AP Worldstream back issues from Wednesday, July 23:
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Jul 23, 2008 ... CYCLING: TOUR DE FRANCE: Schleck keeps yellow jersey; France's Dessel wins 16th stage in Alps JAUSIERS, France _ Frank Schleck of Luxembourg keeps the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, with riders pushing themselves through the Alps as cycling's showcase race leaves ...
Cambodia seeks UN, regional intervention to resolve military standoff with Thailand
Jul 23, 2008; ... Cambodia asked the U.N. Security Council to intervene in its dispute with Thailand over land near an ancient temple, saying the standoff had created "an imminent state of war." But a clash seemed a remote possibility Tuesday near the hilltop Preah Vihear temple, where more ...
Former Rep. Duke Cunningham seeks clemency from Bush on bribery conviction
Jul 23, 2008 ... Former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, who is serving federal prison time for accepting millions of dollars in bribes, has asked President Bush to grant him clemency. The San Diego Republican has submitted a petition to commute his sentence, Erik Ablin, a spokesman for the ...
Cambodia seeks UN, regional intervention to resolve military standoff with Thailand
Jul 23, 2008; ... Cambodia asked the U.N. Security Council to intervene in its dispute with Thailand over land near an ancient temple, saying the standoff had created "an imminent state of war." But a clash seemed a remote possibility Tuesday near the hilltop Preah Vihear temple, where more ...
Former Rep. Duke Cunningham seeks clemency from Bush on bribery conviction
Jul 23, 2008 ... Former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, who is serving federal prison time for accepting millions of dollars in bribes, has asked President Bush to grant him clemency. The San Diego Republican has submitted a petition to commute his sentence, Erik Ablin, a spokesman for the ...
US House passes legislation seeks to end cozy relations between FAA and airlines
Jul 23, 2008; ... Federal aviation inspectors would have to wait two years after leaving their jobs before taking airline jobs in which they would deal with their old government bosses under legislation passed Tuesday by the House of Representatives. The legislation, passed 392-0, is designed to pushed ...
Wednesday, July 30
Jul 23, 2008; ... Today is Wednesday, July 30, the 212th day of 2008. There are 154 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1419 - Czech Hussites throw seven members of the Prague town council from a window and start a rebellion. King Wenceslas IV dies of a heart attack ...
US Interior Department proposes lower royalties on oil shale producers
Jul 23, 2008; ... The Bush administration is proposing lower royalties for energy companies that want to produce oil from vast shale deposits in the western United States than they would pay for drilling on other federal areas, including offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska. In draft rules issued ...
US House passes legislation seeks to end cozy relations between FAA and airlines
Jul 23, 2008; ... Federal aviation inspectors would have to wait two years after leaving their jobs before taking airline jobs in which they would deal with their old government bosses under legislation passed Tuesday by the House of Representatives. The legislation, passed 392-0, is designed to pushed ...
Wednesday, July 30
Jul 23, 2008; ... Today is Wednesday, July 30, the 212th day of 2008. There are 154 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1419 - Czech Hussites throw seven members of the Prague town council from a window and start a rebellion. King Wenceslas IV dies of a heart attack ...
US Interior Department proposes lower royalties on oil shale producers
Jul 23, 2008; ... The Bush administration is proposing lower royalties for energy companies that want to produce oil from vast shale deposits in the western United States than they would pay for drilling on other federal areas, including offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska. In draft rules issued ...
Obama meets Obamamania in Europe eager for change
Jul 23, 2008; ... Barack Obama comes face to face this week with a constituency truly eager for change after eight years of George W. Bush: Europeans. Obama can expect an enthusiastic welcome when he speaks at one of Berlin's most famous landmarks, the Victory Column, on Thursday _ the first of three ...
Oil speculation bill provides Senate forum for partisan energy blame game
Jul 23, 2008; ... The Senate voted 94-0 Tuesday to move ahead on legislation to curb speculation in oil markets. But any hope of bipartisanship to pass the bill is likely a mirage. The Senate bill would require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to set limits on trading in oil markets by ...
World Golf Glance
Jul 23, 2008; ... Site: Oakville, Ontario. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday. Course: Glen Abbey Golf Club (7,112 yards, 6,503 meters, par 72). Purse: $5 million (3.2 million). Winner's share: $900,000 (565,500). Last year: Jim Furyk successfully defended his title at Angus ...
Obama meets Obamamania in Europe eager for change
Jul 23, 2008; ... Barack Obama comes face to face this week with a constituency truly eager for change after eight years of George W. Bush: Europeans. Obama can expect an enthusiastic welcome when he speaks at one of Berlin's most famous landmarks, the Victory Column, on Thursday _ the first of three ...
Oil speculation bill provides Senate forum for partisan energy blame game
Jul 23, 2008; ... The Senate voted 94-0 Tuesday to move ahead on legislation to curb speculation in oil markets. But any hope of bipartisanship to pass the bill is likely a mirage. The Senate bill would require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to set limits on trading in oil markets by ...
World Golf Glance
Jul 23, 2008; ... Site: Oakville, Ontario. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday. Course: Glen Abbey Golf Club (7,112 yards, 6,503 meters, par 72). Purse: $5 million (euro3.2 million). Winner's share: $900,000 (euro565,500). Last year: Jim Furyk successfully defended his title at ...
Deaf intern plays the heavy for a class of recruits as he teaches about communication
Jul 23, 2008; ... From age 3, when he remembers watching the TV show "Cops" at his grandmother's house, Robert Harris has been fascinated with police work. This spring, as the Frederick Police Department's first deaf student intern, the 17-year-old has proven himself more than an eager ...
Deaf intern plays the heavy for a class of recruits as he teaches about communication
Jul 23, 2008; ... From age 3, when he remembers watching the TV show "Cops" at his grandmother's house, Robert Harris has been fascinated with police work. This spring, as the Frederick Police Department's first deaf student intern, the 17-year-old has proven himself more than an eager ...
One putt could have changed plenty for Padraig Harrington
Jul 23, 2008; ... Padraig Harrington has two British Open titles, and it all started with a miss. But it wasn't his. The morning after he defended his title at Royal Birkdale, the Irishman already was looking ahead. He now is in the same company as Greg Norman, Curtis Strange, Ben Crenshaw, ...
One putt could have changed plenty for Padraig Harrington
Jul 23, 2008; ... Padraig Harrington has two British Open titles, and it all started with a miss. But it wasn't his. The morning after he defended his title at Royal Birkdale, the Irishman already was looking ahead. He now is in the same company as Greg Norman, Curtis Strange, Ben Crenshaw, ...
Military sexual assault victims face tough recovery
Jul 23, 2008 ... EDITORS NOTE _ With troops fighting on foreign soil since late 2001, the United States is learning about the long-term toll of modern war on the home front. This story looks at victims of sexual assault in the military. %byline(By KIMBERLY HEFLING%) %bytitle(Associated ...
Florida carefully collects alligator eggs to replenish farmers' ponds
Jul 23, 2008; ... It's 7 a.m. in the marsh, and like some sort of cigar-chomping swamp cowboy, biologist Lindsey Hord is about to reach for something that could cost him a few fingers _ or worse _ if he's not careful. It's the first day of Florida's annual alligator egg collection program, a yearly ...
Military sexual assault victims face tough recovery
Jul 23, 2008 ... EDITORS NOTE _ With troops fighting on foreign soil since late 2001, the United States is learning about the long-term toll of modern war on the home front. This story looks at victims of sexual assault in the military. By KIMBERLY HEFLING Associated Press Writer ...
Florida carefully collects alligator eggs to replenish farmers' ponds
Jul 23, 2008; ... It's 7 a.m. in the marsh, and like some sort of cigar-chomping swamp cowboy, biologist Lindsey Hord is about to reach for something that could cost him a few fingers _ or worse _ if he's not careful. It's the first day of Florida's annual alligator egg collection program, a yearly ...
Karadzic to appeal extradition to UN court; angry nationalists lash out at Serb government
Jul 23, 2008; ... Serb nationalists skirmished with riot police in the capital, lashing out against the new Western-leaning government that captured war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic. Karadzic's lawyer vowed to appeal Serbia's plan to extradite the former Bosnian Serb chief to a U.N. war crimes court. ...
Karadzic to appeal extradition to UN court; angry nationalists lash out at Serb government
Jul 23, 2008; ... Serb nationalists skirmished with riot police in the capital, lashing out against the new Western-leaning government that captured war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic. Karadzic's lawyer vowed to appeal Serbia's plan to extradite the former Bosnian Serb chief to a U.N. war crimes court. ...
Reagan Information Agency chief Charles Wick dies
Jul 23, 2008; ... Charles Z. Wick, who as director of the U.S. Information Agency under Ronald Reagan expanded American broadcasts to Cuba and Russia but whose agency was accused of blacklisting liberals from a government program, has died. He was 90. Wick died Sunday of natural causes at his Los ...
EU: Karadzic arrest boosts Serbia's EU bid; EU urges more war crimes arrests
Jul 23, 2008; ... Serbia's arrest of ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will boost its bid to join the European Union, EU officials said, urging Belgrade to quickly arrest the one big war crimes suspect still on the lam _ Ratko Mladic. Karadzic, wanted by the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague ...
Reagan Information Agency chief Charles Wick dies
Jul 23, 2008; ... Charles Z. Wick, who as director of the U.S. Information Agency under Ronald Reagan expanded American broadcasts to Cuba and Russia but whose agency was accused of blacklisting liberals from a government program, has died. He was 90. Wick died Sunday of natural causes at his Los ...
EU: Karadzic arrest boosts Serbia's EU bid; EU urges more war crimes arrests
Jul 23, 2008; ... Serbia's arrest of ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will boost its bid to join the European Union, EU officials said, urging Belgrade to quickly arrest the one big war crimes suspect still on the lam _ Ratko Mladic. Karadzic, wanted by the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague ...
Rice to press North Korean envoy on nukes at highest-level talks in years
Jul 23, 2008; ... U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hopes to judge North Korea's seriousness about abandoning nuclear weapons when she takes part in the highest-level talks in four years between Washington and the Stalinist state this week. North Korea has been given a four-page draft document ...
Rice to press North Korean envoy on nukes at highest-level talks in years
Jul 23, 2008; ... U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hopes to judge North Korea's seriousness about abandoning nuclear weapons when she takes part in the highest-level talks in four years between Washington and the Stalinist state this week. North Korea has been given a four-page draft document ...
Will Mladic be next behind bars?
Jul 23, 2008; ... And then there was one: Gen. Ratko Mladic. The surprise capture of former Bosnian leader Radovan Karadzic on U.N. genocide charges has raised expectations that fellow fugitive Mladic _ Karadzic's wartime military commander and partner in crime _ soon could join him behind bars. ...
Will Mladic be next behind bars?
Jul 23, 2008; ... And then there was one: Gen. Ratko Mladic. The surprise capture of former Bosnian leader Radovan Karadzic on U.N. genocide charges has raised expectations that fellow fugitive Mladic _ Karadzic's wartime military commander and partner in crime _ soon could join him behind bars. ...
South Africa: Talks between Zimbabwe's ruling and opposition parties starting
Jul 23, 2008; ... New EU sanctions against Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe increased Western pressure as his party was to begin talks with the opposition aimed at ending the country's political stalemate. The talks are to be held in South Africa, but the timing was unclear. Mukoni ...
South Africa: Talks between Zimbabwe's ruling and opposition parties starting
Jul 23, 2008; ... New EU sanctions against Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe increased Western pressure as his party was to begin talks with the opposition aimed at ending the country's political stalemate. The talks are to be held in South Africa, but the timing was unclear. Mukoni ...
Obama glides through post-Iraq questioning, faces new political hazards in Israel
Jul 23, 2008; ... Democrat Barack Obama appeared Tuesday to have confounded those waiting for a foreign policy blunder, as he worked effortlessly through questions about his visits to American front lines in Afghanistan and Iraq. But the part of the trip most fraught with political hazards was still to come _ in ...
Obama glides through post-Iraq questioning, faces new political hazards in Israel
Jul 23, 2008; ... Democrat Barack Obama appeared Tuesday to have confounded those waiting for a foreign policy blunder, as he worked effortlessly through questions about his visits to American front lines in Afghanistan and Iraq. But the part of the trip most fraught with political hazards was still to come _ in ...
Judge indicates he will order the release of secret testimony in Rosenberg espionage case
Jul 23, 2008; ... A judge signaled Tuesday that he would order the release in the coming months of much of the secret testimony in the notorious espionage case against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. But U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein said he would make an exception for a pivotal witness whose ...
Judge indicates he will order the release of secret testimony in Rosenberg espionage case
Jul 23, 2008; ... A judge signaled Tuesday that he would order the release in the coming months of much of the secret testimony in the notorious espionage case against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. But U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein said he would make an exception for a pivotal witness whose ...
Mexico's Telmex reports 2Q profits down 13 percent against stronger competition
Jul 23, 2008 ... Mexican fixed-line phone company Telefonos de Mexico SA says its second-quarter profits fell 13 percent as it faced stronger competition. The company, owned by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, reported Tuesday that second-quarter net profits fell ...
Mexico's Telmex reports 2Q profits down 13 percent against stronger competition
Jul 23, 2008 ... Mexican fixed-line phone company Telefonos de Mexico SA says its second-quarter profits fell 13 percent as it faced stronger competition. The company, owned by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, reported Tuesday that second-quarter net profits fell ...
Commonwealth Bank of Australia discusses buying ABN Amro branch
Jul 23, 2008 ... Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd., the country's largest lender, said Wednesday it has entered exclusive talks to buy the local arm of Dutch investment bank ABN Amro. "The proposal is incomplete, subject to further negotiation and subject to signing a final, binding ...
Commonwealth Bank of Australia discusses buying ABN Amro branch
Jul 23, 2008 ... Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd., the country's largest lender, said Wednesday it has entered exclusive talks to buy the local arm of Dutch investment bank ABN Amro. "The proposal is incomplete, subject to further negotiation and subject to signing a final, binding ...
ATP-Rogers Cup Results
Jul 23, 2008 ... Results Tuesday from the Rogers Cup, a US$2.6 million (1.65 million) ATP Masters Series event on hardcourts at Rexall Centre (seedings in parentheses): Singles First Round Tommy Haas, Germany, def. Carlos Moya, Spain, 6-3, 6-2. Marin Cilic, Croatia, ...
ATP-Rogers Cup Results
Jul 23, 2008 ... Results Tuesday from the Rogers Cup, a US$2.6 million (euro1.65 million) ATP Masters Series event on hardcourts at Rexall Centre (seedings in parentheses): Singles First Round Tommy Haas, Germany, def. Carlos Moya, Spain, 6-3, 6-2. Marin Cilic, ...
Indian government survives confidence vote, reviving US nuclear deal
Jul 23, 2008; ... India's government has survived a confidence vote, clearing the way for the revival of a landmark nuclear energy deal with the United States that is at the center of an emerging partnership between the two countries. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Congress party fought hard to ...
Indian government survives confidence vote, reviving US nuclear deal
Jul 23, 2008; ... India's government has survived a confidence vote, clearing the way for the revival of a landmark nuclear energy deal with the United States that is at the center of an emerging partnership between the two countries. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Congress party fought hard to ...
Mexico's Telmex reports 2Q profits down 13 percent against stronger competition
Jul 23, 2008 ... Mexican fixed-line phone company Telefonos de Mexico SA says its second-quarter profits fell 13 percent as it faced stronger competition. The company, owned by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, reported Tuesday that second-quarter net profits fell ...
Mexico's Telmex reports 2Q profits down 13 percent against stronger competition
Jul 23, 2008 ... Mexican fixed-line phone company Telefonos de Mexico SA says its second-quarter profits fell 13 percent as it faced stronger competition. The company, owned by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, reported Tuesday that second-quarter net profits fell ...
Flight with 7 Texas congressmen makes emergency landing in Louisiana; no injuries reported
Jul 23, 2008; ... A Continental Airlines flight carrying former presidential candidate Ron Paul and six other members of Congress to Washington, D.C., made an emergency landing in New Orleans on Tuesday after a loss in cabin pressure. The seven congressmen, all from Texas, were trying to get back in ...
Flight with 7 Texas congressmen makes emergency landing in Louisiana; no injuries reported
Jul 23, 2008; ... A Continental Airlines flight carrying former presidential candidate Ron Paul and six other members of Congress to Washington, D.C., made an emergency landing in New Orleans on Tuesday after a loss in cabin pressure. The seven congressmen, all from Texas, were trying to get back in ...
New York priest pleads guilty to charges of raping 3 boys in Massachusetts in the 1970s, 1980s
Jul 23, 2008 ... A Franciscan priest from New York pleaded guilty to raping three teenage boys during overnight trips to Boston in the 1970s and 1980s and was ordered Tuesday to serve time on probation. The Rev. Frank Genevieve avoided prison time as a Suffolk Superior Court judge sentenced him to a ...
New York priest pleads guilty to charges of raping 3 boys in Massachusetts in the 1970s, 1980s
Jul 23, 2008 ... A Franciscan priest from New York pleaded guilty to raping three teenage boys during overnight trips to Boston in the 1970s and 1980s and was ordered Tuesday to serve time on probation. The Rev. Frank Genevieve avoided prison time as a Suffolk Superior Court judge sentenced him to a ...
High TB rates in immigrants highlight need for better US infection control, CDC study says
Jul 23, 2008; ... Tuberculosis cases continue to fall in the United States, but some immigrants have disturbingly high rates of the disease, according to a study released Tuesday that called for more aggressive action. TB rates were highest among residents from lower Africa and parts of Southeast Asia ....
High TB rates in immigrants highlight need for better US infection control, CDC study says
Jul 23, 2008; ... Tuberculosis cases continue to fall in the United States, but some immigrants have disturbingly high rates of the disease, according to a study released Tuesday that called for more aggressive action. TB rates were highest among residents from lower Africa and parts of Southeast Asia ....
Asafa Powell beats world record-holder Usain Bolt in 100-meter showdown, clocking 9.88 seconds
Jul 23, 2008; ... Asafa Powell took on the world's fastest man with every intention of beating him to the finish line. Usain Bolt just couldn't catch up in time. Powell capitalized on Bolt's weak start and edged the world record-holder by one-hundredth of a second, leading from start to ...
Asafa Powell beats world record-holder Usain Bolt in 100-meter showdown, clocking 9.88 seconds
Jul 23, 2008; ... Asafa Powell took on the world's fastest man with every intention of beating him to the finish line. Usain Bolt just couldn't catch up in time. Powell capitalized on Bolt's weak start and edged the world record-holder by one-hundredth of a second, leading from start to ...
25 years later, Sri Lankan artists come to terms with anti-Tamil riots that sparked war
Jul 23, 2008; ... Anoma Rajakaruna has warm memories of her childhood in the diverse suburb of Panadura, where she went to the market and the pharmacy with her mother and chatted with neighbors in a mixture of English, Sinhalese and Tamil. Then bloody riots targeting minority Tamils exploded across the ...
25 years later, Sri Lankan artists come to terms with anti-Tamil riots that sparked war
Jul 23, 2008; ... Anoma Rajakaruna has warm memories of her childhood in the diverse suburb of Panadura, where she went to the market and the pharmacy with her mother and chatted with neighbors in a mixture of English, Sinhalese and Tamil. Then bloody riots targeting minority Tamils exploded across the ...
Alternates for US women's gymnastics team might be headed to China after all
Jul 23, 2008 ... The Chinese Gymnastics Association gave the U.S. women's team permission to train at one of its gyms in Tianjian, China on Tuesday, and the alternates are in the process of applying for visas. "We are now working on making the final decision on the training location," said ...
Alternates for US women's gymnastics team might be headed to China after all
Jul 23, 2008 ... The Chinese Gymnastics Association gave the U.S. women's team permission to train at one of its gyms in Tianjian, China on Tuesday, and the alternates are in the process of applying for visas. "We are now working on making the final decision on the training location," said ...
Dolly now a hurricane, is set to hit Texas coast
Jul 23, 2008; ... Dolly spun into a hurricane Tuesday, heading toward the U.S.-Mexico border and the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley, where officials feared heavy rains could cause massive flooding and levee breaks. Dolly was upgraded from a tropical storm ...
WTA-East West Bank Classic Results
Jul 23, 2008 ... Results Tuesday from the East West Bank Classic, a $600,000 (377,000) WTA Tour event on hardcourts at the Home Depot Center (seedings in parentheses): Singles First Round Nadia Petrova (9), Russia, def. Alina Jidkova, Russia, 6-0, 6-4. Peng Shuai, ...