AP Worldstream back issues from Friday, April 18:
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Apr 18, 2008 ... EDITORS: The Associated Press closes its news cycle for Thursday, April 17, 2008, and begins its report for Friday, April 18, 2008. The AP news report is protected by copyright, which gives the AP ...
Friday, April 25
Apr 18, 2008; ... Today is Friday, April 25, the 116th day of 2008. There are 250 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1707 - British forces are defeated at Almanza, Spain. 1792 - Highwayman Nicolas Jacques Pelletier becomes the first person under French law ...
Friday, April 25
Apr 18, 2008; ... Today is Friday, April 25, the 116th day of 2008. There are 250 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1707 - British forces are defeated at Almanza, Spain. 1792 - Highwayman Nicolas Jacques Pelletier becomes the first person under French law ...
Ochoa opens with 68 in bid for 4th win a row
Apr 18, 2008; ... Lorena Ochoa got off to a solid start Thursday in a bid for her fourth consecutive victory and fifth in six starts this year. Playing for the fourth straight week, Ochoa shot a 4-under 68 in the first round of the Ginn Open to finish a stroke behind leaders Carin Koch and Teresa ...
Former county official challenges Georgia law that prohibits lingering near inmates
Apr 18, 2008; ... A former county commissioner who was charged with trespassing at her local jail is challenging a Georgia law that allows authorities to arrest people who "loaf, linger or stand around" near inmates. Beulah Dollar filed a federal lawsuit Thursday claiming Telfair County ...
Ochoa opens with 68 in bid for 4th win a row
Apr 18, 2008; ... Lorena Ochoa got off to a solid start Thursday in a bid for her fourth consecutive victory and fifth in six starts this year. Playing for the fourth straight week, Ochoa shot a 4-under 68 in the first round of the Ginn Open to finish a stroke behind leaders Carin Koch and Teresa ...
Austrian city's cell phone crackdown reflects a growing European backlash
Apr 18, 2008; ... The world has never been more connected, but in some corners, it's developing a real hang-up over the ubiquitous cell phone. Taking a cue from France's national railway, which offers phone-free "zen zones" on high-speed trains, Austria's second-largest city this week began ...
Austrian city's cell phone crackdown reflects a growing European backlash
Apr 18, 2008; ... The world has never been more connected, but in some corners, it's developing a real hang-up over the ubiquitous cell phone. Taking a cue from France's national railway, which offers phone-free "zen zones" on high-speed trains, Austria's second-largest city this week began ...
Authorities clamp down on security for brief Olympic torch run in India
Apr 18, 2008; ... Authorities in India welcomed the Olympic torch on the latest stage of its round-the-world relay by sealing off the normally frenetic capital's center and flooding it with some 15,000 police to keep Tibetan protesters away from the flame. By the time the New Delhi leg of the relay ...
Authorities clamp down on security for brief Olympic torch run in India
Apr 18, 2008; ... Authorities in India welcomed the Olympic torch on the latest stage of its round-the-world relay by sealing off the normally frenetic capital's center and flooding it with some 15,000 police to keep Tibetan protesters away from the flame. By the time the New Delhi leg of the relay ...
Bush to welcome like-minded South Korean president warmly after 7 years of awkward ties
Apr 18, 2008; ... After seven years of uneasy relations with South Korean leaders whom the White House considered soft on North Korea, President George W. Bush will warmly welcome on Friday a South Korean counterpart who talks tough about the North. Bush and Lee Myung-bak will be eager to signal a new, ...
Bush to welcome like-minded South Korean president warmly after 7 years of awkward ties
Apr 18, 2008; ... After seven years of uneasy relations with South Korean leaders whom the White House considered soft on North Korea, President George W. Bush will warmly welcome on Friday a South Korean counterpart who talks tough about the North. Bush and Lee Myung-bak will be eager to signal a new, ...
UN and African Union want 26,000-strong force on ground in Darfur quickly
Apr 18, 2008; ... The United Nations and the African Union said they want their 26,000-strong peacekeeping force on the ground in Darfur soon. The U.N. Security Council and the African Union's Peace and Security Council met behind closed doors, the day after the U.N. secretary-general expressed extreme ...
AP Interview: Zimbabwean opposition leader can't predict end to political crisis
Apr 18, 2008; ... Protests are fizzling at home, and his efforts to rally the world to the cause of democracy in Zimbabwe are being stymied by fellow Africans. Morgan Tsvangirai _ who since founding Zimbabwe's main opposition movement in 1999 has been beaten, accused of treason and nearly killed _ ...
Key facts about Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai
Apr 18, 2008; ... Key facts about Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai: NAME: Morgan Tsvangirai. TITLE: President and founder of biggest faction in opposition Movement for Democratic Change. BORN: March 10, 1952, in Southern ...
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Apr 18, 2008; ... Protests are fizzling at home, and his efforts to rally the world to the cause of democracy in Zimbabwe are being stymied by fellow Africans. Morgan Tsvangirai _ who since founding Zimbabwe's main opposition movement in 1999 has been beaten, accused of treason and nearly killed _ ...
Kenya's new prime minister Raila Odinga takes oath of office
Apr 18, 2008 ... Kenya's opposition leader has been sworn in as prime minister, fulfilling a key step in a power-sharing deal aimed at ending a deadly political crisis in the East African nation. Within hours of the ceremony Thursday, a feared gang promised to heed new Prime Minister Raila Odinga's ...
Kenya's new prime minister Raila Odinga takes oath of office
Apr 18, 2008 ... Kenya's opposition leader has been sworn in as prime minister, fulfilling a key step in a power-sharing deal aimed at ending a deadly political crisis in the East African nation. Within hours of the ceremony Thursday, a feared gang promised to heed new Prime Minister Raila Odinga's ...
Investment firms pull back on borrowing from emergency lending program
Apr 18, 2008; ... Big Wall Street investment companies are reducing their borrowing from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program, a sign that credit problems may be easing. A Federal Reserve report Thursday said those firms averaged $24.8 billion (15.62 billion) in daily borrowing over the past ...
Investment firms pull back on borrowing from emergency lending program
Apr 18, 2008; ... Big Wall Street investment companies are reducing their borrowing from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program, a sign that credit problems may be easing. A Federal Reserve report Thursday said those firms averaged $24.8 billion (euro15.62 billion) in daily borrowing over the ...
In Britain, more terminally ill cancer patients turning to experimental drugs
Apr 18, 2008; ... When Jill Bracey Cowley was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer eight years ago, doctors told her she had two years to live. So she decided to take a gamble and try new drugs that hadn't yet been approved. "They've utterly changed my life," said Cowley, 70. She credits the ...
In Britain, more terminally ill cancer patients turning to experimental drugs
Apr 18, 2008; ... When Jill Bracey Cowley was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer eight years ago, doctors told her she had two years to live. So she decided to take a gamble and try new drugs that hadn't yet been approved. "They've utterly changed my life," said Cowley, 70. She credits the ...
Suicide bomber hits funeral north of Baghdad, killing 50
Apr 18, 2008; ... A suicide bomber struck the funeral of two Sunni tribesmen who joined forces against al-Qaida in Iraq, killing at least 50 people and reinforcing fears that insurgents are hitting back after American-led crackdowns. The sudden spike in bloodshed this week adds to the other worries now ...
LPGA Tour-Ginn Open Scores
Apr 18, 2008 ... First Round a-amateur Carin Koch 33-34_67 Teresa Lu 34-33_67 Allison Fouch 34-34_68...
Suicide bomber hits funeral north of Baghdad, killing 50
Apr 18, 2008; ... A suicide bomber struck the funeral of two Sunni tribesmen who joined forces against al-Qaida in Iraq, killing at least 50 people and reinforcing fears that insurgents are hitting back after American-led crackdowns. The sudden spike in bloodshed this week adds to the other worries now ...
Bush's long-awaited call for curbing emissions falls flat abroad,
Apr 18, 2008; ... At last, U.S. President George W. Bush has set a target date for reining in American pollution _ and the bid fell flat in the international arena, where he has long lagged in tackling global warming. "Losership instead of leadership," Germany's environment minister said ...
Pope Benedict meets, prays with victims of clergy sex abuse scandal, celebrates open-air Mass
Apr 18, 2008; ... Pope Benedict XVI prayed with tearful victims of clergy sex abuse in a Washington chapel, an extraordinary and likely unprecedented gesture from a pontiff who has made atoning for the great shame of the U.S. church the cornerstone of his first papal trip to America. Benedict's third ...
Bush's long-awaited call for curbing emissions falls flat abroad,
Apr 18, 2008; ... At last, U.S. President George W. Bush has set a target date for reining in American pollution _ and the bid fell flat in the international arena, where he has long lagged in tackling global warming. "Losership instead of leadership," Germany's environment minister said ...
Pope Benedict meets, prays with victims of clergy sex abuse scandal, celebrates open-air Mass
Apr 18, 2008; ... Pope Benedict XVI prayed with tearful victims of clergy sex abuse in a Washington chapel, an extraordinary and likely unprecedented gesture from a pontiff who has made atoning for the great shame of the U.S. church the cornerstone of his first papal trip to America. Benedict's third ...
Continental, Southwest will cut growth to handle fuel spike
Apr 18, 2008; ... High fuel costs that helped drive some marginal airlines into bankruptcy this spring are also taking a toll on two of the nation's healthiest carriers. Continental Airlines Inc. slid to a first-quarter loss as fuel spending soared 53 percent, and Southwest Airlines Co. _ which hasn't ...
Continental, Southwest will cut growth to handle fuel spike
Apr 18, 2008; ... High fuel costs that helped drive some marginal airlines into bankruptcy this spring are also taking a toll on two of the nation's healthiest carriers. Continental Airlines Inc. slid to a first-quarter loss as fuel spending soared 53 percent, and Southwest Airlines Co. _ which hasn't ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sardinia for private talks with Silvio Berlusconi
Apr 18, 2008; ... Italian Premier-elect Silvio Berlusconi is holding private talks with his old friend and political ally Russian President Vladimir Putin at his villa on Sardinia's Emerald Coast. The talks Thursday and Friday are Berlusconi's first meeting with a foreign leader since he won the ...
Zimbabwe government accuses opposition leader of treason; Tsvangirai says charges 'outrageous'
Apr 18, 2008; ... Zimbabwe's government accused opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai of treason, saying he and Britain are plotting to overthrow the president. Tsvangirai denounced the allegations as "outrageous." President Robert Mugabe's government lashed out at Tsvangirai by claiming he is ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sardinia for private talks with Silvio Berlusconi
Apr 18, 2008; ... Italian Premier-elect Silvio Berlusconi is holding private talks with his old friend and political ally Russian President Vladimir Putin at his villa on Sardinia's Emerald Coast. The talks Thursday and Friday are Berlusconi's first meeting with a foreign leader since he won the ...
Zimbabwe government accuses opposition leader of treason; Tsvangirai says charges 'outrageous'
Apr 18, 2008; ... Zimbabwe's government accused opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai of treason, saying he and Britain are plotting to overthrow the president. Tsvangirai denounced the allegations as "outrageous." President Robert Mugabe's government lashed out at Tsvangirai by claiming he is ...
AP-Yahoo poll shows McCain pulls even as Clinton, Obama continue to squabble
Apr 18, 2008; ... The prolonged personal battle between Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama has allowed Republican John McCain to pull even as he snatches away disgruntled independent and even some Democratic swing voters. An Associated Press-Yahoo poll released Thursday also revealed ...
AP-Yahoo poll shows McCain pulls even as Clinton, Obama continue to squabble
Apr 18, 2008; ... The prolonged personal battle between Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama has allowed Republican John McCain to pull even as he snatches away disgruntled independent and even some Democratic swing voters. An Associated Press-Yahoo poll released Thursday also revealed ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sardinia for private talks with Silvio Berlusconi
Apr 18, 2008; ... Italian Premier-elect Silvio Berlusconi is holding private talks with his old friend and political ally Russian President Vladimir Putin at his villa on Sardinia's Emerald Coast. The talks Thursday and Friday are Berlusconi's first meeting with a foreign leader since he won the ...
Nepalese detain more than 500 Tibetans protesting against China
Apr 18, 2008; ... Nepalese police detained more than 500 Tibetan exiles decrying a crackdown in their homeland in a protest near the Chinese Embassy, police said. Police officers in blue camouflage uniforms chased down red-robed Buddhist monks and nuns and other Tibetans on Thursday, struggling with ...
Nepalese detain more than 500 Tibetans protesting against China
Apr 18, 2008; ... Nepalese police detained more than 500 Tibetan exiles decrying a crackdown in their homeland in a protest near the Chinese Embassy, police said. Police officers in blue camouflage uniforms chased down red-robed Buddhist monks and nuns and other Tibetans on Thursday, struggling with ...
Local strikes hit GM's hot-selling vehicles and main transmissions plant
Apr 18, 2008; ... Taking out the plant that builds General Motors Corp.'s hot-selling crossover vehicles was one thing, but now the United Auto Workers are set to cause the automaker even more pain by striking at the factory that makes most of its car transmissions. And although local union officials ...
Local strikes hit GM's hot-selling vehicles and main transmissions plant
Apr 18, 2008; ... Taking out the plant that builds General Motors Corp.'s hot-selling crossover vehicles was one thing, but now the United Auto Workers are set to cause the automaker even more pain by striking at the factory that makes most of its car transmissions. And although local union officials ...
China's now-famous Olympic torch defender says she still doesn't understand Tibetan protest
Apr 18, 2008; ... She's been portrayed as the "smiling angel in a wheelchair," just the hero that China needed to rally national pride in the face of the embarrassment suffered over Olympic torch relay protests. Jin Jing, a disabled, little-known fencing athlete, is now a household name here, ...
Document: Canada asked US not to send teenage detainee to Guantanamo
Apr 18, 2008; ... Canada asked the United States not to send former child soldier Omar Khadr to Guantanamo after he was captured in Afghanistan in 2002, according to a letter released on Thursday. In the document dated September 2002, Ottawa argued that the prison camp in southeastern Cuba was an ...
Document: Canada asked US not to send teenage detainee to Guantanamo
Apr 18, 2008; ... Canada asked the United States not to send former child soldier Omar Khadr to Guantanamo after he was captured in Afghanistan in 2002, according to a letter released on Thursday. In the document dated September 2002, Ottawa argued that the prison camp in southeastern Cuba was an ...
Microsoft acquires Seattle-based travel search and price comparison startup Farecast
Apr 18, 2008 ... Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it acquired travel search startup Farecast Inc. for an undisclosed amount. Seattle-based Farecast tries to predict whether air fares will rise or fall, helping travelers decide when to buy plane tickets for upcoming trips. Farecast's site also has a ...
Microsoft acquires Seattle-based travel search and price comparison startup Farecast
Apr 18, 2008 ... Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it acquired travel search startup Farecast Inc. for an undisclosed amount. Seattle-based Farecast tries to predict whether air fares will rise or fall, helping travelers decide when to buy plane tickets for upcoming trips. Farecast's site also has a ...
More lawmakers seek probes of government sewage sludge research in poor, black neighborhoods
Apr 18, 2008; ... Three more lawmakers are seeking investigations of federally financed research in poor, black neighborhoods that resulted in sewage sludge being spread on several families' lawns in attempts to determine whether it could combat lead poisoning in children. Sen. Barbara Mikulski and ...
Prosecutors to drop murder charges against woman accused of poisoning Marine husband
Apr 18, 2008 ... Prosecutors are dropping murder charges against a woman accused of poisoning her Marine husband with arsenic and using his life insurance to pay for breast implants. The San Diego County District Attorney's office said it filed a motion in Superior Court to dismiss murder charges ...
More lawmakers seek probes of government sewage sludge research in poor, black neighborhoods
Apr 18, 2008; ... Three more lawmakers are seeking investigations of federally financed research in poor, black neighborhoods that resulted in sewage sludge being spread on several families' lawns in attempts to determine whether it could combat lead poisoning in children. Sen. Barbara Mikulski and ...
Prosecutors to drop murder charges against woman accused of poisoning Marine husband
Apr 18, 2008 ... Prosecutors are dropping murder charges against a woman accused of poisoning her Marine husband with arsenic and using his life insurance to pay for breast implants. The San Diego County District Attorney's office said it filed a motion in Superior Court to dismiss murder charges ...
Zimbabwe government accuses opposition leader of treason; Tsvangirai says charges 'outrageous'
Apr 18, 2008; ... Zimbabwe's government accused opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai of treason, saying he and Britain are plotting to overthrow the president. Tsvangirai denounced the allegations as "outrageous." President Robert Mugabe's government lashed out at Tsvangirai by claiming he is ...
Zimbabwe government accuses opposition leader of treason; Tsvangirai says charges 'outrageous'
Apr 18, 2008; ... Zimbabwe's government accused opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai of treason, saying he and Britain are plotting to overthrow the president. Tsvangirai denounced the allegations as "outrageous." President Robert Mugabe's government lashed out at Tsvangirai by claiming he is ...
Samsung vows reform after chairman indicted on tax evasion
Apr 18, 2008; ... Scandal-plagued Samsung Group vowed to reform the way it does business after its powerful chairman was indicted on criminal charges. That's a familiar refrain from South Korea's biggest conglomerate, which for decades has helped drive the country's economic growth while drawing flak ...
Polygamist sect hearing in Texas descends into farce; hundreds of lawyers raise objections
Apr 18, 2008; ... A court hearing to decide the fate of the 416 children swept up in a raid on a West Texas polygamist sect descended into farce, with hundreds of lawyers in two packed buildings shouting objections and the judge struggling to maintain order. The case _ clearly one of the biggest, most ...
Samsung vows reform after chairman indicted on tax evasion
Apr 18, 2008; ... Scandal-plagued Samsung Group vowed to reform the way it does business after its powerful chairman was indicted on criminal charges. That's a familiar refrain from South Korea's biggest conglomerate, which for decades has helped drive the country's economic growth while drawing flak ...
Polygamist sect hearing in Texas descends into farce; hundreds of lawyers raise objections
Apr 18, 2008; ... A court hearing to decide the fate of the 416 children swept up in a raid on a West Texas polygamist sect descended into farce, with hundreds of lawyers in two packed buildings shouting objections and the judge struggling to maintain order. The case _ clearly one of the biggest, most ...
Suicide bomb kills 16 in southwestern Afghanistan
Apr 18, 2008; ... A suicide attack in front of a mosque in southwestern Afghanistan killed 16 people and wounded more than 30 others, a provincial governor said. The attack took place Thursday as men were getting ready for the evening prayer at the central mosque in Zaranj, the capital of Nimroz ...
Suicide bomb kills 16 in southwestern Afghanistan
Apr 18, 2008; ... A suicide attack in front of a mosque in southwestern Afghanistan killed 16 people and wounded more than 30 others, a provincial governor said. The attack took place Thursday as men were getting ready for the evening prayer at the central mosque in Zaranj, the capital of Nimroz ...
Suicide bomb kills 16 in southwestern Afghanistan
Apr 18, 2008; ... A suicide attack in front of a mosque in southwestern Afghanistan killed 16 people and wounded more than 30 others, a provincial governor said. The attack took place Thursday as men were getting ready for the evening prayer at the central mosque in Zaranj, the capital of Nimroz ...
Israel closes off West Bank, Gaza Strip for weeklong holiday after infiltration attempt
Apr 18, 2008 ... Israel closed off the West Bank and Gaza for at least a week for the Jewish Passover holiday, a day after Gaza militants attacked a vital crossing, raising the possibility of a large-scale Israeli offensive within weeks. The closure, which went into effect early Friday, will be in ...
Serena Williams, Sharapova advance
Apr 18, 2008; ... Serena Williams set up a quarterfinal match against Maria Sharapova in the Family Circle Cup, overcoming a sprained ankle and sluggish performance to beat Katarina Srebotnik 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday. "I just kept making errors and it wasn't pretty out there," the ...
Serena Williams, Sharapova advance
Apr 18, 2008; ... Serena Williams set up a quarterfinal match against Maria Sharapova in the Family Circle Cup, overcoming a sprained ankle and sluggish performance to beat Katarina Srebotnik 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday. "I just kept making errors and it wasn't pretty out there," the ...
Japan urges China to improve Tibet situation amid preparations for Chinese leader's visit
Apr 18, 2008; ... Japan urged China to do more to resolve Tibetan unrest as the two Asian powers held talks to prepare for a visit by China's president _ the first such trip in a decade. Japan's Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura told his visiting Chinese counterpart, Yang Jiechi, that Beijing should ...
Japan urges China to improve Tibet situation amid preparations for Chinese leader's visit
Apr 18, 2008; ... Japan urged China to do more to resolve Tibetan unrest as the two Asian powers held talks to prepare for a visit by China's president _ the first such trip in a decade. Japan's Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura told his visiting Chinese counterpart, Yang Jiechi, that Beijing should ...