AP Worldstream back issues from Tuesday, April 1:
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Apr 01, 2008 ... EDITORS: The Associated Press closes its news cycle for Monday, March 31, 2008, and begins its report for Tuesday, April 1, 2008. The AP news report is protected by copyright, which gives the AP ...
Putin, in last foreign outing as president, looks forward to an end to NATO expansion
Apr 01, 2008; ... This week's NATO summit in Romania will be Vladimir Putin's last appearance at a top-level international forum before he steps down as president, and the place where he expects to finally see an end to NATO's expansion into the stamping grounds of the former Soviet Union. The Kremlin ...
Woman arrested on suspicion of stalking actor John Cusack
Apr 01, 2008 ... A woman who was ordered to stay away from John Cusack has been arrested on suspicion of stalking the actor and violating a restraining order, authorities said. Emily Leatherman was taken into custody Sunday evening after Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies were called to Cusack's ...
Putin, in last foreign outing as president, looks forward to an end to NATO expansion
Apr 01, 2008; ... This week's NATO summit in Romania will be Vladimir Putin's last appearance at a top-level international forum before he steps down as president, and the place where he expects to finally see an end to NATO's expansion into the stamping grounds of the former Soviet Union. The Kremlin ...
Woman arrested on suspicion of stalking actor John Cusack
Apr 01, 2008 ... A woman who was ordered to stay away from John Cusack has been arrested on suspicion of stalking the actor and violating a restraining order, authorities said. Emily Leatherman was taken into custody Sunday evening after Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies were called to Cusack's ...
WORLD SPORTS at 0000 GMT
Apr 01, 2008 ... SOCCER: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: AS Roma, Barcelona missing key players for quarterfinals LONDON _ Francesco Totti will be missing when AS Roma faces Manchester United in the Champions League quarterfinals, and FC Barcelona may struggle to beat Schalke without Lionel Messi, Deco ...
Key disputes between Russia and NATO
Apr 01, 2008; ... _ UKRAINE: The United States backs the NATO membership bid of the new, more democratic Ukraine that emerged from its 2004 Orange Revolution. Russian President Vladimir Putin says that would bring the Western alliance to yet another of Russia's borders, threatening its security. A key pipeline ...
Key disputes between Russia and NATO
Apr 01, 2008; ... _ UKRAINE: The United States backs the NATO membership bid of the new, more democratic Ukraine that emerged from its 2004 Orange Revolution. Russian President Vladimir Putin says that would bring the Western alliance to yet another of Russia's borders, threatening its security. A key pipeline ...
Proposed financial overhaul puts US Fed in charge of market stability; no fix for present woes
Apr 01, 2008; ... The Bush administration has proposed the most far-ranging overhaul of the U.S. financial regulatory system since the stock market crash of 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression. Under the ambitious plan announced Monday, the Federal Reserve would take on the unwieldy role of super cop ...
Strained by influx of asylum-seekers, Sweden closes doors to Iraqis
Apr 01, 2008; ... The fear of being sent back to Baghdad has taken its toll on Mustafa Aziz Alwi. He says he cannot sleep and has lost about 20 pounds (10 kilograms) since his claim for asylum in Sweden was rejected in January. "They told me it's because it's calmer in Iraq now, that I ...
Proposed financial overhaul puts US Fed in charge of market stability; no fix for present woes
Apr 01, 2008; ... The Bush administration has proposed the most far-ranging overhaul of the U.S. financial regulatory system since the stock market crash of 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression. Under the ambitious plan announced Monday, the Federal Reserve would take on the unwieldy role of super cop ...
Strained by influx of asylum-seekers, Sweden closes doors to Iraqis
Apr 01, 2008; ... The fear of being sent back to Baghdad has taken its toll on Mustafa Aziz Alwi. He says he cannot sleep and has lost about 20 pounds (10 kilograms) since his claim for asylum in Sweden was rejected in January. "They told me it's because it's calmer in Iraq now, that I ...
US financial overhaul at-a-glance
Apr 01, 2008; ... The Bush administration's 218-page plan to overhaul financial regulation, released Monday by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, would: _Expand the role of the President's Working Group on Financial Markets to include the entire financial sector rather than just financial markets....
US financial overhaul at-a-glance
Apr 01, 2008; ... The Bush administration's 218-page plan to overhaul financial regulation, released Monday by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, would: _Expand the role of the President's Working Group on Financial Markets to include the entire financial sector rather than just financial markets....
Archeologists hope first Stonehenge dig in 44 years will unravel mysteries
Apr 01, 2008; ... Some of England's most sacred soil has been disturbed for the first time in more than four decades as archeologists try to solve the enduring riddle of Stonehenge: When and why was the prehistoric monument built? The excavation project, that started Monday and is set to last until ...
Archeologists hope first Stonehenge dig in 44 years will unravel mysteries
Apr 01, 2008; ... Some of England's most sacred soil has been disturbed for the first time in more than four decades as archeologists try to solve the enduring riddle of Stonehenge: When and why was the prehistoric monument built? The excavation project, that started Monday and is set to last until ...
Tuesday, April 8
Apr 01, 2008; ... Today is Tuesday, April 8, the 99th day of 2008. There are 267 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1500 - French army, aided by Swiss mercenaries, conquers Milan in Italy. 1759 - British forces take Madras, India. 1902 - Russia ...
White House says Bush and Putin may resolve bitter differences on missile defenses
Apr 01, 2008; ... The White House raised hopes of achieving a breakthrough agreement to resolve bitter differences with Moscow over missile defenses in Europe when U.S. President George W. Bush meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin this weekend. Bush's national security adviser, Stephen Hadley, ...
Anxious Zimbabweans wait as official election results trickle out, fueling rigging fears
Apr 01, 2008; ... Zimbabwe's opposition claimed victory in weekend elections, but President Robert Mugabe has been accused of stealing past elections _ albeit before Zimbabwe's economy collapsed and before leading members of his party openly defied him. It took the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission 15 ...
Israel planning to build 1,400 new homes on contested land in Jerusalem, West Bank
Apr 01, 2008; ... Israel is going to build 1,400 new apartments in the West Bank and the disputed part of Jerusalem, officials announced, despite objections by Palestinians and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. The announcements Monday came just after Rice left for Amman to meet Palestinian ...
Turkey's top court will hear case for banning Islamic-rooted ruling party
Apr 01, 2008; ... Turkey appeared to be heading for months of political uncertainty and disruption of government policy after the top court unanimously voted to hear a case for banning the Islamic-rooted ruling party. The decision by the Constitutional Court Monday highlighted the power struggle ...
Jesse Ventura says he has no plans to run for office, but 'you never say never'
Apr 01, 2008; ... Minnesota already has a comedian running for Senate. So why not its most famous former pro wrestler? In an interview Monday with The Associated Press, the former Reform Party governor said there's nothing that could get him back into politics. But then he kept talking: ...
Tuesday, April 8
Apr 01, 2008; ... Today is Tuesday, April 8, the 99th day of 2008. There are 267 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1500 - French army, aided by Swiss mercenaries, conquers Milan in Italy. 1759 - British forces take Madras, India. 1902 - Russia ...
Olympic qualification failure costs Sanchez his job as coach of Mexico
Apr 01, 2008; ... Hugo Sanchez was fired as coach of Mexico on Monday, two weeks after El Tri was eliminated from Olympic qualifying. The Mexican soccer federation dismissed Sanchez after 16 months on the job for his failure to deliver on promises of regional titles and an Olympic medal. The ...
White House says Bush and Putin may resolve bitter differences on missile defenses
Apr 01, 2008; ... The White House raised hopes of achieving a breakthrough agreement to resolve bitter differences with Moscow over missile defenses in Europe when U.S. President George W. Bush meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin this weekend. Bush's national security adviser, Stephen Hadley, ...
Anxious Zimbabweans wait as official election results trickle out, fueling rigging fears
Apr 01, 2008; ... Zimbabwe's opposition claimed victory in weekend elections, but President Robert Mugabe has been accused of stealing past elections _ albeit before Zimbabwe's economy collapsed and before leading members of his party openly defied him. It took the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission 15 ...
Uneasy economy: US shoppers face reality of rising food prices
Apr 01, 2008; ... Steadily rising food costs aren't just causing U.S. grocery shoppers to do a double-take at the checkout line _ they're also changing the very ways they feed their families. The worst case of food inflation in nearly 20 years has more Americans giving up restaurant meals to eat at ...
Israel planning to build 1,400 new homes on contested land in Jerusalem, West Bank
Apr 01, 2008; ... Israel is going to build 1,400 new apartments in the West Bank and the disputed part of Jerusalem, officials announced, despite objections by Palestinians and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. The announcements Monday came just after Rice left for Amman to meet Palestinian ...
Turkey's top court will hear case for banning Islamic-rooted ruling party
Apr 01, 2008; ... Turkey appeared to be heading for months of political uncertainty and disruption of government policy after the top court unanimously voted to hear a case for banning the Islamic-rooted ruling party. The decision by the Constitutional Court Monday highlighted the power struggle ...
Olympic qualification failure costs Sanchez his job as coach of Mexico
Apr 01, 2008; ... Hugo Sanchez was fired as coach of Mexico on Monday, two weeks after El Tri was eliminated from Olympic qualifying. The Mexican soccer federation dismissed Sanchez after 16 months on the job for his failure to deliver on promises of regional titles and an Olympic medal. The ...
Jesse Ventura says he has no plans to run for office, but 'you never say never'
Apr 01, 2008; ... Minnesota already has a comedian running for Senate. So why not its most famous former pro wrestler? In an interview Monday with The Associated Press, the former Reform Party governor said there's nothing that could get him back into politics. But then he kept talking: ...
Uneasy economy: US shoppers face reality of rising food prices
Apr 01, 2008; ... Steadily rising food costs aren't just causing U.S. grocery shoppers to do a double-take at the checkout line _ they're also changing the very ways they feed their families. The worst case of food inflation in nearly 20 years has more Americans giving up restaurant meals to eat at ...
Market for personal gene scans questioned despite big backers; 'vanity exercise,' critic says
Apr 01, 2008; ... For the price of a good men's suit, a batch of new services will scan your genes and spot potential health risks, from cancer to lower back pain. It's the business world's answer to a deluge of new genetic discoveries pouring forth from scientists' labs. Key investors in two of the ...
Market for personal gene scans questioned despite big backers; 'vanity exercise,' critic says
Apr 01, 2008; ... For the price of a good men's suit, a batch of new services will scan your genes and spot potential health risks, from cancer to lower back pain. It's the business world's answer to a deluge of new genetic discoveries pouring forth from scientists' labs. Key investors in two of the ...
Botswana's president Festus Mogae steps down in smooth succession
Apr 01, 2008; ... Botswana's president steps down Tuesday, handing over power in the kind of smooth transition for which the southern African country is known _ one that contrasts sharply with the political turmoil in neighboring Zimbabwe. On a continent where leaders are all too often accused of ...
Botswana's president Festus Mogae steps down in smooth succession
Apr 01, 2008; ... Botswana's president steps down Tuesday, handing over power in the kind of smooth transition for which the southern African country is known _ one that contrasts sharply with the political turmoil in neighboring Zimbabwe. On a continent where leaders are all too often accused of ...
American film director Jules Dassin dies in Athens, aged 96
Apr 01, 2008 ... American film director Jules Dassin, whose Greek wife Melina Mercouri starred in his hit movie "Never on Sunday" and six more of his films, has died in Athens, hospital officials said. He was 96. The cause of death Monday was not made public. A spokeswoman for Hygeia ...
Pardoned French aid workers convicted in Chad mass kidnapping go free
Apr 01, 2008; ... All six French aid workers convicted in a mass kidnapping in Chad have been freed in France, hours after the Chadian president formally pardoned the group, the French Justice Ministry said. The six, from a charity called Zoe's Ark, had tried to spirit 103 children to France in ...
Pardoned French aid workers convicted in Chad mass kidnapping go free
Apr 01, 2008; ... All six French aid workers convicted in a mass kidnapping in Chad have been freed in France, hours after the Chadian president formally pardoned the group, the French Justice Ministry said. The six, from a charity called Zoe's Ark, had tried to spirit 103 children to France in ...
NY mobster Vinny Gorgeous gets life in prison in 2001 gangland hit
Apr 01, 2008 ... A former beauty salon owner known within the Mafia as Vinny Gorgeous has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2001 killing of one of his gangland rivals, federal prosecutors said. A Brooklyn jury convicted Vincent Basciano in 2006 of racketeering, attempted murder ...
NY mobster Vinny Gorgeous gets life in prison in 2001 gangland hit
Apr 01, 2008 ... A former beauty salon owner known within the Mafia as Vinny Gorgeous has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2001 killing of one of his gangland rivals, federal prosecutors said. A Brooklyn jury convicted Vincent Basciano in 2006 of racketeering, attempted murder ...
Gore announces 3-year campaign to combat global warming
Apr 01, 2008; ... Former Vice President Al Gore has launched a three-year, multimillion dollar advocacy campaign calling for the U.S. to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. The Alliance for Climate Protection's "we" campaign will combine advertising, online organizing and partnerships with ...
Gore announces 3-year campaign to combat global warming
Apr 01, 2008; ... Former Vice President Al Gore has launched a three-year, multimillion dollar advocacy campaign calling for the U.S. to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. The Alliance for Climate Protection's "we" campaign will combine advertising, online organizing and partnerships with ...
Chelsea striker Pizarro rejects 18-month suspension by Peru's national team
Apr 01, 2008 ... Peru captain Claudio Pizarro denied he drank alcohol and invited women to his hotel room during World Cup qualifying in November, and dismissed his 18-month suspension from the side. "I'm surprised by the sanction and I reject it. I'm innocent," Pizarro said in a telephone ...
Chelsea striker Pizarro rejects 18-month suspension by Peru's national team
Apr 01, 2008 ... Peru captain Claudio Pizarro denied he drank alcohol and invited women to his hotel room during World Cup qualifying in November, and dismissed his 18-month suspension from the side. "I'm surprised by the sanction and I reject it. I'm innocent," Pizarro said in a telephone ...
Maverick cleric trumps al-Maliki's government in southern showdown
Apr 01, 2008; ... The Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr rarely ventures into the public eye. But he's never far from the minds of Iraq's leaders as one of the nation's most influential and wily political survivors. It appears he has managed again to turn a potential blow to his advantage. ...
Maverick cleric trumps al-Maliki's government in southern showdown
Apr 01, 2008; ... The Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr rarely ventures into the public eye. But he's never far from the minds of Iraq's leaders as one of the nation's most influential and wily political survivors. It appears he has managed again to turn a potential blow to his advantage. ...
Government's top steroids investigator defends drug probe
Apr 01, 2008; ... The lead investigator in the U.S. government's steroid distribution probe testified on Monday that former Olympic cyclist Tammy Thomas made extra work for investigators when she allegedly lied to a grand jury when she denied using steroids. Thomas has pleaded not guilty to making ...
US audit says NASA blew chance to understand trends in aviation safety
Apr 01, 2008; ... NASA shut down a massive air-safety survey project without ever properly evaluating, explaining or publicizing its purpose and results and lost a chance for valuable insight into safety issues, the space agency's inspector general says. The watchdog office said NASA should interpret ...
Government's top steroids investigator defends drug probe
Apr 01, 2008; ... The lead investigator in the U.S. government's steroid distribution probe testified on Monday that former Olympic cyclist Tammy Thomas made extra work for investigators when she allegedly lied to a grand jury when she denied using steroids. Thomas has pleaded not guilty to making ...
Al-Sadr truce calms Iraq's violence but weakens US-backed premier
Apr 01, 2008; ... Rockets fell on the Green Zone and random machine gun fire rang out in the southern city of Basra as Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr sought to rein in his militia after a week of battles that claimed about 400 lives. The peace deal between al-Sadr and Iraqi government forces _ said to ...
US audit says NASA blew chance to understand trends in aviation safety
Apr 01, 2008; ... NASA shut down a massive air-safety survey project without ever properly evaluating, explaining or publicizing its purpose and results and lost a chance for valuable insight into safety issues, the space agency's inspector general says. The watchdog office said NASA should interpret ...
Al-Sadr truce calms Iraq's violence but weakens US-backed premier
Apr 01, 2008; ... Rockets fell on the Green Zone and random machine gun fire rang out in the southern city of Basra as Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr sought to rein in his militia after a week of battles that claimed about 400 lives. The peace deal between al-Sadr and Iraqi government forces _ said to ...
US House speaker says Bush should consider boycotting opening ceremony of Beijing Olympics
Apr 01, 2008 ... Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives says President George W. Bush should consider boycotting the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics to oppose China's crackdown on protesters in Tibet. "I think boycotting the opening ceremony, which ...
It's OK to skip mouth-to-mouth and do 'hands-only' CPR for cardiac arrest in adults
Apr 01, 2008; ... You can skip the mouth-to-mouth breathing and just press on the chest to save a life. In a major change, the American Heart Association said Monday that hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation _ rapid, deep presses on the victim's chest until help arrives _ works just as well as ...
Brazil army enters battle against dengue fever in Rio de Janeiro
Apr 01, 2008; ... Brazil's government deployed the army in Rio Monday to fight an outbreak of dengue fever amid squabbling between politicians over who should handle an epidemic that has sickened more than 45,000 people this year. State officials said three new military field hospitals set up in Rio de ...
Brazil army enters battle against dengue fever in Rio de Janeiro
Apr 01, 2008; ... Brazil's government deployed the army in Rio Monday to fight an outbreak of dengue fever amid squabbling between politicians over who should handle an epidemic that has sickened more than 45,000 people this year. State officials said three new military field hospitals set up in Rio de ...
Blood pressure drugs can prevent heart attacks and stroke, even in the very old, studies find
Apr 01, 2008; ... Two big studies offer good news to people with high blood pressure, finding that novel ways to use cheap drugs already on the market can lower their risk of heart attacks, stroke and death _ even if they are very old. Both studies were stopped early so the surprising benefits could be ...
Jessica Simpson out of hospital after minor kidney infection
Apr 01, 2008 ... Jessica Simpson is feeling "much better" after being hospitalized with a kidney infection. Simpson was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Friday for a "minor kidney infection" and was released Monday, Simpson's representative Lauren Auslander told The ...
Japan central bank survey shows worsening corporate sentiment
Apr 01, 2008 ... Managers at major Japanese companies grew more concerned about business conditions in March than they were three months earlier, a central bank survey showed Tuesday. The index for large manufacturers' sentiment worsened to 11 in March, down from 19 in the previous survey in December, ...
Japan central bank survey shows worsening corporate sentiment
Apr 01, 2008 ... Managers at major Japanese companies grew more concerned about business conditions in March than they were three months earlier, a central bank survey showed Tuesday. The index for large manufacturers' sentiment worsened to 11 in March, down from 19 in the previous survey in December, ...
Italy's Agip Oil resumes Ecuador operations after sabotage
Apr 01, 2008 ... Italy's Agip Oil gradually resumed operations at an Ecuador oil rig after members of an Amazon Indian community sabotaged it last week, paralyzing production for several days, the Oil Ministry said Monday. The shutdown cost Agip Oil, a subsidiary of Eni SA, some 90,000 barrels in lost ...
Italy's Agip Oil resumes Ecuador operations after sabotage
Apr 01, 2008 ... Italy's Agip Oil gradually resumed operations at an Ecuador oil rig after members of an Amazon Indian community sabotaged it last week, paralyzing production for several days, the Oil Ministry said Monday. The shutdown cost Agip Oil, a subsidiary of Eni SA, some 90,000 barrels in lost ...
North Korea criticizes new SKorean president for first time since he takes office
Apr 01, 2008 ... North Korea's state media has criticized South Korea's new president for the first time since he took office last month. In a lengthy article in the main Rodong Sinmun daily, the North said Tuesday that South Korean Lee Myung-bak will be "held fully accountable for the ...
North Korea criticizes new SKorean president for first time since he takes office
Apr 01, 2008 ... North Korea's state media has criticized South Korea's new president for the first time since he took office last month. In a lengthy article in the main Rodong Sinmun daily, the North said Tuesday that South Korean Lee Myung-bak will be "held fully accountable for the ...