential primary with a mail-in vote and threw the delegate dispute into the lap of the national party. While Monday's decision by Florida Democrats left the state's 210 delegates in limbo, Democrats in ...
WORLD SPORTS at 0000 GMT
Mar 18, 2008 ... OLYMPICS: BOYCOTT: Sports ministers, Olympic committees oppose boycott over Tibet BRDO PRI KRANJU, Slovenia _ Amid escalating violence in and around Tibet, European nations and Olympic committees oppose a boycott of the Beijing Games over China's handling of the unrest. And ...
Tuesday, March 25
Mar 18, 2008; ... Today is Tuesday, March 25, the 85th day of 2008. There are 281 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1634 - British colonists under Lord Baltimore reach Maryland in North America. 1815 - Austria, Britain, Prussia and Russia form new alliance ...
Even Palestinians' beloved keffiyeh feels the heat of Chinese imports
Mar 18, 2008; ... Yasser Herbawi once supplied much of the West Bank and Gaza with black-and-white checkered scarves, the proud emblem of Palestinian identity made famous by the late Yasser Arafat. But most of his looms now stand idle, his product edged out by cheap imports from the world's newest ...
Ricin in Vegas motel apparently was not meant to harm others, brother of hospitalized man says
Mar 18, 2008; ... The man at the center of a ricin scare at a Las Vegas motel says he never had any intention of hurting anyone with the deadly biological agent, his brother told The Associated Press. Roger Bergendorff, who finally regained consciousness last week after almost a month of ...
Tuesday, March 25
Mar 18, 2008; ... Today is Tuesday, March 25, the 85th day of 2008. There are 281 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1634 - British colonists under Lord Baltimore reach Maryland in North America. 1815 - Austria, Britain, Prussia and Russia form new alliance ...
Tuesday, March 25
Mar 18, 2008; ... Today is Tuesday, March 25, the 85th day of 2008. There are 281 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1634 - British colonists under Lord Baltimore reach Maryland in North America. 1815 - Austria, Britain, Prussia and Russia form new alliance ...
Even Palestinians' beloved keffiyeh feels the heat of Chinese imports
Mar 18, 2008; ... Yasser Herbawi once supplied much of the West Bank and Gaza with black-and-white checkered scarves, the proud emblem of Palestinian identity made famous by the late Yasser Arafat. But most of his looms now stand idle, his product edged out by cheap imports from the world's newest ...
Even Palestinians' beloved keffiyeh feels the heat of Chinese imports
Mar 18, 2008; ... Yasser Herbawi once supplied much of the West Bank and Gaza with black-and-white checkered scarves, the proud emblem of Palestinian identity made famous by the late Yasser Arafat. But most of his looms now stand idle, his product edged out by cheap imports from the world's newest ...
Ricin in Vegas motel apparently was not meant to harm others, brother of hospitalized man says
Mar 18, 2008; ... The man at the center of a ricin scare at a Las Vegas motel says he never had any intention of hurting anyone with the deadly biological agent, his brother told The Associated Press. Roger Bergendorff, who finally regained consciousness last week after almost a month of ...
Ricin in Vegas motel apparently was not meant to harm others, brother of hospitalized man says
Mar 18, 2008; ... The man at the center of a ricin scare at a Las Vegas motel says he never had any intention of hurting anyone with the deadly biological agent, his brother told The Associated Press. Roger Bergendorff, who finally regained consciousness last week after almost a month of ...
Pipelines unlocking bounty of Rocky Mountain's natural gas promise to even out national prices
Mar 18, 2008 ... In the Rocky Mountains, the energy crisis has mostly been a crisis for natural gas producers and a boon for consumers. Last fall, gas suppliers competing to stuff excess production into constrained pipeline systems drove spot prices to a laughably low 5 cents for 1,000 cubic feet ...
UN chief urges international backing to reunify Cyprus
Mar 18, 2008; ... Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the international community to "seize the momentum and window of opportunity" to reunite the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Ban told reporters Monday that newly elected Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias and Turkish ...
Pipelines unlocking bounty of Rocky Mountain's natural gas promise to even out national prices
Mar 18, 2008 ... In the Rocky Mountains, the energy crisis has mostly been a crisis for natural gas producers and a boon for consumers. Last fall, gas suppliers competing to stuff excess production into constrained pipeline systems drove spot prices to a laughably low 5 cents for 1,000 cubic feet ...
Pipelines unlocking bounty of Rocky Mountain's natural gas promise to even out national prices
Mar 18, 2008 ... In the Rocky Mountains, the energy crisis has mostly been a crisis for natural gas producers and a boon for consumers. Last fall, gas suppliers competing to stuff excess production into constrained pipeline systems drove spot prices to a laughably low 5 cents for 1,000 cubic feet ...
UN chief urges international backing to reunify Cyprus
Mar 18, 2008; ... Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the international community to "seize the momentum and window of opportunity" to reunite the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Ban told reporters Monday that newly elected Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias and Turkish ...
UN chief urges international backing to reunify Cyprus
Mar 18, 2008; ... Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the international community to "seize the momentum and window of opportunity" to reunite the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Ban told reporters Monday that newly elected Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias and Turkish ...
Wal-Mart does homework to lure Middle Eastern shoppers in Detroit-area store
Mar 18, 2008; ... Faten Saad knew she wasn't in a typical Wal-Mart when she saw an end-of-the-aisle display featuring Mamool. Boxes of the ...
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Mar 18, 2008; ... A look at some of the Arab-American features and flavors at Wal-Mart's new store in Dearborn, Michigan: _ About 35 employees speak Arabic, noted in Arabic script on their badges. _ Sign hanging from ceiling at entrance welcomes shoppers in Arabic, as well as Spanish and ...
Wal-Mart does homework to lure Middle Eastern shoppers in Detroit-area store
Mar 18, 2008; ... Faten Saad knew she wasn't in a typical Wal-Mart when she saw an end-of-the-aisle display featuring Mamool. Boxes of the date-filled, whole wheat cookie from the Middle East welcomed the 21-year-old Lebanon native into the international aisle of the new Wal-Mart store in this Detroit ...
Wal-Mart does homework to lure Middle Eastern shoppers in Detroit-area store
Mar 18, 2008; ... Faten Saad knew she wasn't in a typical Wal-Mart when she saw an end-of-the-aisle display featuring Mamool. Boxes of the date-filled, whole wheat cookie from the Middle East welcomed the 21-year-old Lebanon native into the international aisle of the new Wal-Mart store in this Detroit ...
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Mar 18, 2008; ... A look at some of the Arab-American features and flavors at Wal-Mart's new store in Dearborn, Michigan: _ About 35 employees speak Arabic, noted in Arabic script on their badges. _ Sign hanging from ceiling at entrance welcomes shoppers in Arabic, as well as Spanish and ...
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Mar 18, 2008; ... A look at some of the Arab-American features and flavors at Wal-Mart's new store in Dearborn, Michigan: _ About 35 employees speak Arabic, noted in Arabic script on their badges. _ Sign hanging from ceiling at entrance welcomes shoppers in Arabic, as well as Spanish and ...
Online video ads expected to grow, but sites grapple with getting viewer notice without annoyance
Mar 18, 2008; ... Frank Harper is well aware that all those free video clips on the Internet come at a price: advertising. But that doesn't mean he sits idly as short video ads precede many of the dozen or so clips he watches each day at sites like Microsoft Corp.'s MSN. "For the most ...
Online video ads expected to grow, but sites grapple with getting viewer notice without annoyance
Mar 18, 2008; ... Frank Harper is well aware that all those free video clips on the Internet come at a price: advertising. But that doesn't mean he sits idly as short video ads precede many of the dozen or so clips he watches each day at sites like Microsoft Corp.'s MSN. "For the most ...
Online video ads expected to grow, but sites grapple with getting viewer notice without annoyance
Mar 18, 2008; ... Frank Harper is well aware that all those free video clips on the Internet come at a price: advertising. But that doesn't mean he sits idly as short video ads precede many of the dozen or so clips he watches each day at sites like Microsoft Corp.'s MSN. "For the most ...
WHO: progress in fighting TB slowing down, threatening efforts to control disease
Mar 18, 2008; ... The fight to curb the global tuberculosis epidemic has slowed to a crawl, threatening efforts to control the disease, the World Health Organization says in a report. The worldwide rate of TB infection has been declining since it peaked several years ago. But between 2005 and 2006, the ...
WHO: progress in fighting TB slowing down, threatening efforts to control disease
Mar 18, 2008; ... The fight to curb the global tuberculosis epidemic has slowed to a crawl, threatening efforts to control the disease, the World Health Organization says in a report. The worldwide rate of TB infection has been declining since it peaked several years ago. But between 2005 and 2006, the ...
WHO: progress in fighting TB slowing down, threatening efforts to control disease
Mar 18, 2008; ... The fight to curb the global tuberculosis epidemic has slowed to a crawl, threatening efforts to control the disease, the World Health Organization says in a report. The worldwide rate of TB infection has been declining since it peaked several years ago. But between 2005 and 2006, the ...
Costa Rican politicians alarmed by possible link to Colombian rebels
Mar 18, 2008; ... Allegations that Colombian guerrillas had ties to Costa Rican politicians and stashed hundreds of thousands of dollars (euros) in the Central American country have alarmed lawmakers who on Monday demanded more details. A computer confiscated during a March 1 raid by Colombia's army on ...
Costa Rican politicians alarmed by possible link to Colombian rebels
Mar 18, 2008; ... Allegations that Colombian guerrillas had ties to Costa Rican politicians and stashed hundreds of thousands of dollars (euros) in the Central American country have alarmed lawmakers who on Monday demanded more details. A computer confiscated during a March 1 raid by Colombia's army on ...
Costa Rican politicians alarmed by possible link to Colombian rebels
Mar 18, 2008; ... Allegations that Colombian guerrillas had ties to Costa Rican politicians and stashed hundreds of thousands of dollars (euros) in the Central American country have alarmed lawmakers who on Monday demanded more details. A computer confiscated during a March 1 raid by Colombia's army on ...
Gay ex-governor says former aide's report of threesomes with his wife is true; wife denies it
Mar 18, 2008; ... Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey said he, his wife and a male aide engaged in sexual threesomes, contradicting a denial issued hours earlier by his estranged spouse. In an e-mail to The Associated Press, the first openly gay governor in the U.S. said Monday that published reports ...
Gay ex-governor says former aide's report of threesomes with his wife is true; wife denies it
Mar 18, 2008; ... Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey said he, his wife and a male aide engaged in sexual threesomes, contradicting a denial issued hours earlier by his estranged spouse. In an e-mail to The Associated Press, the first openly gay governor in the U.S. said Monday that published reports ...
Gay ex-governor says former aide's report of threesomes with his wife is true; wife denies it
Mar 18, 2008; ... Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey said he, his wife and a male aide engaged in sexual threesomes, contradicting a denial issued hours earlier by his estranged spouse. In an e-mail to The Associated Press, the first openly gay governor in the U.S. said Monday that published reports ...
Businessman, diplomat Roland Arnall dead in LA at 68
Mar 18, 2008 ... Ameriquest Mortgage founder and former Netherlands ambassador Roland Arnall, a billionaire who became a symbol of the struggling sub-prime lending industry he helped create, died Monday at UCLA Medical Center, his family said. He was 68. The cause was cancer, family spokeswoman Lisa ...
Businessman, diplomat Roland Arnall dead in LA at 68
Mar 18, 2008 ... Ameriquest Mortgage founder and former Netherlands ambassador Roland Arnall, a billionaire who became a symbol of the struggling sub-prime lending industry he helped create, died Monday at UCLA Medical Center, his family said. He was 68. The cause was cancer, family spokeswoman Lisa ...
Businessman, diplomat Roland Arnall dead in LA at 68
Mar 18, 2008 ... Ameriquest Mortgage founder and former Netherlands ambassador Roland Arnall, a billionaire who became a symbol of the struggling sub-prime lending industry he helped create, died Monday at UCLA Medical Center, his family said. He was 68. The cause was cancer, family spokeswoman Lisa ...
China vows 'unwavering' effort to hold onto Tibet, deadline for surrender, leniency passes
Mar 18, 2008; ... China vowed to defend its sovereignty in Tibet as Chinese troops set up checkpoints and mobilized to quell an uprising. A deadline for protesters in the Tibetan capital to turn themselves in passed without any apparent surrenders or arrests. In the central government's first comment ...
China vows 'unwavering' effort to hold onto Tibet, deadline for surrender, leniency passes
Mar 18, 2008; ... China vowed to defend its sovereignty in Tibet as Chinese troops set up checkpoints and mobilized to quell an uprising. A deadline for protesters in the Tibetan capital to turn themselves in passed without any apparent surrenders or arrests. In the central government's first comment ...
China vows 'unwavering' effort to hold onto Tibet, deadline for surrender, leniency passes
Mar 18, 2008; ... China vowed to defend its sovereignty in Tibet as Chinese troops set up checkpoints and mobilized to quell an uprising. A deadline for protesters in the Tibetan capital to turn themselves in passed without any apparent surrenders or arrests. In the central government's first comment ...
London protesters hurl sticks at Chinese Embassy; police arrest 26 demonstrators in Munich
Mar 18, 2008; ... Demonstrators protesting China's crackdown on unrest in Tibet hurled placards and sticks at the country's embassy in London and attempted to force their way into the building during a raucous rally. Meanwhile in Germany, police detained 26 Tibetan demonstrators Monday after they tried ...
London protesters hurl sticks at Chinese Embassy; police arrest 26 demonstrators in Munich
Mar 18, 2008; ... Demonstrators protesting China's crackdown on unrest in Tibet hurled placards and sticks at the country's embassy in London and attempted to force their way into the building during a raucous rally. Meanwhile in Germany, police detained 26 Tibetan demonstrators Monday after they tried ...
London protesters hurl sticks at Chinese Embassy; police arrest 26 demonstrators in Munich
Mar 18, 2008; ... Demonstrators protesting China's crackdown on unrest in Tibet hurled placards and sticks at the country's embassy in London and attempted to force their way into the building during a raucous rally. Meanwhile in Germany, police detained 26 Tibetan demonstrators Monday after they tried ...
London protesters hurl sticks at Chinese Embassy; police arrest 26 demonstrators in Munich
Mar 18, 2008; ... Demonstrators protesting China's crackdown on unrest in Tibet hurled placards and sticks at the country's embassy in London and attempted to force their way into the building during a raucous rally. Meanwhile in Germany, police detained 26 Tibetan demonstrators Monday after they tried ...
Nadal, Jankovic, Bartoli, Gasquet, Blake reach last 16 at Indian Wells
Mar 18, 2008 ... Defending champion Rafael Nadal dumped American teenager Donald Young 6-1, 6-3 on Monday to reach the last 16 at the Pacific Life Open, where he's won eight straight matches without dropping a set. Second-seeded Nadal has easily navigated his part of the draw after opening with a win ...
Nadal, Jankovic, Bartoli, Gasquet, Blake reach last 16 at Indian Wells
Mar 18, 2008 ... Defending champion Rafael Nadal dumped American teenager Donald Young 6-1, 6-3 on Monday to reach the last 16 at the Pacific Life Open, where he's won eight straight matches without dropping a set. Second-seeded Nadal has easily navigated his part of the draw after opening with a win ...
Nadal, Jankovic, Bartoli, Gasquet, Blake reach last 16 at Indian Wells
Mar 18, 2008 ... Defending champion Rafael Nadal dumped American teenager Donald Young 6-1, 6-3 on Monday to reach the last 16 at the Pacific Life Open, where he's won eight straight matches without dropping a set. Second-seeded Nadal has easily navigated his part of the draw after opening with a win ...
At NYC St. Patrick's Day parade, even those from the Emerald Isle are green with envy
Mar 18, 2008; ... Tourist Joan Morgan paid a major compliment to revelers in New York's St. Patrick's Day parade. "It's much more Irish than at home," said Morgan, who is from the village of Kilcoo in Northern Ireland and had snagged a prime viewing spot ...
At NYC St. Patrick's Day parade, even those from the Emerald Isle are green with envy
Mar 18, 2008; ... Tourist Joan Morgan paid a major compliment to revelers in New York's St. Patrick's Day parade. "It's much more Irish than at home," said Morgan, who is from the village of Kilcoo in Northern Ireland and had snagged a prime viewing spot across from St. Patrick's Cathedral to ...
At NYC St. Patrick's Day parade, even those from the Emerald Isle are green with envy
Mar 18, 2008; ... Tourist Joan Morgan paid a major compliment to revelers in New York's St. Patrick's Day parade. "It's much more Irish than at home," said Morgan, who is from the village of Kilcoo in Northern Ireland and had snagged a prime viewing spot across from St. Patrick's Cathedral to ...
Pakistan's parliament convenes taking aim at Musharraf but also facing its own challenges
Mar 18, 2008; ... Lawmakers wearing lapel pins with pictures of slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto vowed a new dawn for democracy as Pakistan's parliament convened for the first time since opponents of the president swept to victory in last month's elections. ...
Sarkozy's team, weakened by electoral defeat, takes on economic changes
Mar 18, 2008; ... Brushing off defeat for his ruling conservative party in municipal elections, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's government has vowed to reinvigorate the economic reform agenda that brought it to power last year. But voters' rejection of Sarkozy's increasingly unpopular UMP party in ...
Pakistan's parliament convenes taking aim at Musharraf but also facing its own challenges
Mar 18, 2008; ... Lawmakers wearing lapel pins with pictures of slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto vowed a new dawn for democracy as Pakistan's parliament convened for the first time since opponents of the president swept to victory in last month's elections. Legislative leaders promised to ...
Pakistan's parliament convenes taking aim at Musharraf but also facing its own challenges
Mar 18, 2008; ... Lawmakers wearing lapel pins with pictures of slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto vowed a new dawn for democracy as Pakistan's parliament convened for the first time since opponents of the president swept to victory in last month's elections. Legislative leaders promised to ...
Big-money splits: The most expensive celebrity divorces
Mar 18, 2008; ... At $48.6 million, Paul McCartney's divorce from Heather Mills was pricey, but others in entertainment have paid more. Here's a look at some of the most expensive celebrity splits: _ Michael and Juanita Jordan, possibly more than $150 million settlement ...
Sarkozy's team, weakened by electoral defeat, takes on economic changes
Mar 18, 2008; ... Brushing off defeat for his ruling conservative party in municipal elections, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's government has vowed to reinvigorate the economic reform agenda that brought it to power last year. But voters' rejection of Sarkozy's increasingly unpopular UMP party in ...
Sarkozy's team, weakened by electoral defeat, takes on economic changes
Mar 18, 2008; ... Brushing off defeat for his ruling conservative party in municipal elections, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's government has vowed to reinvigorate the economic reform agenda that brought it to power last year. But voters' rejection of Sarkozy's increasingly unpopular UMP party in ...
Big-money splits: The most expensive celebrity divorces
Mar 18, 2008; ... At $48.6 million, Paul McCartney's divorce from Heather Mills was pricey, but others in entertainment have paid more. Here's a look at some of the most expensive celebrity splits: _ Michael and Juanita Jordan, possibly more than $150 million settlement ...
Big-money splits: The most expensive celebrity divorces
Mar 18, 2008; ... At $48.6 million, Paul McCartney's divorce from Heather Mills was pricey, but others in entertainment have paid more. Here's a look at some of the most expensive celebrity splits: _ Michael and Juanita Jordan, possibly more than $150 million settlement ...
Despite US troop surge, number of Iraqi refugees in EU nearly doubled in 2007
Mar 18, 2008; ... Record numbers of Iraqis sought asylum in the European Union in 2007, according to statistics released Tuesday, despite a sharp reduction in violence in their country that followed the surge of U.S. forces. Asylum requests from Iraqis shot up to 38,286 in 2007, from 19,375 in 2006, ...
Despite US troop surge, number of Iraqi refugees in EU nearly doubled in 2007
Mar 18, 2008; ... Record numbers of Iraqis sought asylum in the European Union in 2007, according to statistics released Tuesday, despite a sharp reduction in violence in their country that followed the surge of U.S. forces. Asylum requests from Iraqis shot up to 38,286 in 2007, from 19,375 in 2006, ...