The America's Intelligence Wire articles from April 2007

The America's Intelligence Wire archives from April 2007

Thursday.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Regions THE OKLAHOMA City Airport Trust will issue $25 million of junior-lien revenue bonds later this month to finance construction of a new 1,400-space parking garage at Will Rogers World Airport. 7 THE ALPINE...

Change Rules in D.C.@sh#New Mayor, Big Projects Highlight 2007.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Andrew Ackerman The District of Columbia is in the midst of the largest turnover in its leadership since Congress granted it home rule in 1973, but city officials are promising to keep spending under...

Spitzer's Unveils Agenda.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Ted Phillips New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer yesterday in his first state of the state speech laid out an ambitious slate of proposed changes that would affect the budget process, how borrowing authorities...

Trends in the Region: Florida MLB Projects Get Grant-Backed Boost.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Shelly Sigo Major League Baseball teams will benefit from nearly $170 million in improvements at spring training facilities in Florida thanks to state grants announced on Tuesday that will be used to...

In Brief: FOMC Minutes for Dec. 6 Cite Housing, Inflation Risk.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Nicole M. Smith Though evidence shows the economy is likely to expand at a "moderate pace," the Federal Open Market Committee opted to hold the federal funds rate at 5.25% during its last meeting, saying...

In Brief: Construction Spending Dips 0.2% to $1.184 Trillion.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Nicole M. Smith Spending on construction projects fell 0.2% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.184 trillion in November, while private construction decreased 0.6% and public construction rose 1.0%,...

In Brief: Treasury 4-Weeks Go At 4.760% High Yield.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Nicole M. Smith The Treasury Department yesterday auctioned $8 billion of four-week bills at a 4.760% high yield, a price of 99.629778. The coupon equivalent was 4.844%. The bid-to-cover ratio was...

Munis Unchanged Following Strong Data.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Matthew Posner Stronger-than-expected economic data left the municipal market unchanged with a firm tone on long bonds at the close of the session yesterday. This came after a slight rally at the start of...

Enforcement: Controversial Administrative Law Judge McEwen Retires From SEC.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Lynn Hume Administrative Law Judge Lillian A. McEwen -- who issued controversial "initial decisions" favoring bond counsel Ira Weiss and former broker Mark David Anderson in muni enforcement cases that...

People: Tom Weyl Takes Over as NFMAChair; Others Assume New Posts.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Lynn Hume Tom Weyl, vice president and manager of municipal research at Eaton Vance Management in Boston, became the new chairman of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts earlier this week. ...

Municipal Bond Activities.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Lynn Hume January 25-26 National Federation of Municipal Analysts will hold an advanced seminar on real estate-backed bonds at the Grand Hyatt Denver. For more information or to register, visit...

Guarantors: S&P: Competition Remains, While Consolidation Unlikely for Bond Insurers.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Matthew Hanson Competition is fierce right now in a municipal bond insurance industry that has swollen to include nine companies in recent years. But a discerning look back suggests that it could be...

Results of Negotiated Sales.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Matthew Hanson COLORADO El Paso County Dec 22, 2006 $35,000,000 Weekly Variable Rate Demand Revenue Bonds (Young Men's Christian Association of the Pikes Peak Region Project), Series 2006 (Letter of Credit...

Results of Competitive Sales.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Matthew Hanson CALIFORNIA Washington Union School District Jan 3, 2007 $9,010,000 2007 General Obligation Refunding Bonds (book entry). Dated Jan 25, 2007. Due Mar 1, 2007 to Sep 1, 2041. ...

Plain/Insured GO Yield Curves for Jan. 2, 2007*.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Matthew Hanson State Ratings One-Year Five-Year 10-Year 30-Year Virginia Aaa/AAA/AAA 3.51 / 3.51 3.55 / 3.60 3.71 / 3.78 4.07 / 4.12 North Carolina Aa1/AAA/AAA 3.51 / 3.51 3.56 / 3.63 3.72 / 3.81 4.07 /...

FLORIDA: Tornado Won't Damage Rating.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Shelly Sigo Moody's Investors Service last Friday affirmed its Baa3 underlying rating on Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's $179.8 million of outstanding revenue bonds following a category F2 tornado...

KENTUCKY: Spending the Surplus.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Shelly Sigo The Kentucky General Assembly began an organizational session on Tuesday amid talk of using an anticipated $279 million surplus and authorizing bonds for university projects. The session...

U.S. Securities Prices.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Shelly Sigo Prices as of 3 p.m. ET. Source: GovPx Inc. Treasury Bills Yesterday's Prev. Day's Yesterday's (in percent of discount) Bid/Offer Bid/Offer Bid Yield 1M -- 1/25/2007 4.630/620 4.668/658...

Short-Term Tax-Exempt Yields.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Shelly Sigo Jan 3, 2007 Jan 2, 2007 Jan 4, 2006 Selected MIG-1/SP-1+ Notes California Rans 4 1/2s (June 07) 3.40 3.43 3.17 Los Angeles Co Trans 4 1/2s (June 07) 3.40 3.44 3.15 Michigan GO 4 1/4s (Sept 07)...

Market Indicators.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Shelly Sigo Dollar amounts are in millions Day's 2006 2006 Daily Yesterday Change High Date Low Date Municipal Bond Index 116-12 +5/32 118-12 (12/1) 111-05 (7/5) 40 Average Dollar Price 100.80 +0.13 104.98...

New-Issue Balances.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Shelly Sigo (,000 Omitted) *Since initial reoffering +Revised upward since last report Amount Date NEW OFFERINGS Sold Balance $33,000 1/3 Anoka Co. Regl. Railroad Auth., Minn. $26,835 $6,165 17,110 1/3...

Municipal Bond Prices.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Shelly Sigo These 40 Bonds are evaluated and priced daily by Standard & Poor's Securities Evaluations Inc. All figures are rounded to the nearest eighth when reported in this table. "Change in...

Municipal Bond Index.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Shelly Sigo Current Day Previous Day Week Ago Month Ago Year Ago The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index 116-12 116-07 116-13 118-01 114-12 Wednesday, January 3, 2007 Maturity Par Call Dollar Conversion...

Vermont Agency Readies $55M for Hospital in Burlington.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Jonna Stark The Vermont Educational and Health Buildings Financing Agency next week will sell $55 million of fixed-rate revenue bonds to complete financing for a major hospital project in Burlington. ...

Utah's Fast-Growing Alpine School District to Sell $111M.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Elizabeth Albanese The Alpine School District, considered among the fastest-growing school systems in Utah, will go to market next week with an offering of up to $111.3 million of gilt-edged general...

Campaign Finance Reform: Federal Judge Expounds on Injunction in SIFMA Case.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Lynn Hume The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association won a partial victory in federal court Tuesday night when a judge granted a temporary injunction blocking Connecticut from publicly...

Oklahoma City Airport Trust Plans $25 Million Garage Deal.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Jim Watts The Oklahoma City Airport Trust will issue $25 million of junior-lien revenue bonds later this month to finance construction of a new 1,400-space parking garage at Will Rogers World Airport. ...

People: N.Y.C. Transit President Resigns as Administration Changes.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Ted Phillips Lawrence G. Reuter, president of New York City Transit, resigned yesterday, adding his name to a list of top officials announcing their departure from New York's Metropolitan Transportation...

Competitive Bond Offerings.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Ted Phillips Letter F next to the issuer's name signifies the Official Notice of Sale is available on the internet! Go to www.bondbuyer.com A letter "P" signifies that a link to the POS is on the Bond...

Competitive Note Offerings.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Ted Phillips Tentative dates for negotiated sales of $1 million or more. Letter F next to the issuer's name signifies the Official Notice of Sale is available on the internet! Go to www.bondbuyer.com A...

Negotiated Bond Offerings.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Ted Phillips Tentative dates for negotiated sales of $1 million or more. ISSUER ST DESCRIPTION AMOUNT ($000s) LEAD MANAGER FINANCIAL ADVISER INSURER MDY'S S&P FITCH FIRST APPEARED Week Of January 1 Solana...

Trends in the Region: Southeast Invisible Supply.
April 1, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Ted Phillips Approval Underwriter Expected Issuer and purpose Amount* status choice sale date ALABAMA Birmingham Jefferson convention rev. bonds $600 P 2007 FLORIDA Miami-Dade County aviation bonds $600 A...

AT&T negotiating for stake in Italy's largest telecom company.
April 1, 2007... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: NASSER KARIMI AT&T Inc. announced Sunday it is in negotiations to buy a major stake in Italy's largest telecommunications company, Telecom Italia S.p.A. The proposal, which expires at the end of...

Picking teams.
April 1, 2007... (From Employee Benefit News) Byline: Chris Silva and Lynn Gresham Companies outsourcing their business functions have routinely bundled recruitment into the HRO portion of the package. However, an increasingly tighter labor market has...

Calgary's ACG Chapter Rides The Wave of the City's Robust Growth.
April 1, 2007... (From Mergers & Acquisitions, The Dealmaker's Journal) Byline: Clark Grue Calgary is the fastest growing corporate center in Canada and the country's third city to form an ACG chapter. Achieving chapter status in just 18 months, our...

AT&T negotiating for stake in Italy's largest telecom company.
April 2, 2007... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: JIM KUHNHENN AT&T Inc. announced Sunday it is in negotiations to buy a major stake in Italy's largest telecommunications company, Telecom Italia S.p.A. The proposal, which expires at the end of...

Pirelli, Telecom Italia shares surge on talks with AT&T.
April 2, 2007... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MICHAEL CASEY Shares of tire-to-telecoms group Pirelli & C. surged in early trading on the Milan stock exchange Monday after the company announced it is in exclusive talks with US telecoms giant AT&T Inc....

Georgia Power, Partners To Restore Georgia Oyster Habitat.
April 2, 2007... (From FinancialWire) FinancialWire-2 April 2007-Georgia Power, Partners To Restore Georgia Oyster Habitat (C)2007 Investrend Communications, Inc. April 2, 2007 (FinancialWire) Southern Co. s (NYSE: SO) Georgia Power, along with...

Airline sector supported as AirTran lifts offer for Midwest.
April 2, 2007... (From Marketwatch (Stories)) Byline: KATHARINE HOURELD NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Airline shares traded mixed early Monday though Midwest Air Group's stock climbed about 8% on a higher takeover offer from AirTran Holdings Inc., a move...

Pirelli, Telecom Italia shares surge on talks with AT&T.
April 2, 2007... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: COLLEEN BARRY Italian officials defended their desire Monday to keep Telecom Italia in Italian hands after the controlling shareholder announced it was in talks to sell a majority stake to US telecoms...

Former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger Named ERC's Vice Chair.
April 2, 2007... (From US Newswire) Byline: DANICA KIRKA WASHINGTON, April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Scott Harshbarger, a former Massachusetts Attorney General who later headed the citizen's lobby Common Cause, has been named vice chair of the...

Clarification: U.S. Doping Raid story.
April 2, 2007... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: NATASHA LISOVA In a story of March 7, The Associated Press quoted former Major League Baseball relief pitcher John Rocker saying he was advised by physicians to buy non-prescription growth hormones to...

U. Massachusetts: Stem cell research stemming debate at U. Massachusetts.
April 2, 2007... (From University Wire) Byline: Zac Cummings University of Massachusetts President Jack M. Wilson expressed his support on Friday in response to Governor Patrick's recent proposal to reverse Massachusetts state restrictions on stem cell...

New century Classes reviewed.
April 2, 2007... (From National Mortgage News) Byline: Amilda Dymi Five certificates from New Century Home Equity Loan Trust series 2006-S1 have been placed on review for possible downgrade by Moody's Investors Service. The affected certificates are...

MASTR TRANCHES downgraded.
April 2, 2007... (From National Mortgage News) Byline: Amilda Dymi Three tranches from two deals issued by MASTR Second Lien Trust have been downgraded by Moody's Investors Service, and one tranche has been placed under review for possible downgrade....

GSAMP certificate ratings slip.
April 2, 2007... (From National Mortgage News) Byline: Amilda Dymi Six certificates from three GSAMP Trust deals issued in 2006 have been downgraded by Moody's Investors Service. The downgrades were as follows: series 2006-S1, class B-2, from Ba2...

ACE certificates scrutinized.
April 2, 2007... (From National Mortgage News) Byline: Amilda Dymi Four certificates from Ace Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust have been placed on review for possible downgrade by Moody's Investors Service. The affected securities are classes...

Pharmaceuticals Invest Record $155 Million On Federal Lobbying.
April 3, 2007... (From FinancialWire) Byline: NANCY ARMOUR FinancialWire-3 April 2007-Pharmaceuticals Invest Record $155 Million On Federal Lobbying (C)2007 Investrend Communications, Inc. April 3, 2007 (FinancialWire) Drug companies and their...

Tortoise Energy Sells $70 Million Of Senior Notes.
April 3, 2007... (From FinancialWire) Byline: MERAIAH FOLEY FinancialWire-3 April 2007-Tortoise Energy Sells $70 Million Of Senior Notes (C)2007 Investrend Communications, Inc. April 3, 2007 (FinancialWire) Tortoise Energy Capital Corp. (NYSE:...

U. Utah: EDITORIAL: U. Utah student gov't thinks big, but should think big picture.
April 3, 2007... (From University Wire) Byline: Theodore Wolff Criticizing student government, at any university but specifically here at the University of Utah, is as easy as getting an A in an online class. Then again, it's easy to criticize...

Rutgers: Rutgers faculty recommends guidelines for merger.
April 3, 2007... (From University Wire) Byline: Michael Huang Five years ago, a proposed plan to merge New Jersey's state institutions -- Rutgers University, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and the New Jersey Institute of...

U. Utah: Spiritual guru holds seminar for U. Utah students, city leaders.
April 3, 2007... (From University Wire) Byline: Parker Williams Indian spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar spoke Friday night at the Marriott University Park Hotel near the University of Utah, and while the audience was smaller than some he has spoken...

Eni-Neftegaz wins auction of Yukos assets.
April 4, 2007... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: TERESA CEROJANO The Eni-Neftegaz company, reportedly an affiliate of Italy's Eni SpA, won an auction Wednesday for an array of assets of the bankrupt Russian oil giant OAO Yukos, including a 20 percent...

Eni-Neftegaz wins auction of Yukos assets.
April 4, 2007... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: ALEX NICHOLSON The Eni-Neftegaz company, reportedly an affiliate of Italy's Eni SpA, won an auction Wednesday for an array of assets of the bankrupt Russian oil giant OAO Yukos, including a 20 percent...

Japanese stocks rise robustly for 2nd session, led by techs, autos shares.
April 4, 2007... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: ASHOK SHARMA Japanese stocks rose robustly for a second session Wednesday as Wall Street's overnight rally helped lift technology and auto shares. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 300.04 points, or...

EniNeftegaz wins auction of Yukos assets.
April 4, 2007... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: ALEX NICHOLSON The Italian company EniNeftegaz company won an auction Wednesday for an array of assets of the bankrupt Russian oil giant OAO Yukos, including a 20 percent stake of the oil division of...

128 Japanese exhibited abnormal behavior after Tamiflu use: report.
April 4, 2007... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: JANE WARDELL More than 100 mostly young people in Japan have exhibited abnormal, sometimes dangerous, behavior after taking the influenza drug Tamiflu, a news report said Wednesday citing a study by the...

EniNeftegaz wins auction of Yukos assets.
April 4, 2007... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: ALEX NICHOLSON A joint venture between Italian energy companies Eni SpA and Enel SpA won an auction Wednesday for an array of assets of the bankrupt Russian oil giant OAO Yukos, including a 20-percent...

Firm Argues Against Sirius/XM Merger.
April 4, 2007... (From FinancialWire) FinancialWire-4 April 2007-Firm Argues Against Sirius/XM Merger (C)2007 Investrend Communications, Inc. April 4, 2007 (FinancialWire) Research firm Carmel Group argued against the intended merger of satellite radio...

NYSE To Close Landmark $11 Billion Acquisition Of Euronext.
April 4, 2007... (From FinancialWire) FinancialWire-4 April 2007-NYSE To Close Landmark $11 Billion Acquisition Of Euronext (C)2007 Investrend Communications, Inc. April 4, 2007 (FinancialWire) NYSE Group Inc. (NYSE: NYX) will close its $11 billion...

Borders To Offer $250 Million Of Senior Notes.
April 4, 2007... (From FinancialWire) FinancialWire-4 April 2007-Borders To Offer $250 Million Of Senior Notes (C)2007 Investrend Communications, Inc. April 4, 2007 (FinancialWire) Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE: BGP) plans to offer $250 million of...

EniNeftegaz wins auction of Yukos assets.
April 4, 2007... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: ALEX NICHOLSON Two Italian energy giants won an auction for an array of assets of the bankrupt Yukos oil company on Wednesday and quickly offered to bolster the Kremlin's control of energy sector by...

UPDATE 1-Treasurys rise after clutch of weak data reports.
April 4, 2007... (From Marketwatch (Stories)) Byline: ROBERT WIELAARD NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Treasurys were higher Wednesday, sending yields lower, after reports pointing to soft jobs growth and smaller-than-expected monthly increases in factory...

UPDATE 2-Treasurys rise after clutch of weak data reports.
April 4, 2007... (From Marketwatch (Stories)) Byline: ROBERT WIELAARD NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Treasurys were higher Wednesday, sending yields lower, after reports pointing to soft jobs growth and smaller-than-expected monthly increases in factory...

Rutgers: Lack of funding to eliminate Rutgers scholarship program.
April 4, 2007... (From University Wire) Byline: Cassie Bobotas New students admitted for the 2007-2008 academic year may see less of a reason financially to attend Rutgers University because the primary merit scholarship program has not been carried on...

U. Utah: Political opponents to debate at U. Utah despite graduation conflict.
April 4, 2007... (From University Wire) Byline: Rochelle McConkie Students can witness a political pummeling between Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson and conservative commentator Sean Hannity at an on-campus debate May 4. Although the date...

MICHIGAN: Hackley Hospital Lowered.
April 4, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Yvette Shields Moody's Investors Service last week downgraded to Baa2 from Baa1 its rating on Hackley Hospital's $18.4 million of outstanding debt sold in 1998 through the Michigan State Hospital Finance...

Rare striped rabbit caught on camera in Indonesia.
April 5, 2007... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: NANCY ZUCKERBROD One of the world's rarest rabbits was spotted in Indonesia for just the third time in the past 35 years, underscoring the importance of conserving the region's threatened rain forests, a...

Flip-flop by Moody's gets failing grade.
April 5, 2007... (From Financial Post) Byline: ALI AKBAR DAREINI The value of credit ratings agencies was downgraded by investment industry insiders yesterday after Moody's Investors Service backtracked from an earlier revision of its methodology for...

Swiss Drug Maker Roche To Acquire BioVeris For $600 Million.
April 5, 2007... (From FinancialWire) Byline: BASSEM MROUE FinancialWire-5 April 2007-Swiss Drug Maker Roche To Acquire BioVeris For $600 Million (C)2007 Investrend Communications, Inc. April 5, 2007 (FinancialWire) Roche Holding AG (OTC: RHHBF)...

University of Massachusetts considers revoking honorary degree from Zimbabwe leader.
April 5, 2007... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: ADAM GORLICK Since 1885, the University of Massachusetts has awarded nearly 2,000 honorary degrees to world leaders, renowned scholars and writers. Now for the first time, the university is considering...

University of Massachusetts considers revoking honorary degree awarded to Zimbabwe leader.
April 5, 2007... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: ADAM GORLICK Since 1885, the University of Massachusetts has awarded nearly 2,000 honorary degrees to world leaders, renowned scholars and writers. Now for the first time, the university is considering...

NYU: NBC News anchor speaks at NYU on time in Iraq, state of journalism.
April 5, 2007... (From University Wire) Byline: Sara Dover Brian Williams is fairly sure the plane he took to Baghdad a few weeks ago, a Fokker 100, landed on a runway lit by four snap glow sticks. He said he and the soldiers and staff he traveled...

U. Nebraska: U. Nebraska researchers study marmosets' genetic makeup.
April 5, 2007... (From University Wire) Byline: Katie Steiner Researchers at the University of Nebraska have discovered a pre-birthing genetic exchange in marmosets that could explain the parenting behaviors of these tiny monkeys. Corinna Ross, a...

U. Utah: Justice Thomas visits U. Utah.
April 5, 2007... (From University Wire) Byline: Dustin Gardiner Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas visited the University of Utah campus for two days this week, but unless you are a law school student or a member of the local political elite, you...

People: Not Ready to Leave Munis Behind, Expert Claire Cohen Joins PRAG.
April 5, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Matthew Hanson Municipal credit guru Claire Cohen officially retired from Fitch Ratings toward the end of 2004. She's still not quite done with the municipal market, though. After completing in...

WEST VIRGINIA: Double Road Debt Ratings.
April 5, 2007... (From The Bond Buyer) Byline: Shelly Sigo Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's yesterday assigned ratings of Aa3 and AA-minus, respectively, to the West Virginia Commissioner of Highways' $32.4 million of transportation...

U. Montana: Montana football coach Hauck unhappy with player's comments.
April 6, 2007... (From University Wire) Byline: Pete Delmoe A University of Montana football player was in the national spotlight on Wednesday and head coach Bobby Hauck was not exactly thrilled about it. J.D. Quinn, an offensive lineman, told the...

UCLA: UCLA minority admits up for fall '07.
April 6, 2007... (From University Wire) Byline: Shaudee Navid University of California-Los Angeles admissions data released Thursday morning showed an increase in the number of admitted black students in addition to an increase in the overall...

Stockoptions swelling CEO pay packages; US$1.1M median.
April 7, 2007... (From Financial Post) Compensation for chief executives in the United States rose strongly in 2006 amid a surge in the value of stock grants. A survey by consulting firm Watson Wyatt Worldwide showed base salaries of CEOs were up 4% to a...

U.S. House majority leader meets with a top Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leader.
April 7, 2007... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: NADIA ABOU EL-MAGD A top U.S. Democrat in Congress met with a leading Muslim Brotherhood member during a recent visit to Egypt, the Islamist group and American officials confirmed Saturday. U.S. House...

U.S. House majority leader meets with a top Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leader.
April 7, 2007... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: NADIA ABOU EL-MAGD A top U.S. Democrat in Congress met with a leading member of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's most powerful rival _ the banned Muslim Brotherhood _ during a recent trip to this major...

High-ranking US Democratic congressman meets official of Egypt's banned Muslim Brotherhood.
April 8, 2007... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: NADIA ABOU EL-MAGD A top U.S. Democratic congressman met a leader of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's most powerful rival, the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, U.S. officials and the Islamist group said. ...

U.S. House majority leader says he didn't have 'personal meetings' with Brotherhood official.
April 8, 2007... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: OMAR SINAN A top U.S. Democratic congressman said he did not have "personal meetings" with a member of Egypt's largest opposition group, the banned Muslim Brotherhood, during a recent official trip, a...