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2009-04-10 13:47	AFP	Georgia president's foes block streets TBILISI (AFP) - Thousands of protesters Friday blocked streets in the Georgian capital and vowed widespread civil disobedience as President Mikheil Saakashvili rejected mounting opposition calls to resign....
2009-04-10 13:47	AFP	Obama sees 'glimmers of hope' for US economy WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama said Friday he saw "glimmers of hope" that the US economy may be wrestling free of a paralyzing recession, but warned of "a lot of work" yet to nurse it back to health....
2009-04-10 13:47	AFP	World oil glut raises risk of recovery 'crunch': IEA PARIS (AFP) - The world is awash with oil and the glut is crimping investment in new fields for the day when demand pulls out of a "relentless" plunge, the IEA said on Friday....
2009-04-10 13:47	AFP	Campbell clings to Masters golf lead AUGUSTA, Georgia (AFP) - American Chad Campbell, seeking his first major title, clung to a three-stroke lead during Friday's second round of the 73rd Masters after a pair of bogeys in windy Amen Corner set him back....
2009-04-10 13:47	AFP	Cycling chief defends Armstrong over 'shower' case PARIS (AFP) - Cycling chief Pat McQuaid hit out Friday at France's anti-doping authority (AFLD) over its handling of the Lance Armstrong 'shower' case....
2009-04-10 13:47	AFP	Selective abortion causes 32mln excess China males PARIS (AFP) - Selective abortion in favour of males has left China with 32 million more boys than girls, creating an imbalance that will endure for decades, an investigation released on Friday warned....
2009-04-10 13:47	AFP	Turkmenistan 'flexing muscles' in Russia gas tiff ALMATY (AFP) - Turkmenistan's rebuke of Russia over a pipeline explosion this week reflects the Central Asian state's unease over Moscow's reliability but is unlikely to spark a new "gas war," analysts said....
2009-04-10 13:47	AFP	Inter did everything to help Adriano: Mourinho MILAN, Italy (AFP) - Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho said on Friday that the club had done everything possible to help troubled striker Adriano, who on Thursday announced from Rio de Janeiro that he would be taking a sabbatical....
2009-04-10 13:47	AFP	Thousands gather for Georgia protests TBILISI (AFP) - At least 25,000 protesters gathered outside Georgia's parliament Friday for the start of a second day of demonstrations aimed at ousting President Mikheil Saakashvili, an AFP reporter said....
2009-04-10 13:47	AFP	Five US soldiers among dead in Iraq truck bombing MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) - Five US soldiers were among those killed in a suicide truck bombing in Iraq's restive northern city of Mosul on Friday, a US army statement said....
2009-04-10 13:47	AFP	US captain fails in attempt to escape from pirates WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US ship captain being held hostage by pirates off Somalia jumped off the lifeboat where he was being held early Friday but failed to escape his captors, US networks reported....
2009-04-10 13:47	AP Top News	Pirates recapture US hostage after escape attempt NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The American captain held hostage by four Somali pirates made a desperate escape attempt Friday by trying to swim to freedom but was recaptured after they fired shots, and officials said other pirates were sailing to the scene in hijacked ships with other captives aboard. A Somali in contact with a pirate leader said the captors want a ransom and are ready to kill the hostage, Capt. Richard Phillips, if attacked....
2009-04-10 13:47	AP Top News	Angels mourn death of rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jim Adenhart walked to the empty pitcher's mound in Angels Stadium where his son spent the last night of his life. He spent several quiet moments there, briefly covering his eyes with one hand. The shock of Nick Adenhart's death early Thursday in a car wreck caused by a suspected drunk driver was beginning to sink in for family, teammates and fans of the Los Angeles Angels rookie. Adenhart's death came hours after his best showing yet in the major leagues....
2009-04-10 13:47	AP International	Dog Star: Fetching Work in Films (Hollywood) (AP) - <...
2009-04-10 13:47	AP International	CB Richard Ellis CEO compensation fell 45 percent DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) ? The chief executive for commercial real estate services company CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. saw his total compensation for 2008 fall 45 percent as he declined a performance-based bonus....
2009-04-10 13:47	AP International	Novellus CEO 2008 compensation falls 78 percent NEW YORK (AP) - NEW YORK (AP) ? The chairman and chief executive of Novellus Systems Inc. received compensation valued at $928,769 in 2008, a 78 percent decline for a year that the chip manufacturing equipment maker said offered "unprecedented challenges."...
2009-04-10 13:47	AP International	Novellus CEO 2008 compensation falls 78 percent NEW YORK (AP) - NEW YORK (AP) ? The chairman and chief executive of Novellus Systems Inc. received compensation valued at $928,769 in 2008, a 78 percent decline for a year that the chip manufacturing equipment maker said offered "unprecedented challenges."...
2009-04-10 13:42	AFP	Obama sees 'glimmers of hope' for US economy WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama said Friday he saw "glimmers of hope" that the US economy may be wrestling free of a paralyzing recession, but warned of "a lot of work" yet to nurse it back to health....
2009-04-10 13:42	AFP	Cycling chief defends Armstrong over 'shower' case PARIS (AFP) - Cycling chief Pat McQuaid hit out Friday at France's anti-doping authority (AFLD) over its handling of the Lance Armstrong 'shower' case....
2009-04-10 13:42	AFP	Georgia president's foes block streets TBILISI (AFP) - Thousands of protesters Friday blocked streets in the Georgian capital and vowed widespread civil disobedience as President Mikheil Saakashvili rejected mounting opposition calls to resign....
2009-04-10 13:42	AFP	Georgian president's foes vow 'disobedience' TBILISI (AFP) - Protesters in Georgia moved to block streets in the capital and vowed widespread civil disobedience Friday after President Mikheil Saakashvili rejected calls to resign in the face of mass rallies....
2009-04-10 13:42	AFP	Thousands gather for Georgia protests TBILISI (AFP) - At least 25,000 protesters gathered outside Georgia's parliament Friday for the start of a second day of demonstrations aimed at ousting President Mikheil Saakashvili, an AFP reporter said....
2009-04-10 13:42	AP Top News	Pirates recapture US hostage after escape attempt NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The American captain held hostage by four Somali pirates made a desperate escape attempt Friday by trying to swim to freedom but was recaptured after they fired shots, and officials said other pirates were sailing to the scene in hijacked ships with other captives aboard. A Somali in contact with a pirate leader said the captors want a ransom and are ready to kill the hostage, Capt. Richard Phillips, if attacked....
2009-04-10 13:42	AP Top News	Tears, tributes as Italy mourns its quake dead L'AQUILA, Italy (AP) - It was a scene that moved a nation: mourners clinging to one another and sobbing over neat rows of more than 200 coffins, some with tiny children's caskets resting on top. Italians joined in a collective outpouring of grief on Good Friday as victims of Italy's most devastating earthquake in a generation were remembered at an open-air funeral Mass in hard-hit L'Aquila....
2009-04-10 13:42	AP Top News	Search of tornado-hit city finds no new casualties MENA, Ark. (AP) - A tornado that swept through this mountain community killed three people and injured at least 30 others, authorities said Friday after concluding a house-to-house search. Polk County Sheriff Mike Oglesby told The Associated Press that searchers found no new victims during their search of Mena and the surrounding area, and he said there were no reports of missing persons....
2009-04-10 13:42	AP International	AP-EU--APNewsAlert, EU PARIS (AP) - PARIS (AP) ? French president's office says one hostage, two pirates die as Navy frees French boat off Somalia....
2009-04-10 13:42	AP International	Deadliest attacks on US troops in Iraq since 2008 (AP) - Some of the deadliest attacks and combat-related air disasters suffered by U.S. troops in Iraq in 2008 and 2009:...
2009-04-10 13:42	AP International	China offers compromise on North Korea HAS TRIM (AP) - HAS TRIM () ?...
2009-04-10 13:42	AP International	Vatican denies it vetoed US choice for ambassador, EU VATICAN CITY (AP) - VATICAN CITY (AP) ? The Vatican is denying that it has rejected several candidates for U.S. ambassador to the Holy See because of their support for abortion rights....
2009-04-10 13:42	AP International	China's birth limits create dangerous gender gap, AS BEIJING (AP) - BEIJING (AP) ? China has 32 million more young men than young women ? a gender gap that could lead to increasing crime ? because parents facing strict birth limits abort female fetuses to have a son, a study released Friday said....
2009-04-10 13:42	AP International	Algerian Bouteflika wins 3rd presidential term ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) ? Incumbent Abdelaziz Bouteflika won a third term as president of Algeria after an election marred by six terror attacks and the killing of a police officer, the interior minister said Friday....
2009-04-10 13:42	AP International	Iraqi PM talks business with Russian leaders MOSCOW (AP) - MOSCOW (AP) ? Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met with Russia's leaders on Friday to discuss Russia's push for a bigger role in Iraq's oil and gas industry....
2009-04-10 13:42	AP International	Berlusconi says 4 Romanians arrested for looting, EU ROME (AP) - ROME (AP) ? Italian Premier Sivlio Berlusconi says authorities in the earthquake zone have arrested four Romanian citizens on suspicion of looting....
2009-04-10 13:32	AFP	Campbell clings to Masters golf lead AUGUSTA, Georgia (AFP) - American Chad Campbell, seeking his first major title, clung to a three-stroke lead during Friday's second round of the 73rd Masters after a pair of bogeys in windy Amen Corner set him back....
2009-04-10 13:32	AP Top News	Obama says economy showing 'glimmers of hope' WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama said Friday the economy is showing "glimmers of hope" despite continuing stresses and signaled more steps to brighten the business climate. Obama commented to reporters after meeting at the White House with members of his economic team, including Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, economic adviser Larry Summers and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke....
2009-04-10 13:32	AP Top News	Faithful gather for Good Friday in Jerusalem JERUSALEM (AP) - Thousands of Christian clergymen, worshippers and pilgrims thronged the alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City, chanting hymns and bearing crosses as they marked Good Friday by retracing Jesus' final footsteps. Hundreds attended prayers Friday morning at Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where Christian tradition says Jesus was crucified and resurrected....
2009-04-10 13:32	AP Top News	Angels mourn death of rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jim Adenhart walked to the empty pitcher's mound in Angels Stadium where his son spent the last night of his life. He spent several quiet moments there, briefly covering his eyes with one hand. The shock of Nick Adenhart's death early Thursday in a car wreck caused by a suspected drunk driver was beginning to sink in for family, teammates and fans of the Los Angeles Angels rookie. Adenhart's death came hours after his best showing yet in the major leagues....
2009-04-10 13:32	AP International	Lawmakers Push to Reduce Threat of Wildfires (Washn) (AP) - WASHINGTON -- As a federal prosecutor, Adam Schiff struggled to tie an accused arsonist to a string of fires in California's San Bernardino National Forest....
2009-04-10 13:25	Reuters UK	Microsoft, Yahoo talking on search deal: report
2009-04-10 13:22	AFP	US hostage skipper makes failed break for freedom MOGADISHU (AFP) - An American skipper held on a lifeboat by Somali pirates dived into the sea Friday in a dramatic break for freedom before being hauled back onboard, US networks said, as his captors demanded a ransom....
2009-04-10 13:22	AFP	Algeria's Bouteflika re-elected in landslide ALGIERS (AFP) - Veteran President Abdelaziz Bouteflika won a third term Friday after results showed he garnered 90 percent of votes in an Algerian vote marred by sporadic violence and boycotted by his main foes....
2009-04-10 13:22	AP International	Obama declines to answer questions on piracy WASHINGTON (AP) - WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama has declined for a second day to answer questions about the Somali piracy standoff....
2009-04-10 13:22	AP International	Half of housing grants used to buy foreclosures (AP) - Just over half of a new $4 billion federal housing program approved late last year will go to purchase and fix up foreclosed homes nationwide, a study released this week showed....
2009-04-10 13:17	AFP	US hostage skipper makes failed break for freedom MOGADISHU (AFP) - An American skipper held on a lifeboat by Somali pirates dived into the sea Friday in a dramatic break for freedom before being hauled back onboard, US networks said, as his captors demanded a ransom....
2009-04-10 13:17	AFP	Algeria's Bouteflika re-elected in landslide ALGIERS (AFP) - Veteran President Abdelaziz Bouteflika won a third term Friday after results showed he garnered 90 percent of votes in an Algerian vote marred by sporadic violence and boycotted by his main foes....
2009-04-10 13:17	AFP	Christian pilgrims flock to Holy City JERUSALEM (AFP) - Thousands of Christian pilgrims from around the world poured into the Holy City of Jerusalem under sunny skies on Friday to pray along the traditional route Jesus took to his crucifixion....
2009-04-10 13:17	AP Top News	Search of tornado-hit city finds no new casualties MENA, Ark. (AP) - The search and rescue operation in an Arkansas city where a tornado touched down has concluded with no further dead or injured being found. Authorities say three people died and more than 30 were injured after the Thursday night storm cut a path through the western Arkansas city of Mena....
2009-04-10 13:07	AP International	A look at stamp prices between 1919 to present (AP) - A look at stamp prices between 1919 to present....
2009-04-10 13:07	AP International	(wap) (ATTN: National, Education editors) (AP) - WASHINGTON ? Neal Lerner is the third child in his family to apply to college. For his mom, Janet, and dad, Chris, it's a little like being on autopilot....
2009-04-10 13:02	AP International	(wap) (ATTN: National, Education editors) (AP) - WASHINGTON ? More than 50 years after the Supreme Court outlawed school segregation in Brown vs. Board of Education, you don't have to live in the wealthiest neighborhoods to obtain a challenging public education in the Washington area. Particularly in the suburbs, high school students of all backgrounds can avail themselves of high-level honors, Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate classes ? or attend specialized magnet programs....


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