AP Worldstream back issues from Wednesday, July 9:
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Jul 09, 2008 ... CYCLING: TOUR DE FRANCE: Stefan Schumacher wins Tour de France time trial CHOLET, France _ Germany's Stefan Schumacher captures the overall lead in the Tour de France by winning the first individual time trial. He doesn't expect to keep the lead for long. His goal was to ...
US man accused of leaving elderly parents in sweltering car, where father died
Jul 09, 2008; ... A man who police say left his elderly, infirm parents in a sweltering car while he went to work driving a bus route for three hours was charged with reckless endangerment Tuesday. His father died, but his mother made it out of the vehicle. Theodore ...
US man accused of leaving elderly parents in sweltering car, where father died
Jul 09, 2008; ... A man who police say left his elderly, infirm parents in a sweltering car while he went to work driving a bus route for three hours was charged with reckless endangerment Tuesday. His father died, but his mother made it out of the vehicle. Theodore Pressman left his parents in his car ...
Mexico City police chief ousted following botched night club raid
Jul 09, 2008; ... Mexico City's police chief was forced out of office on Tuesday following a botched nightclub raid that resulted in the deaths of 12 people. Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said the resignation of Police Chief Joel Ortega was the first step in a plan to "reconstruct" the police force ....
Mexico City police chief ousted following botched night club raid
Jul 09, 2008; ... Mexico City's police chief was forced out of office on Tuesday following a botched nightclub raid that resulted in the deaths of 12 people. Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said the resignation of Police Chief Joel Ortega was the first step in a plan to "reconstruct" the police force ....
Tuesday, July 15
Jul 09, 2008; ... Today is Tuesday, July 15, the 197th day of 2008. There are 169 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1099 - Three years after the First Crusade set out, the Christian army storms Jerusalem and puts its Muslim inhabitants to the sword. 1685 - ...
Tuesday, July 15
Jul 09, 2008; ... Today is Tuesday, July 15, the 197th day of 2008. There are 169 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1099 - Three years after the First Crusade set out, the Christian army storms Jerusalem and puts its Muslim inhabitants to the sword. 1685 - ...
Wednesday, July 16
Jul 09, 2008; ... Today is Wednesday, July 16, the 198th day of 2008. There are 168 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1054 - Pope Leo IX delivers an excommunication to the patriarch in Constantinople. The patriarch then excommunicates the pope, resulting in the ...
Ex-US official says Cheney pushed for cutting health officials' climate change testimony
Jul 09, 2008; ... Seeking to play down the effects of global warming, Vice President Dick Cheney's office pushed to delete references about the consequences of climate change on public health from congressional testimony, says a former senior EPA official. The former official, Jason K. Burnett, says ...
Ex-US official says Cheney pushed for cutting health officials' climate change testimony
Jul 09, 2008; ... Seeking to play down the effects of global warming, Vice President Dick Cheney's office pushed to delete references about the consequences of climate change on public health from congressional testimony, says a former senior EPA official. The former official, Jason K. Burnett, says ...
Celeb foreclosures show housing meltdown
Jul 09, 2008; ... Tabloid magazines like to reassure us that celebrities are just like us _ they go grocery shopping, take their dogs for a stroll around the neighborhood, even pump their own gas. These days, that can also hold true when it comes to the plummeting real estate market. Several ...
WTA-Palermo International Results
Jul 09, 2008 ... Results Tuesday from the Palermo International, a 93,576 (US$147,000) WTA event on clay at the Country Time Club (seedings in parentheses): Singles First Round Rossana de los Rios, Paraguay, def. Aravane Rezai (3), France, 6-4, 6-1. Margalita ...
Celeb foreclosures show housing meltdown
Jul 09, 2008; ... Tabloid magazines like to reassure us that celebrities are just like us _ they go grocery shopping, take their dogs for a stroll around the neighborhood, even pump their own gas. These days, that can also hold true when it comes to the plummeting real estate market. Several ...
WTA-Palermo International Results
Jul 09, 2008 ... Results Tuesday from the Palermo International, a euro93,576 (US$147,000) WTA event on clay at the Country Time Club (seedings in parentheses): Singles First Round Rossana de los Rios, Paraguay, def. Aravane Rezai (3), France, 6-4, 6-1. Margalita ...
Food culture blossoms in China
Jul 09, 2008; ... My last houseguest had 13 restaurants on his to-try list, including three renowned for succulent versions of crisp-skinned Peking duck, one popular for its tongue-tingling Sichuan cuisine and a Uighur joint, known as much for the ethnic minority's cumin-spiced lamb skewers as its exuberant floor ...
Food culture blossoms in China
Jul 09, 2008; ... My last houseguest had 13 restaurants on his to-try list, including three renowned for succulent versions of crisp-skinned Peking duck, one popular for its tongue-tingling Sichuan cuisine and a Uighur joint, known as much for the ethnic minority's cumin-spiced lamb skewers as its exuberant floor ...
Restaurant recommendations for Beijing
Jul 09, 2008; ... Staff, past and present, of the Beijing bureau of The Associated Press share their favorite restaurants in the city. Addresses don't usually line up, so it's best to call the restaurant and hand the phone to your taxi-driver: ___ AUDRA ANG YUE LU (pronounced ...
Restaurant recommendations for Beijing
Jul 09, 2008; ... Staff, past and present, of the Beijing bureau of The Associated Press share their favorite restaurants in the city. Addresses don't usually line up, so it's best to call the restaurant and hand the phone to your taxi-driver: ___ AUDRA ANG YUE LU (pronounced ...
Police and Londoners struggle to explain brutal killing of 2 French students
Jul 09, 2008; ... The press are calling them the "Tarantino murders." The two young Frenchmen, promising research students at one of Britain's top universities, had been bound and stabbed repeatedly in the head, neck and torso before their bodies were doused in fuel and set on fire. A senior ...
Police and Londoners struggle to explain brutal killing of 2 French students
Jul 09, 2008; ... The press are calling them the "Tarantino murders." The two young Frenchmen, promising research students at one of Britain's top universities, had been bound and stabbed repeatedly in the head, neck and torso before their bodies were doused in fuel and set on fire. A senior ...
Tails, top hats, flavorless food: Queen hosts garden party for 8,000 at Buckingham Palace
Jul 09, 2008; ... The times they aren't a changing. Not at Buckingham Palace, at least. Tea with the queen Tuesday looked much the same as it would have 140 years ago when Queen Victoria started the tradition: men in tails and top hats, women in floral dresses and elaborate hats. It resembled a scene ...
Tails, top hats, flavorless food: Queen hosts garden party for 8,000 at Buckingham Palace
Jul 09, 2008; ... The times they aren't a changing. Not at Buckingham Palace, at least. Tea with the queen Tuesday looked much the same as it would have 140 years ago when Queen Victoria started the tradition: men in tails and top hats, women in floral dresses and elaborate hats. It resembled a scene ...
Swiss nationalists force popular vote on banning Muslim call-to-prayer minarets
Jul 09, 2008; ... Swiss nationalists have forced a nationwide referendum on whether to ban the construction of minarets where Muslims issue the call to prayer _ a proposal that, if approved, could clash with Switzerland's constitutionally protected right to freedom of religion. The Interior Ministry ...
Candidates court Hispanics, Obama denies pandering to centrist voters
Jul 09, 2008; ... Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama courted Hispanics _ America's fastest growing minority _ promising to right the troubled U.S. economy and restore new immigrants' hopes of sharing in the dream of a better life through hard work. Obama, fighting back against a ...
Swiss nationalists force popular vote on banning Muslim call-to-prayer minarets
Jul 09, 2008; ... Swiss nationalists have forced a nationwide referendum on whether to ban the construction of minarets where Muslims issue the call to prayer _ a proposal that, if approved, could clash with Switzerland's constitutionally protected right to freedom of religion. The Interior Ministry ...
Alcoa's 2Q profit sinks 24 percent as higher prices fail to offset raw material, outage costs
Jul 09, 2008; ... Alcoa Inc.'s second-quarter earnings fell nearly 24 percent as higher prices failed to offset the costs of raw materials, energy and facility disruptions, the aluminum producer said Tuesday. The Pittsburgh-based company earned $546 million, or 66 cents per share, for the quarter that ...
Candidates court Hispanics, Obama denies pandering to centrist voters
Jul 09, 2008; ... Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama courted Hispanics _ America's fastest growing minority _ promising to right the troubled U.S. economy and restore new immigrants' hopes of sharing in the dream of a better life through hard work. Obama, fighting back against a ...
Alcoa's 2Q profit sinks 24 percent as higher prices fail to offset raw material, outage costs
Jul 09, 2008; ... Alcoa Inc.'s second-quarter earnings fell nearly 24 percent as higher prices failed to offset the costs of raw materials, energy and facility disruptions, the aluminum producer said Tuesday. The Pittsburgh-based company earned $546 million, or 66 cents per share, for the quarter that ...
US and Czech Republic sign missile defense agreement
Jul 09, 2008; ... The United States and the Czech Republic have signed an initial agreement to base a U.S. missile shield in Eastern Europe, saying the planned defensive umbrella will help protect U.S. allies from the threat of a bellicose and unpredictable Iran. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza ...
US and Czech Republic sign missile defense agreement
Jul 09, 2008; ... The United States and the Czech Republic have signed an initial agreement to base a U.S. missile shield in Eastern Europe, saying the planned defensive umbrella will help protect U.S. allies from the threat of a bellicose and unpredictable Iran. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza ...
Japan's core machinery orders rise 10.4 percent in May
Jul 09, 2008 ... Japan says its core machinery orders rose 10.4 percent in May from the previous month. It is the second straight monthly increase for the figure, a key barometer of capital spending. The government said in a monthly report Wednesday that the increase follows a 5.5 ...
Japan's core machinery orders rise 10.4 percent in May
Jul 09, 2008 ... Japan says its core machinery orders rose 10.4 percent in May from the previous month. It is the second straight monthly increase for the figure, a key barometer of capital spending. The government said in a monthly report Wednesday that the increase follows a 5.5 ...
G-8 leaders endorse big global-warming cuts by 2050; environmentalists say that's too slow
Jul 09, 2008; ... World leaders for the first time embraced an ambitious but nonbinding goal of slashing greenhouse-gas emissions in half by midcentury to stave off global warming. Unimpressed environmentalists called the effort too slow and too uncertain. Leaders of some of the world's richest nations ...
From cigarettes to bull semen to bras, Iran buys American despite tough talk from both nations
Jul 09, 2008; ... U.S. exports to Iran _ including brassieres, bull semen, cosmetics and possibly even weapons _ grew more than tenfold during President George W. Bush's years in office even as he accused Iran of nuclear ambitions and helping terrorists. America sent more cigarettes to Iran, at least $158 million ...
G-8 leaders endorse big global-warming cuts by 2050; environmentalists say that's too slow
Jul 09, 2008; ... World leaders for the first time embraced an ambitious but nonbinding goal of slashing greenhouse-gas emissions in half by midcentury to stave off global warming. Unimpressed environmentalists called the effort too slow and too uncertain. Leaders of some of the world's richest nations ...
From cigarettes to bull semen to bras, Iran buys American despite tough talk from both nations
Jul 09, 2008; ... U.S. exports to Iran _ including brassieres, bull semen, cosmetics and possibly even weapons _ grew more than tenfold during President George W. Bush's years in office even as he accused Iran of nuclear ambitions and helping terrorists. America sent more cigarettes to Iran, at least $158 million ...
Afghans blame 'foreign agency' for Kabul bombing
Jul 09, 2008; ... Afghanistan blamed a foreign intelligence agency for the bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul, making a veiled but clear reference to its eastern neighbor, Pakistan. The accusation came Tuesday as the commander of the NATO military mission in Afghanistan, U.S. Army Gen. David D ....
Afghans blame 'foreign agency' for Kabul bombing
Jul 09, 2008; ... Afghanistan blamed a foreign intelligence agency for the bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul, making a veiled but clear reference to its eastern neighbor, Pakistan. The accusation came Tuesday as the commander of the NATO military mission in Afghanistan, U.S. Army Gen. David D ....
Government's policy on militants questioned after Pakistan blasts
Jul 09, 2008; ... Attacks in Pakistan's capital and its main commercial hub have rattled the country and raised questions about whether the new government's policies toward militancy are working and whether its political infighting is damaging its efforts. Investigators were still probing the seven ...
Government's policy on militants questioned after Pakistan blasts
Jul 09, 2008; ... Attacks in Pakistan's capital and its main commercial hub have rattled the country and raised questions about whether the new government's policies toward militancy are working and whether its political infighting is damaging its efforts. Investigators were still probing the seven ...
Texas city stands alone in embracing border fence; will use $1.2 million to build garage
Jul 09, 2008; ... This city on the Rio Grande stands virtually alone, and not just because it's in vast, desolate West Texas. Unlike other Texas cities along the Mexican border, Del Rio actually welcomes the 15-foot-high (4.5-meter-high) steel wall the U.S. government wants to build against illegal ...
Texas city stands alone in embracing border fence; will use $1.2 million to build garage
Jul 09, 2008; ... This city on the Rio Grande stands virtually alone, and not just because it's in vast, desolate West Texas. Unlike other Texas cities along the Mexican border, Del Rio actually welcomes the 15-foot-high (4.5-meter-high) steel wall the U.S. government wants to build against illegal ...
North Korea nuclear talks to resume this week in Beijing for first time in nine months
Jul 09, 2008; ... Talks on dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons program will resume Thursday after a nine-month lull, with a focus on verifying a list of atomic facilities provided by the communist nation. Chinese officials said Tuesday that the meeting in Beijing would be attended by ...
North Korea nuclear talks to resume this week in Beijing for first time in nine months
Jul 09, 2008; ... Talks on dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons program will resume Thursday after a nine-month lull, with a focus on verifying a list of atomic facilities provided by the communist nation. Chinese officials said Tuesday that the meeting in Beijing would be attended by ...
Wiesenthal Center officials say evidence suggests 'Dr. Death' in Chile or Argentina
Jul 09, 2008; ... The Simon Wiesenthal Center has strong evidence that a former SS member known as "Dr. Death" is in southern Chile or Argentina, a top Nazi hunter for the human rights organization said Tuesday. Efraim Zuroff, the center's director in Israel, will fly Wednesday to the ...
Wiesenthal Center officials say evidence suggests 'Dr. Death' in Chile or Argentina
Jul 09, 2008; ... The Simon Wiesenthal Center has strong evidence that a former SS member known as "Dr. Death" is in southern Chile or Argentina, a top Nazi hunter for the human rights organization said Tuesday. Efraim Zuroff, the center's director in Israel, will fly Wednesday to the ...
Mexico City police chief ousted following botched night club raid
Jul 09, 2008; ... Mexico City's police chief was forced out of office on Tuesday following a botched nightclub raid that resulted in the deaths of 12 people, including a 13-year-old girl. Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said the resignation of Police Chief Joel Ortega was the first step in a plan to reconstruct ...
Mexico City police chief ousted following botched night club raid
Jul 09, 2008; ... Mexico City's police chief was forced out of office on Tuesday following a botched nightclub raid that resulted in the deaths of 12 people, including a 13-year-old girl. Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said the resignation of Police Chief Joel Ortega was the first step in a plan to reconstruct ...
Bush says US-India nuclear deal, criticized in both countries, is good policy
Jul 09, 2008; ... U.S. President George W. Bush defended his government's languishing deal to sell India nuclear fuel and technology, saying he reassured the Indian prime minister that the pact was important for both countries despite heavy opposition on both sides. Bush's meeting Wednesday with Indian ...
Bush says US-India nuclear deal, criticized in both countries, is good policy
Jul 09, 2008; ... U.S. President George W. Bush defended his government's languishing deal to sell India nuclear fuel and technology, saying he reassured the Indian prime minister that the pact was important for both countries despite heavy opposition on both sides. Bush's meeting Wednesday with Indian ...
Man convicted of killing parents 10 years ago in suburban Dallas set to die Thursday
Jul 09, 2008; ... Lawyers for condemned inmate Carlton Turner are hoping he can avoid the Texas death chamber a second time. Turner, 29, faces lethal injection Thursday for killing his adoptive parents 10 years ago, slayings he has acknowledged. The suburban Dallas man eluded the executioner in ...
Man convicted of killing parents 10 years ago in suburban Dallas set to die Thursday
Jul 09, 2008; ... Lawyers for condemned inmate Carlton Turner are hoping he can avoid the Texas death chamber a second time. Turner, 29, faces lethal injection Thursday for killing his adoptive parents 10 years ago, slayings he has acknowledged. The suburban Dallas man eluded the executioner in ...
G-8 leaders reject Mugabe's election, promise sanctions against perpetrators of violence
Jul 09, 2008 ... The Group of Eight nations branded Robert Mugabe's election in Zimbabwe as illegitimate, promising to take measures against those responsible for the violence that prompted the opposition candidate to pull out of the race. A statement from the G-8 leaders meeting in Japan on Tuesday ...
G-8 leaders reject Mugabe's election, promise sanctions against perpetrators of violence
Jul 09, 2008 ... The Group of Eight nations branded Robert Mugabe's election in Zimbabwe as illegitimate, promising to take measures against those responsible for the violence that prompted the opposition candidate to pull out of the race. A statement from the G-8 leaders meeting in Japan on Tuesday ...
How green was my G-8 summit? Not as green as can be
Jul 09, 2008; ... At the Group of Eight summit, you can go for a spin in a hydrogen-fueled Mazda or tour a home powered by solar panels and a wind turbine. And don't forget to test the water-saving toilets, complete with seat-warmer and built-in bidet. Japan has pledged an eco-friendly summit in the ...
How green was my G-8 summit? Not as green as can be
Jul 09, 2008; ... At the Group of Eight summit, you can go for a spin in a hydrogen-fueled Mazda or tour a home powered by solar panels and a wind turbine. And don't forget to test the water-saving toilets, complete with seat-warmer and built-in bidet. Japan has pledged an eco-friendly summit in the ...
Cigarettes as US weapon against Iran? McCain suggestion earns poke
Jul 09, 2008 ... Cindy McCain's jab to her husband's back came a second too late Tuesday to keep him from making a wisecrack about the health impact of Iran's main import from the United States: cigarettes. Republican presidential candidate John McCain was asked about an Associated Press report that ...
Cigarettes as US weapon against Iran? McCain suggestion earns poke
Jul 09, 2008 ... Cindy McCain's jab to her husband's back came a second too late Tuesday to keep him from making a wisecrack about the health impact of Iran's main import from the United States: cigarettes. Republican presidential candidate John McCain was asked about an Associated Press report that ...
Ecuador seizes TV stations, companies in debt dispute
Jul 09, 2008; ... Ecuador's government seized three television stations and 195 businesses on Tuesday to collect debts stemming from a bank failure in the 1990s. The economy minister resigned just hours before the takeover. In raids backed by dozens of police, Ecuador's state banking agency took over ...
Ecuador seizes TV stations, companies in debt dispute
Jul 09, 2008; ... Ecuador's government seized three television stations and 195 businesses on Tuesday to collect debts stemming from a bank failure in the 1990s. The economy minister resigned just hours before the takeover. In raids backed by dozens of police, Ecuador's state banking agency took over ...
McCain downplays talk of hard timelines for troop withdrawals from Iraq
Jul 09, 2008; ... Republican presidential candidate John McCain played down reports Tuesday that Iraqi officials are increasing pressure on the United States to agree to a specific timeline to withdraw its forces. McCain said he was confident the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki would ask ...
McCain downplays talk of hard timelines for troop withdrawals from Iraq
Jul 09, 2008; ... Republican presidential candidate John McCain played down reports Tuesday that Iraqi officials are increasing pressure on the United States to agree to a specific timeline to withdraw its forces. McCain said he was confident the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki would ask ...
Coast Guard OKs return of cruise ship to Juneau after grounding
Jul 09, 2008 ... The Coast Guard is allowing a cruise ship that became grounded in Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park to return to a dock near Juneau. The Coast Guard says the 207-foot (63-meter) Spirit of Glacier Bay will be escorted to Auke Bay, about 13 miles (21 kilometers) north of downtown ...
Coast Guard OKs return of cruise ship to Juneau after grounding
Jul 09, 2008 ... The Coast Guard is allowing a cruise ship that became grounded in Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park to return to a dock near Juneau. The Coast Guard says the 207-foot (63-meter) Spirit of Glacier Bay will be escorted to Auke Bay, about 13 miles (21 kilometers) north of downtown ...
Japan's core machinery orders rise 10.4 percent in May
Jul 09, 2008 ... Japanese core machinery orders _ a key barometer of corporate capital spending _ rose for the second straight month, the government said Wednesday. Core machinery orders, which exclude often volatile orders from electric power firms and those for ships, rose 10.4 percent to 1.11 ...