The America's Intelligence Wire articles from October 2005

The America's Intelligence Wire archives from October 2005

Google Prevails in Age Discrimination Suit.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Online) A California judge has sided with Google Inc. in an age discrimination lawsuit filed by a former manager who alleged the online search engine leader had fired him because he didn't fit in with the company's youthful...

N.J. to Give $12.5M to Boys Found Starving.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Online) Byline: GEOFF MULVIHILL New Jersey has agreed to give $12.5 million to four boys allegedly starved by their adoptive parents, state officials told The Associated Press on Friday. Lawyers for the boys have agreed...

WORLD SPORTS at 0000 GMT.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: GEOFF MULVIHILL SOCCER: MATCH FIXING: Police arrest businessman in connection with Brazil scandal RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil _ Federal police arrest a second man Friday in an investigation into...

Man in custody for questioning in suburban Illinois deaths.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MEGAN REICHGOTT A man arrested on an outstanding warrant was being questioned in Wisconsin in the deaths of two men and two women, including a Taiwanese-born businessman, whose bodies were found in an...

Colorado's Liberty Global to buy Switzerland's Cablecom Holdings.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: JON SARCHE Cable TV magnate John Malone is expanding his international operations with the acquisition of Cablecom Holdings AG, Switzerland's largest broadband cable operator. The $2.19 billion (A1.82...

US views on North Korea prevail in resolution passed by UN nuclear agency.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: GEORGE JAHN The United States has prevailed over China as the International Atomic Energy Agency passed a resolution welcoming North Korea's pledge to give up nuclear arms, but taking Pyongyang to task for...

Chaos ahead of EU-Turkey membership talks underscore hesitations.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: CONSTANT BRAND In Austria, a far-right party has plastered walls with the slogan "Vienna must not become Istanbul!" Polls show that not one EU country has a majority who support Turkey's membership bid....

Sadler wins Talladega pole.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MIKE HARRIS Elliott Sadler started his preparation for the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup season by winning the pole Friday for the UAW-Ford 500, completing a best lap of 50.597 seconds. Sadler, who finishing...

Marine takes over top military post amid war, hurricanes, recruitment struggles.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: LOLITA C. BALDOR Marine Gen. Peter Pace has taken over as the military's top leader in the midst of an unpopular war in Iraq and facing recruitment shortfalls and the possibility of an expanded role in...

African immigrants seek 'promised land' in Spain.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: DANIEL WOOLLS Their stairway to heaven is a long, crooked and arduous one that culminates in a rickety, homemade ladder propped against a fence topped with razor wire. Behind them is the poverty and...

London mayor battles to erect Nelson Mandela statue in Trafalgar Square.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: JILL LAWLESS The battle of Trafalgar Square is turning ugly. London Mayor Ken Livingstone is fighting local authorities who oppose his plans to erect a statue of former South African President Nelson...

Questions linger over how long Blair will last as Britain's prime minister.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: ED JOHNSON Tony Blair's vision for a third term in office won him rapturous applause and the once-bitter divisions over Iraq were barely apparent. But at the close of the governing Labour Party's annual...

AP Interview: Japan watching U.S. Congress, rethinking strategy for Security Council seat.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: NICK WADHAMS Japan has warned the U.S. Congress that American legislation seeking to withhold U.N. dues could lead Japanese lawmakers to take similar action, a move that could result in the two largest...

Indonesia announces fuel price hikes despite street protests.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: ALI KOTARUMALOS Indonesia will more than double the average cost of fuel on Saturday to try to stave off an economic crisis, the economy minister said, despite protests by thousands of people, some of whom...

Firefighters make gains against California wildfire; residents warned of air quality.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: JEFF WILSON Hundreds of people were allowed to return home as firefighters gained ground against a 20,000-acre (8,000-hectare) wildfire that cast such a smoky haze over the city that drivers turned on...

San Francisco Opera tackles dawn of the nuclear age.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MICHELLE LOCKE Standing beneath the world's first atomic bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer falls to his knees as he sings the words of the poet John Donne: "Batter my heart, three-personed God." Brilliant...

US space traveler readies for blast off from Kazakhstan.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MIKE ECKEL U.S. millionaire scientist Gregory Olsen is about to become the world's third space tourist as he prepares for blastoff Saturday to the international space station along with a Russian cosmonaut...

Summerhays leads SAS Championship by one stroke.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MIKE ECKEL Bruce Summerhays had five birdies in a six-hole stretch and shot a 6-under 66 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead over R.W. Eaks in the first round of the SAS Championship on the U.S. PGA...

Police open fire on protesting Indian students, killing 12.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MIKE ECKEL Police opened fire on stone-throwing students in two towns in northeastern India, killing 12 of them protesting a government decision to shift a state education board to an area dominated by a...

Google prevails in age discrimination suit filed by former manager.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MIKE ECKEL A California judge has sided with Google Inc. in an age discrimination lawsuit filed by a former manager who alleged the online search engine leader had fired him because he didn't fit in with...

New Jersey says it has reached $12.5 million deal with four children found starving.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: GEOFF MULVIHILL New Jersey has agreed to give $12.5 million (A10.4 million) to four boys allegedly starved by their adoptive parents, state officials told The Associated Press. Lawyers for the boys...

A new class of evidence for the courtroom.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: PAUL ELIAS It has been four years since a spate of anthrax poisonings killed five people, and the murderer is still on the loose. Many investigative missteps occurred in the first days when those...

UN health agency scrambles to dampen alarm over pandemic flu death prediction.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: EMMA ROSS The World Health Organization has moved to dampen fears over alarming predictions quoted by one of its own officials that a pandemic stemming from the bird flu virus ravaging parts of Asia could...

White House Condemns Bennett's Remarks.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Online) Byline: EMMA ROSS The White House on Friday criticized former Education Secretary William Bennett for remarks linking the crime rate and the abortion of black babies. "The president believes the comments were not...

Ga. Trailer Park Attacks Kill Five.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Online) Byline: RUSS BYNUM Five men were killed and at least six other people were wounded in what appeared to be a string of robberies targeting Hispanic immigrants at trailer parks in and around the city early Friday,...

Japan Rethinking Plan for Security Council.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Online) Byline: NICK WADHAMS Japan has warned Congress that U.S. legislation seeking to withhold United Nations dues could lead Japanese lawmakers to take similar action, possibly resulting in the loss of millions of dollars...

"Mr. Condom" says Thailand has returned to ignorance: AIDS is back.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: ALISA TANG AIDS is making a deadly comeback in Thailand. The country of 63 million people was once considered a model for the fight against the disease, but the man behind that success says it has returned...

North American Ice returns, far different than before the NHL went away.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: IRA PODELL Maybe by the time the National Hockey League takes its break for the Winter Olympics in February, some of the burning questions facing the relaunched North American league will have been...

American security contractor allegedly shoots dead his Afghan interpreter.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MATTHEW PENNINGTON Guards for a U.S. security firm obstructed an investigation into whether one of its supervisors fatally shot his Afghan interpreter, an Afghan police chief said. Noor Ahmad, 37, was...

Top suspected Colombian drug trafficker shielded from extradition to U.S.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: ANDREW SELSKY One of Colombia's most notorious suspected drug traffickers who allegedly masterminded the smuggling of tons of cocaine into the United States may never see the inside of a U.S. prison, much...

NHL 2005-06: Shootouts in, obstruction out in new NHL.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: IRA PODELL Martin Brodeur was at the opposite end of the ice when New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist went to the back of the net to play the puck. It's a move Brodeur has made thousands of times...

ASEAN agriculture ministers announce plan to combat bird flu.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: TERESA CEROJANO Southeast Asian agriculture ministers have agreed to launch a three-year plan next year aimed at stamping out the menace of bird flu in the region _ a move they hope will win enough...

At least five killed in trailer-park attacks in Georgia.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: RUSS BYNUM Five men were killed and at least six other people were wounded in what appeared to be a string of robberies targeting Hispanic immigrants at trailer parks in and around the city, authorities...

Mexican government begins cash payments to relatives of women killed in border city.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MARINA MONTEMAYOR The Mexican government has begun distributing compensation payments to relatives of some of the hundreds of women killed in this violent border city over the past 12 years, an activist...

Chavez says Venezuela has sold reserves held in U.S. bonds, moved funds to Europe.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MARINA MONTEMAYOR Venezuela has removed Central Bank reserves once held as U.S. Treasury bonds and moved the funds to Europe and other countries, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday. Chavez,...

Still in tents and many without jobs, tsunami survivors living day to day.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: FEBRY ORIDA Ever since the tsunami battered Aceh's coastlines, Zaini and his family have been living in a tiny tent that flaps in the wind in a rubble strewn lot. They've survived on handouts from...

Singapore prosecutes bloggers with colonial law once used against communist insurgents.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: GILLIAN WONG A British colonial law which helped fight a communist insurgency is now being used to prosecute three ethnic Chinese accused of writing racist remarks about ethnic Malays on the Internet, as...

EU Wants Shared Control of Internet.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Online) Byline: AOIFE WHITE The European Union insisted Friday that governments and the private sector must share the responsibility of overseeing the Internet, setting the stage for a showdown with the United States on the...

Mother declared missing after 4-year-old found wandering NYC streets.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: AOIFE WHITE Nearly a week after a 4-year-old girl was found wandering barefoot, her mother has been identified and declared missing. The unclaimed girl, Valerie Lozada, remained in foster care this...

Mitsubishi UFJ debuts as the world's biggest bank in Japan.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: AOIFE WHITE The Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. debuted Saturday as the world's biggest bank, surpassing U.S.-based Citigroup in assets through the merger of Japan's second- and fourth-largest...

NZ Labour Party seeks to form new government as election win confirmed by final result.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: RAY LILLEY The ruling Labour Party seems set to form a new minority government after the Electoral Office confirmed Saturday it has the biggest number of seats in the nation's parliament. Labour took...

Ending self-imposed austerity, Malaysia boosts spending in new budget.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: VIJAY JOSHI Malaysia will spend more next year on development projects to boost economic growth, the prime minister revealed in the new budget, but warned severe belt-tightening was needed to meet...

Court Halts $15B O'Hare Expansion Plan.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Online) Byline: DON BABWIN A $15 billion expansion of O'Hare Airport designed to ease some of the nation's worst flight delays was halted by an appeals court Friday just hours after it received the go-ahead from the Federal...

Firefighters Beat Back Wildfire Near L.A.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Online) Byline: JEFF WILSON Hundreds of people were allowed to return home Friday as firefighters gained ground against a 20,000-acre wildfire that cast such a smoky haze over the city that drivers turned on their headlights...

Cuban defector to play for title in America.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: TIM BOOTH Maikel Galindo took a quick glance and realized he was alone _ no teammates, coaches or chaperones in sight. The forward for the Cuban national soccer team knew security was about to become...

Court halts Chicago's $15 billion O'Hare expansion plan.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: DON BABWIN A $15 billion (A12.46 billion) expansion of O'Hare Airport designed to ease some of the nation's worst flight delays was halted by an appeals court just hours after it received the go-ahead...

Hurricane Otis continues to strength as it moves toward Baja peninsula.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: IGNACIO MARTINEZ Officials removed a few dozen people from their homes during voluntary evacuations in low-lying areas of this western resort city Friday, as Hurricane Otis moved closer to a sparsely...

Ky. Governor's Ex-Chief of Staff Charged.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Online) Byline: MARK R. CHELLGREN A special grand jury examining alleged political hiring by Gov. Ernie Fletcher's administration on Friday indicted his former chief of staff and a representative of his local outreach office....

AP News Pronunciation Guide.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MARK R. CHELLGREN A Abakan -- ah-bah-KAHN' Feroz Abbasi -- feh-ROOZ' ah-BAH'-see Abul Abbas -- AH'-bool ah-BAHS' Mahmoud Abbas -- mahk-MOOD' ah-BAHS' Mahmoud Abdel-Baset -- mah-MOOD'...

Four Men in France Eyed in Terror Probe.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Online) Byline: MARK R. CHELLGREN Four alleged members of a suspected Islamic terror cell dismantled in France were placed under investigation Friday for terrorism financing and other charges, judicial officials said. ...

AP News Pronunciation Guide.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MARK R. CHELLGREN K Ahmed Tejan Kabbah -- AH'-mehd TEH'-jahn KAH'-bah Kabul -- kah-BOOL' Farouk Kaddoumi -- fah-ROOK' kah-DOO'-mee Lakshman Kadirgamar -- LAHK'-shmahn kuh-DEER'-guh-mahr...

Mexico's Televisa to make political advertising information public.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MARK R. CHELLGREN Mexico's leading broadcaster Grupo Televisa SA will announce an agreement Monday with the country's election watchdog to make public its political advertising contracts for the 2006...

District attorney who charged Tom DeLay gave a film crew behind-the-scenes access.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: SUZANNE GAMBOA The Texas district attorney who brought the criminal case against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay gave a movie crew behind-the-scenes access during the investigation _ proof, DeLay's...

Preki announces retirement.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: SUZANNE GAMBOA Preki Radosavljevic, whose career included a World Cup, a league title in his native Yugoslavia, two years in the English Premier League as well as nine seasons in American indoor soccer and...

Blasts hit Shiite civilians, killing more than 110 ahead of key constitution vote.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: ALI AL-FATLAWI Sunni insurgents hit two Shiite towns in two days with brutal bombings that killed more than 110 people, apparently aiming to scare Shiites away from a crucial vote on Iraq's new...

Ward in four-way tie for LPGA lead.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: BETH HARRIS Wendy Ward, Nicole Perrot of Chile, Karine Icher of France and Han Hee-won of South Korea each shot opening rounds of 6-under 65 on Friday, and took the lead in the LPGA Office Depot...

WORLD at 0200 GMT.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: BETH HARRIS HIGHLIGHTS: Update _ IRAQ: Blasts hit Shiite civilians, killing more than 110 ahead of key constitution vote. New _ US-RICE-IRAQ-TERRORISM: Rice says Iraq must not be given up to...

Catalonia's Parliament OK's New Charter.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Online) Byline: BETH HARRIS Catalonia's parliament approved a new charter Friday that called the wealthy region in northeastern Spain "a nation," wording that has some worried that the region is heading toward a break with...

Firefighters Beat Back Wildfire Near L.A.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Online) Byline: JEFF WILSON Hundreds of people were allowed to return home Friday as firefighters gained ground against a 20,000-acre wildfire that cast such a smoky haze over the city that drivers turned on their headlights...

Man in Custody in Chicago-Area Deaths.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Online) Byline: MEGAN REICHGOTT A man arrested on an outstanding warrant was being questioned Friday in Wisconsin in the deaths of two men and two women whose bodies were found in an upscale suburban Chicago home. State...

Catalonia's Parliament OKs New Charter.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Online) Byline: MEGAN REICHGOTT Catalonia's parliament approved a new charter Friday that called the wealthy region in northeastern Spain "a nation," wording that has some worried that the region is heading toward a break...

Man arrested and held for questioning in suburban deaths; two bodies identified.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MEGAN REICHGOTT A man arrested on an outstanding warrant was being questioned Friday in the deaths of two men and two women whose bodies were found in an upscale suburban Chicago home. Police...

Paris Hilton and Greek shipping heir call off engagement.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MEGAN REICHGOTT Paris Hilton will not be adding "shipping heiress" to her resume. The celebutante-turned-model has ended her five-month engagement to Greek shipping heir Paris Latsis, Us Weekly...

Report: Hundreds of artworks missing from Malaysia's national gallery.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MEGAN REICHGOTT More than 200 paintings from the permanent collection of the National Art Gallery are missing, with at least two found later to have been destroyed by termites, the New Straits Times...

India's economy grows 8.1 percent in April-June quarter, surpassing expectations.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: RAJESH MAHAPATRA India's economy grew a robust 8.1 percent in the April-June quarter from a year ago, lifted by strong manufacturing as well as services such as banking and tourism, the government said....

Firefighters make gains against California wildfire; residents warned on air quality.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: JEFF WILSON Hundreds of people were allowed to return home as firefighters gained ground against a 20,000-acre (8,000-hectare) wildfire that cast such a smoky haze over the city that drivers turned on...

Education Department broke propaganda rules by paying columnist, GAO says.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: NANCY BENAC The Education Department engaged in illegal "covert propaganda" when it paid columnist Armstrong Williams to promote Bush administration policies and when it produced a video that seemed to be...

Thailand to send free trip invitations in mid-October for tsunami memorial.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: NANCY BENAC Invitations for an all expenses paid three-day trip to the tsunami one-year memorial ceremony in Thailand will be sent in mid-October to thousands of victim's relatives around the world,...

Paris Hilton and Greek shipping heir call off engagement.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: NANCY BENAC Paris Hilton will not be adding "shipping heiress" to her resume. The celebutante-turned-model has ended her five-month engagement to Greek shipping heir Paris Latsis, Us Weekly reported...

New Orleans Welcomes Back More Residents.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Online) Byline: MARY FOSTER The sounds of power saws and wood chippers filled parts of New Orleans on Friday as the French Quarter and other neighborhoods that were spared the worst of Hurricane Katrina were officially...

Dogs Found Shot to Death in 2 La. Schools.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Online) Byline: MARY FOSTER More than a dozen dead dogs _ many of them shot to death _ were found in two schools in St. Bernard Parish, officials said Friday. Parish spokesman Steve Cannizaro said officers found about 10...

South Korean president vows self-reliant defense, alliance with United States.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MARY FOSTER President Roh Moo-hyun on Saturday pledged to build a strong and self-reliant military, while stressing the importance of an alliance with the United States, which is set to reduce its military...

Court halts Chicago's $15 billion O'Hare expansion plan.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: DON BABWIN A $15 billion (A12.46 billion) expansion of O'Hare Airport designed to ease some of the nation's worst flight delays was halted by an appeals court just hours after it received the go-ahead...

Court Halts $15B O'Hare Expansion Plan.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Online) Byline: DON BABWIN A $15 billion expansion of O'Hare Airport designed to ease some of the nation's worst flight delays was halted by an appeals court Friday just hours after it received the go-ahead from the Federal...

Ex-Ill. Gov. Says He Won't Run Again.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Online) Byline: MAURA KELLY LANNAN Jim Edgar, the popular two-term Illinois governor who had become the GOP's perennial dream candidate since leaving office in 1999, said Friday he will not seek elected office again. ...

US space traveler readies for blast off from Kazakhstan.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MIKE ECKEL U.S. millionaire scientist Gregory Olsen, a Russian cosmonaut and an American astronaut strapped themselves into a snug Soyuz spacecraft Saturday, preparing for blastoff to the international...

China disciplines 454 officials for coal mining disasters.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MIKE ECKEL China has disciplined 454 officials for their part in a number of catastrophic coal mining disasters, state media said Saturday, part of the country's efforts to crackdown on lax procedures in...

Japan, China end 2-day talks on disputed gas deposits; no decision on joint development.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MIKE ECKEL Japan and China on Saturday wrapped up two days of talks on disputed undersea gas deposits, but reached no decision on joint development, the chief Japanese negotiator said. During the...

O.J. Simpson in Los Angeles for memorabilia signing.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: LINDA DEUTSCH Ten years after he was acquitted of killing his ex-wife and her friend, O.J. Simpson was back in Los Angeles _ autographing sports memorabilia for people attending a horror movie convention....

Season's 19th Tropical Depression Forms.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Online) The season's 19th tropical depression formed over the far eastern Atlantic Ocean on Friday but posed no immediate threat to land. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said the system could develop into...

Indonesia announces fuel price hikes despite street protests.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: NINIEK KARMINI Indonesia more than doubled the average cost of fuel Saturday to try to stave off an economic crisis, sparking transport strikes and anger from people who have long enjoyed some of the...

Russian rocket sets off for space station with U.S. millionaire scientist aboard.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: NINIEK KARMINI A Russian Soyuz rocket lifted off Saturday from the Central Asian steppe, launching U.S. millionaire scientist Gregory Olsen and a new Russian-U.S. crew on a two-day journey to the...

Russian rocket sets off for space station with millionaire U.S. scientist on board.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MIKE ECKEL A Russian Soyuz rocket lifted off Saturday from the Central Asian steppes, launching U.S. millionaire scientist Gregory Olsen and a new Russian-U.S. crew on a two-day journey to the...

More Details Emerge in N.Y. Mosque Sting.
October 1, 2005... (From AP Online) Byline: MARK JOHNSON Two Muslim men caught up in an anti-terrorism sting operation pleaded innocent Friday as details emerged about 10 new charges against them. Yassin Aref and Mohammed Hossain were accused...