AP Worldstream back issues from Monday, March 31:
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Mar 31, 2008 ... EDITORS: The Associated Press closes its news cycle for Sunday, March 30, 2008, and begins its report for Monday, March 31, 2008. The AP news report is protected by copyright, which gives the AP ...
Monday, April 7
Mar 31, 2008; ... Today is Monday, April 7, the 98th day of 2008. There are 268 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1509 - France declares war on Venice. 1652 - The Dutch under van Riebeeck settle Cape Town in South Africa. 1897 - Turkey declares ...
Man who sold Nixon White House on youth drug study has new public enemy
Mar 31, 2008; ... President Richard Nixon may not have dented the nation's drug epidemic when he named Elvis Presley a "federal agent at large" in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs in 1970. But a $120 million (77 million) research program born in the Nixon administration continues ...
Monday, April 7
Mar 31, 2008; ... Today is Monday, April 7, the 98th day of 2008. There are 268 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1509 - France declares war on Venice. 1652 - The Dutch under van Riebeeck settle Cape Town in South Africa. 1897 - Turkey declares ...
Man who sold Nixon White House on youth drug study has new public enemy
Mar 31, 2008; ... President Richard Nixon may not have dented the nation's drug epidemic when he named Elvis Presley a "federal agent at large" in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs in 1970. But a $120 million (euro77 million) research program born in the Nixon administration ...
Chemist Lechleiter preps for latest experiment: leading Lilly
Mar 31, 2008; ... John Lechleiter could pick any mode of transportation he wants for his commute to the executive suite at Eli Lilly and Co. Most days, he chooses his feet. Lechleiter walked briskly through the lobby of his downtown condo on a recent morning, towing a briefcase and attache into the ...
Chemist Lechleiter preps for latest experiment: leading Lilly
Mar 31, 2008; ... John Lechleiter could pick any mode of transportation he wants for his commute to the executive suite at Eli Lilly and Co. Most days, he chooses his feet. Lechleiter walked briskly through the lobby of his downtown condo on a recent morning, towing a briefcase and attache into the ...
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Mar 31, 2008 ... EDITORS: The Associated Press closes its news cycle for Sunday, March 30, 2008, and begins its report for Monday, March 31, 2008. The AP news report is protected by copyright, which gives the AP ...
Detailed, comprehensive gene-hunting technique paying off with a bounty of discoveries
Mar 31, 2008; ... Scientists are scanning human DNA with a precision and scope once unthinkable and rapidly finding genes linked to cancer, arthritis, diabetes and other diseases. It is a payoff from a landmark achievement completed five years ago _ the identification of all the building blocks in the ...
Detailed, comprehensive gene-hunting technique paying off with a bounty of discoveries
Mar 31, 2008; ... Scientists are scanning human DNA with a precision and scope once unthinkable and rapidly finding genes linked to cancer, arthritis, diabetes and other diseases. It is a payoff from a landmark achievement completed five years ago _ the identification of all the building blocks in the ...
Monday, April 7
Mar 31, 2008; ... Today is Monday, April 7, the 98th day of 2008. There are 268 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1509 - France declares war on Venice. 1652 - The Dutch under van Riebeeck settle Cape Town in South Africa. 1897 - Turkey declares ...
Vienna State Opera comes to terms with its purge of Jews 70 years ago
Mar 31, 2008; ... A famed conductor, a lowly laundress, singers, dancers, musicians. Jews, part Jews, or married to Jews, they were all a valued part of Vienna's opera family _ until the Nazis came. First to go was ballet teacher Risa Dirtl. She was a 14-year veteran of the Vienna State ...
Vienna State Opera comes to terms with its purge of Jews 70 years ago
Mar 31, 2008; ... A famed conductor, a lowly laundress, singers, dancers, musicians. Jews, part Jews, or married to Jews, they were all a valued part of Vienna's opera family _ until the Nazis came. First to go was ballet teacher Risa Dirtl. She was a 14-year veteran of the Vienna State ...
Long stalwarts for Clinton, women push back on calls for her to exit presidential race
Mar 31, 2008; ... Debra Starks has heard the calls for Hillary Rodham Clinton to quit the presidential race, and she is not happy about it. The 53-year old Wal-Mart clerk, so bedecked with Clinton campaign buttons most days that friends call her "Button Lady," thinks sexism is playing a role ...
Long stalwarts for Clinton, women push back on calls for her to exit presidential race
Mar 31, 2008; ... Debra Starks has heard the calls for Hillary Rodham Clinton to quit the presidential race, and she is not happy about it. The 53-year old Wal-Mart clerk, so bedecked with Clinton campaign buttons most days that friends call her "Button Lady," thinks sexism is playing a role ...
WORLD SPORTS at 0000 GMT
Mar 31, 2008 ... SOCCER: LA LIGA: Real Madrid increases lead with 3-1 win over Sevilla MADRID, Spain _ Real Madrid increases its lead at the top the Spanish league by beating Sevilla 3-1 Sunday. BC-EU-SPT-SOC--SPANISH ROUNDUP. Has moved. By Paul Logothetis. LE CHAMPIONNAT: Lyon ...
Zimbabwe's opposition claims early election amid rising tension, riot police deployed
Mar 31, 2008; ... Zimbabwe's main opposition party has claimed an early lead in elections, seeking to thwart any possible vote rigging by President Robert Mugabe amid an ominous silence from the Electoral Commission and security forces deployed in the streets. Tensions rose because no results were ...
Zimbabwe's opposition claims early election amid rising tension, riot police deployed
Mar 31, 2008; ... Zimbabwe's main opposition party has claimed an early lead in elections, seeking to thwart any possible vote rigging by President Robert Mugabe amid an ominous silence from the Electoral Commission and security forces deployed in the streets. Tensions rose because no results were ...
Mexican Soccer Results
Mar 31, 2008 ... Results from the 12th round of Mexican Clausura first-division soccer (home teams listed first): Saturday's Games San Luis 0, Jaguares 2 Pachuca 2, Atlante 0 Cruz Azul 2, Puebla 0 Tigres 2, Pumas 0 Veracruz 4, America 0 ...
Reports: Argentine 'dirty war' suspect leaves Spanish jail heading for extradition
Mar 31, 2008; ... Spanish police have escorted an Argentine "dirty war" suspect from a jail in Madrid in preparation for his extradition to his homeland Monday, according to news reports. Ricardo Miguel Cavallo, who was considered a leading figure in the repressive military juntas that ruled ...
Ukraine's hopes to join NATO soured by fierce opposition from Russia, internal problems
Mar 31, 2008; ... If it weren't for Ukraine's drive to join NATO, army conscripts here might still be peeling potatoes and wrapping their feet in cloth instead of socks, as their predecessors had done for centuries. Ukrainian officials will showcase these and other reforms at the NATO summit in ...
Mexican Soccer Results
Mar 31, 2008 ... Results from the 12th round of Mexican Clausura first-division soccer (home teams listed first): Saturday's Games San Luis 0, Jaguares 2 Pachuca 2, Atlante 0 Cruz Azul 2, Puebla 0 Tigres 2, Pumas 0 Veracruz 4, America 0 ...
Talks to save cash-strapped Antioch College break off; trustees to close school in June
Mar 31, 2008 ... Cash-strapped Antioch College has rejected an alumni group's fundraising offer, moving ahead with plans to shutter its doors this summer unless a buyer offers more than $12 million (7.6 million) up front, a school spokeswoman said Sunday. A group of wealthy alumni and former trustees ...
Ukraine's hopes to join NATO soured by fierce opposition from Russia, internal problems
Mar 31, 2008; ... If it weren't for Ukraine's drive to join NATO, army conscripts here might still be peeling potatoes and wrapping their feet in cloth instead of socks, as their predecessors had done for centuries. Ukrainian officials will showcase these and other reforms at the NATO summit in ...
Talks to save cash-strapped Antioch College break off; trustees to close school in June
Mar 31, 2008 ... Cash-strapped Antioch College has rejected an alumni group's fundraising offer, moving ahead with plans to shutter its doors this summer unless a buyer offers more than $12 million (euro7.6 million) up front, a school spokeswoman said Sunday. A group of wealthy alumni and former ...
Argentine Soccer Results
Mar 31, 2008 ... Results from the eighth round of the Argentine Clausura first-division soccer league (home teams listed first): Friday's Games Colon de Santa Fe 0, Gimnasia y Esgrima 0 Racing Club 1, San Martin de San Juan 2 Saturday's Games Gimnasia de ...
Argentine Soccer Results
Mar 31, 2008 ... Results from the eighth round of the Argentine Clausura first-division soccer league (home teams listed first): Friday's Games Colon de Santa Fe 0, Gimnasia y Esgrima 0 Racing Club 1, San Martin de San Juan 2 Saturday's Games Gimnasia de ...
McCain visits airfield named after grandfather
Mar 31, 2008; ... Republican presidential hopeful John McCain returned to his aviator roots, attending an air show at a field named after his grandfather. The Arizona senator and his wife Cindy attended the "Wings over Meridian" airshow at Naval Air Station Meridian's McCain Field on Sunday ....
McCain visits airfield named after grandfather
Mar 31, 2008; ... Republican presidential hopeful John McCain returned to his aviator roots, attending an air show at a field named after his grandfather. The Arizona senator and his wife Cindy attended the "Wings over Meridian" airshow at Naval Air Station Meridian's McCain Field on Sunday ....
Graffiti scribbled on ruins of ancient ceremonial site in Peru's southern highlands
Mar 31, 2008 ... Visitors are increasingly vandalizing the ruins of Peru's famed Sacsayhuaman fortress, leaving behind what authorities say is an unusual accumulation of graffiti from the likes of soccer fans and lovers. Photos published Sunday in Peru's El Comercio newspaper show the ancient ruins ...
McCain runs well despite Bush administration baggage and voter worries over war, economy
Mar 31, 2008; ... He robustly backs the unpopular Iraq war. The U.S. economy is in a tailspin under the stewardship of President George W. Bush, a fellow Republican whose favorable ratings with Americans stands at 30 percent or lower. His stance on some hot-button American issues like immigration rankle his ...
Inquest jury near deliberations on death of Princess Diana and her lover
Mar 31, 2008; ... Flashing lights, swarming paparazzi, a mysterious Fiat Uno, a swiftly aborted proposal to assassinate a Balkan leader _ what will jurors make of it all in reaching a judgment on the deaths of Princess Diana and her lover Dodi Fayed? Testimony has ranged far and wide in an ...
Graffiti scribbled on ruins of ancient ceremonial site in Peru's southern highlands
Mar 31, 2008 ... Visitors are increasingly vandalizing the ruins of Peru's famed Sacsayhuaman fortress, leaving behind what authorities say is an unusual accumulation of graffiti from the likes of soccer fans and lovers. Photos published Sunday in Peru's El Comercio newspaper show the ancient ruins ...
McCain runs well despite Bush administration baggage and voter worries over war, economy
Mar 31, 2008; ... He robustly backs the unpopular Iraq war. The U.S. economy is in a tailspin under the stewardship of President George W. Bush, a fellow Republican whose favorable ratings with Americans stands at 30 percent or lower. His stance on some hot-button American issues like immigration rankle his ...
Inquest jury near deliberations on death of Princess Diana and her lover
Mar 31, 2008; ... Flashing lights, swarming paparazzi, a mysterious Fiat Uno, a swiftly aborted proposal to assassinate a Balkan leader _ what will jurors make of it all in reaching a judgment on the deaths of Princess Diana and her lover Dodi Fayed? Testimony has ranged far and wide in an ...
Hillary Clinton rejects call to drop out, Obama calls protracted race good for party
Mar 31, 2008; ... Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has feasted on adversity in the Democratic presidential primaries, is rejecting calls from some key Barack Obama supporters to drop out of the race for the good of the party, declaring she will stay until the last state primary votes are counted, even if it means what ...
Hillary Clinton rejects call to drop out, Obama calls protracted race good for party
Mar 31, 2008; ... Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has feasted on adversity in the Democratic presidential primaries, is rejecting calls from some key Barack Obama supporters to drop out of the race for the good of the party, declaring she will stay until the last state primary votes are counted, even if it means what ...
US demands to see Swiss-Iran gas contract
Mar 31, 2008; ... The U.S. has demanded to see a Swiss contract for natural gas supplies from Iran to see whether it violates an American sanctions law against Tehran, the U.S. Embassy in Switzerland said. A posting on the U.S. Embassy Web site Sunday raises the question of whether neutral ...
Security tight in Beijing ahead of arrival of torch for Summer Olympics
Mar 31, 2008; ... The Olympic torch touches down in Beijing on Monday amid high security before leaving on a round-the-world relay expected to be a lightning rod for protests against China's policies and human rights practices. The lighting ceremony a week ago in Greece was marred by protests, and a ...
Security tight in Beijing ahead of arrival of torch for Summer Olympics
Mar 31, 2008; ... The Olympic torch touches down in Beijing on Monday amid high security before leaving on a round-the-world relay expected to be a lightning rod for protests against China's policies and human rights practices. The lighting ceremony a week ago in Greece was marred by protests, and a ...
Argentine Soccer Standings
Mar 31, 2008 ... Team GP W D L GF GA Pts River Plate 8 5 3 0 10 2 18 Boca Juniors8 4 4 0 12 4 16 Estudiantes 7 5 1 ...
Virgin launches flights between Sydney an Los Angeles
Mar 31, 2008 ... Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd., Australia's second-largest airline, on Monday announced a new budget service between Sydney and the Los Angeles. The new flights, under the title of V Australia, would begin in mid-December and be up to 16 percent cheaper than existing services, the company ...
Virgin launches flights between Sydney an Los Angeles
Mar 31, 2008 ... Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd., Australia's second-largest airline, on Monday announced a new budget service between Sydney and the Los Angeles. The new flights, under the title of V Australia, would begin in mid-December and be up to 16 percent cheaper than existing services, the company ...
New concessions from Israel, Palestinians intended to improve negotiating climate
Mar 31, 2008; ... Israel pledged to remove some West Bank roadblocks as a start to "concrete steps" in an agreement with the Palestinians that is aimed at paving the way for a final peace deal this year. Under the plan that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced Sunday, Israel ...
New concessions from Israel, Palestinians intended to improve negotiating climate
Mar 31, 2008; ... Israel pledged to remove some West Bank roadblocks as a start to "concrete steps" in an agreement with the Palestinians that is aimed at paving the way for a final peace deal this year. Under the plan that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced Sunday, Israel ...
Young French Muslims vent frustrations on Iraq's battlefields _ and come home to recruit
Mar 31, 2008; ... Boubakeur el Hakim traded his Paris neighborhood of boulangeries and halal butcher shops for the insurgent camps of Iraq. When he came home, he told his war stories to other young men on the forgotten edges of French society, allegedly persuading some to follow in his footsteps. His ...
Young French Muslims vent frustrations on Iraq's battlefields _ and come home to recruit
Mar 31, 2008; ... Boubakeur el Hakim traded his Paris neighborhood of boulangeries and halal butcher shops for the insurgent camps of Iraq. When he came home, he told his war stories to other young men on the forgotten edges of French society, allegedly persuading some to follow in his footsteps. His ...
Analysts call Paulson plan to regulate Wall Street firms good starting point for a discussion
Mar 31, 2008; ... While Wall Street faces the biggest overhaul of its regulatory structure since the Great Depression, analysts are already wondering if the plan to be announced by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Monday would help prevent the kind of risky investments that led to the near-collapse of Bear ...
Analysts call Paulson plan to regulate Wall Street firms good starting point for a discussion
Mar 31, 2008; ... While Wall Street faces the biggest overhaul of its regulatory structure since the Great Depression, analysts are already wondering if the plan to be announced by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Monday would help prevent the kind of risky investments that led to the near-collapse of Bear ...
Financial overhaul glance
Mar 31, 2008; ... The main elements of the Bush administration's plan to overhaul financial regulation, as outlined in a 22-page executive summary obtained by The Associated Press. The proposal is set to be released Monday: _Expand the role of the President's Working Group on Financial Markets to ...
Pakistani militant leader welcomes new government's offer to hold peace talks
Mar 31, 2008; ... A militant leader with alleged ties to al-Qaida welcomed an offer by Pakistan's new prime minister to negotiate with Islamic fighters accused of launching terrorist attacks from tribal regions bordering Afghanistan. Maulvi Faqir Mohammed also said Sunday his fighters were not ...
Financial overhaul glance
Mar 31, 2008; ... The main elements of the Bush administration's plan to overhaul financial regulation, as outlined in a 22-page executive summary obtained by The Associated Press. The proposal is set to be released Monday: _Expand the role of the President's Working Group on Financial Markets to ...
Pakistani militant leader welcomes new government's offer to hold peace talks
Mar 31, 2008; ... A militant leader with alleged ties to al-Qaida welcomed an offer by Pakistan's new prime minister to negotiate with Islamic fighters accused of launching terrorist attacks from tribal regions bordering Afghanistan. Maulvi Faqir Mohammed also said Sunday his fighters were not ...
Rogues and layabouts of the past are dropping by to make mischief in presidential race
Mar 31, 2008; ... Behold the phantoms of the political opera. They flit in the rafters of the presidential campaign, making mischief, undead. There is Judas, the archetype of betrayal. Kenneth Starr, dark lord of the inquisition. Joseph McCarthy and David Duke. Herbert Hoover. All ...
Rogues and layabouts of the past are dropping by to make mischief in presidential race
Mar 31, 2008; ... Behold the phantoms of the political opera. They flit in the rafters of the presidential campaign, making mischief, undead. There is Judas, the archetype of betrayal. Kenneth Starr, dark lord of the inquisition. Joseph McCarthy and David Duke. Herbert Hoover. All ...
Fierce debate expected over administration plan to revamp financial regulation
Mar 31, 2008; ... In proposing the broadest overhaul of financial oversight since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the Bush administration has kicked off a fierce debate. It pits those eager to revamp an antiquated system against an industry opposed to excessive regulation. The administration is ...
Fierce debate expected over administration plan to revamp financial regulation
Mar 31, 2008; ... In proposing the broadest overhaul of financial oversight since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the Bush administration has kicked off a fierce debate. It pits those eager to revamp an antiquated system against an industry opposed to excessive regulation. The administration is ...
Shiite cleric al-Sadr pulls fighters off streets; Iraqi government welcomes move
Mar 31, 2008; ... In a possible turning point in the recent upsurge in violence, Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his Shiite militiamen off the streets but called on the government to stop its raids against his followers. The government welcomed the move Sunday, which followed intense negotiations by Shiite ...
Shiite cleric al-Sadr pulls fighters off streets; Iraqi government welcomes move
Mar 31, 2008; ... In a possible turning point in the recent upsurge in violence, Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his Shiite militiamen off the streets but called on the government to stop its raids against his followers. The government welcomed the move Sunday, which followed intense negotiations by Shiite ...
Bush gets first pitch of the season, first look at Washington's newest stadium
Mar 31, 2008; ... To a mix of cheers and jeers, President George W. Bush opened baseball's newest stadium Sunday night with a ceremonial first pitch. Bush waved twice quickly as he strode to the mound at Nationals Park. He wasted little time before throwing a high pitch straight down the middle to ...
Bush gets first pitch of the season, first look at Washington's newest stadium
Mar 31, 2008; ... To a mix of cheers and jeers, President George W. Bush opened baseball's newest stadium Sunday night with a ceremonial first pitch. Bush waved twice quickly as he strode to the mound at Nationals Park. He wasted little time before throwing a high pitch straight down the middle to ...
Striking miners scuffle with other workers at Mexico's largest copper mine
Mar 31, 2008 ... Striking miners and other workers scuffled with rocks and sticks at Mexico's largest copper mine, injuring nearly two dozen people, the mine's owners and local media said Sunday. Grupo Mexico SAB issued a statement urging government authorities to intervene after Saturday's scuffle at ...
Striking miners scuffle with other workers at Mexico's largest copper mine
Mar 31, 2008 ... Striking miners and other workers scuffled with rocks and sticks at Mexico's largest copper mine, injuring nearly two dozen people, the mine's owners and local media said Sunday. Grupo Mexico SAB issued a statement urging government authorities to intervene after Saturday's scuffle at ...
Argentina's Andres Romero wins Zurich Classic for first PGA Tour title
Mar 31, 2008; ... Argentina's Andres Romero won the Zurich Classic in his 12th career start on the U.S. PGA Tour, closing with a 4-under 68 on Sunday for a one-stroke victory over Australia's Peter Lonard. Romero, a shot behind John Merrick on Sunday morning after the completion of the third round, had ...
Fierce debate expected over administration plan to revamp financial regulation
Mar 31, 2008; ... In proposing the broadest overhaul of financial oversight since the Great Depression, the Bush administration has kicked off a fierce debate. It pits those eager to revamp an antiquated system against an industry opposed to excessive regulation. The administration is aware of the ...