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US boycotting, Iran starring, at UN racism meeting (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 4:42 pm

Protestors carry a banner reading 'fight racism' as they take part in an anti-racism demonstration in the center of Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, April 18, 2009. The United Nations is bracing for a major anti-racism conference opening next week at its European headquarters, with concerns rife that it may descend once again into clashes over Israel that marred the last conference in South Africa eight years ago. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - The United Nations opens its first global racism conference in eight years on Monday with the U.S. and at least six other countries boycotting the event out of concern that Islamic countries will demand that it denounce Israel and ban criticism of Islam.



Police plan to charge driver in fatal Texas crash (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 4:35 pm

Houston firefighters search the water for a vehicle that went into the bayou after heavy rains drenched the area Saturday, April 18, 2009, in Houston. A fire official says five Houston children are feared dead after the car was swept away by high water. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Brett Coomer)AP - Police planned to charge a driver suspected of being intoxicated when he lost control of his car while using his cell phone, plunging the vehicle into a rain-filled ditch where five young passengers died, a spokesman said Sunday.



Columbine students strive 10 years after massacre (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 4:20 pm

Patrick Ireland, a field director with a financial services company, poses for his picture at his office in Denver, Colo., on, Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Ireland, the 'boy in the window' during the horrifying Columbine High School shooting ten years ago is doing just fine.  Many Columbine survivors, like Ireland, have moved on to careers in education, medicine, ministry and retail.  Yet lingering emotional scars still trigger anxiety, nightmares and deeply etched recollections of gunfire, blood and bodies. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - The "boy in the window" — who fell bloodied and paralyzed into the arms of rescuers during the horrifying Columbine High shooting rampage — is doing just fine.



FBI investigating extortion attempt against Pitino (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 3:39 pm

Louisville coach Rick Pitino yells in the first half of the NCAA Midwest Regional men's college basketball tournament final against Michigan State Sunday, March 29, 2009, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)AP - The FBI is investigating the estranged wife of Louisville's equipment manager regarding extortion allegations leveled by coach Rick Pitino, her attorney said Sunday.



Madonna injured in fall from horse in Hamptons (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 3:17 pm

FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009 file photo, Madonna arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar party , in West Hollywood, Calif. Madonna has taken a tumble while horseback riding in New York's Hamptons and has suffered 'minor injuries' and bruises. A spokeswoman says the pop star fell Saturday afternoon when the horse was startled by paparazzi who 'jumped out of the bushes' to photograph her. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)AP - Madonna is under the care of doctors after falling off a horse over the weekend — an accident she is blaming on the paparazzi.



NATO ships, helicopters hunt down 7 pirates (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 3:09 pm

Canadian Navy sailors escort a ship near Somalia, 2008. NATO naval ships foiled a pirate attack on a Norwegian tanker, catching up with the would-be hijackers on Sunday after a seven-hour pursuit.(AFP/File/Simon Maina)AP - NATO warships and helicopters pursued Somali pirates for seven hours after they attacked a Norwegian tanker, NATO spokesmen said Sunday, and the high-speed chase only ended when warning shots were fired at the pirates' skiff.



Boredom, hunger and fear for pirates' hostages (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 3:08 pm

FILE - This  Monday April 13, 2009,file photo shows the wives of Filipino sailors, Doris Deseo, left, and Catherine Boretta, right, showing pictures of their husbands Carlo, second from left, and Rodell, second from right, to the Associated Press as they visit the office of a shipping agency in Manila, Philippines on to get updates on negotiations to free their hostage husbands in Somalia. 'The families of hostages are afraid of any rescue attempt because it might put the lives of the hostages in danger,' said Boretta, whose husband Rodell is being held captive by Somali pirates on the MT Stolt Strength for nearly five months now. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - Some hostages are little more than skin and bones, their food running out and illnesses setting in as negotiations for their release drag on, angering their volatile captors. Others report less brutal conditions, even being allowed to fish for extra provisions.



Officials: Govt. unlikely to take over a big bank (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 2:46 pm

In this photo released by CBS, Senior White House Advisor David Axelrod talks to reporters after his appearance on the CBS talk show 'Face the Nation' Sunday, April 19, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/CBS, Karin Cooper)AP - Some big banks will need more bailout bucks, Obama administration officials said Sunday, although it is unlikely the government might need to take over any reeling institution.



AP IMPACT: Tons of released drugs taint US water (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 2:24 pm

In this photo taken on Feb. 26, 2009, aeration basins are seen in operation at the Wilmington Wastewater Treatment Plant in Wilmington, Del. Scientists took samples from the Delaware River nearby and found elevated concentrations of the painkiller codeine that are prompting them to try and track the source of the drug; this treatment plant handles sewage from a nearby pharmaceutical factory that makes codeine. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - U.S. manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals into waterways that often provide drinking water — contamination the federal government has consistently overlooked, according to an Associated Press investigation.



Gunmen kidnap 2 aid workers in Somalia (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 2:15 pm

A Somali soldier carries a heavy machine gun as he and other bodyguards protect government officials in Mogadishu. Two foreign aid workers -- one from Belgium and the other from the Netherlands -- have been kidnapped by gunmen in southern Somalia.(AFP/Mustafa Abdi)AP - About 25 masked gunmen armed with machine guns kidnapped two European aid workers in central Somalia on Sunday, aid workers and a witness said.



Diabetes? Some beat it, but are they cured? (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 2:13 pm

This April 16, 2009 photo shows JoAnne Zoller Wagner, 55, walking near her home in Pasadena, Md. Wagner, who was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, exercises regularly to keep her blood sugar levels at a healthy, normal range. (AP Photo/Patrick Smith)AP - JoAnne Zoller Wagner's diagnosis as prediabetic wasn't enough to compel her to change her habits and lose 30 pounds. Not even with the knowledge her sister had died because of diabetes.



Tattoos from Auschwitz horror reunite lost inmates (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 1:28 pm

Holocaust survivors Menachem Shulovitz, 80, right, Anshel Szieradzki, 81 center, and Yaakov Zeretzki, 82 display their concentration camp number at the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem Sunday, April 19, 2009. As terrified teenagers 65 years ago, Menachem Sholowicz and Anshel Sieradzki stood one ahead of the other in Auschwitz, having serial numbers tattooed on their arms. Sholowicz was B-14594; Sieradzki was B-14595. Zeretzki was B-14597 and his brother, not seen in the picture, was B-14596. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)AP - As terrified teenagers 65 years ago, Menachem Sholowicz and Anshel Sieradzki stood in line together in Auschwitz, having serial numbers tattooed on their arms. Sholowicz was B-14594; Sieradzki was B-14595.



Coins, mummies and statues point to Cleopatra tomb (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 11:45 am

Zahi Hawass, the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, displays a part of a mask believed to belong to Mark Anthony at the temple of Taposiris Magna, which was built during the reign of King Ptolemy II (282-246 B.C.), in Burg Al Arab west of Alexandria, Egypt, Sunday, April 19, 2009. Archaeologists will begin excavating three sites in Egypt near the Mediterranean Sea that may contain the tombs of doomed lovers, Cleopatra and Mark Anthony. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)AP - Egypt's top archaeologist made his version of a sales pitch Sunday, presenting 22 coins, 10 mummies, and a fragment of a mask with a cleft chin as evidence that the discovery of the lost tomb of Mark Antony and Cleopatra is at hand.



China to build new panda breeding center (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 9:18 am

FILE - In this June 10, 2008 file photo, a panda eats special food prepared as result of shortage of bamboos while a landslide triggered by the May 12 earthquake on a nearby mountain is seen in the background at Wolong Panda Breeding Center in Wolong, China's southwest Sichuan province. China will start building a new panda breeding center next month in the country's southwestern Sichuan province to replace the endangered animal's main preserve that was badly damaged in last year's massive earthquake, state media reported Sunday, April 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, File)AP - China will begin building a new panda breeding center next month to replace a world-famous preserve badly damaged in last year's devastating earthquake in southwestern Sichuan province, state media reported Sunday.



NATO forces foil attack on Norwegian tanker (Reuters)
April 19, 2009 at 6:30 am

A U.S navy marine stands on guard on the deck of the warship Bainbridge guard upon arrival at the port of Mombasa, 500km from the capital Nairobi, April 16, 2009. NATO forces foiled an attack by Somali pirates on a Norwegian tanker then briefly detained seven gunmen after hunting them down under cover of darkness, NATO officials said on Sunday, April 19. REUTERS/Antony NjugunaReuters - NATO forces foiled an attack by Somali pirates on a Norwegian oil tanker, and briefly detained seven gunmen after hunting them down under cover of darkness, NATO officials said Sunday.



Suspected US missiles kill 3 in NW Pakistan (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 6:20 am

A local Pakistani cleric addresses people gathered to celebrate the signing of peace agreement between the government and Taliban in Barri Kot, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Mingora, in Pakistan's Swat valley, Saturday, April 18, 2009. Pro-Taliban Islamists are on a roll in Pakistan, emboldened by the government's decision to impose Islamic law in the northwestern Swat valley to appease militants who were fighting the Pakistani army. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)AP - Suspected U.S. missiles struck a Taliban compound in a northwestern Pakistan militant stronghold bordering Afghanistan on Sunday, killing three people, officials said.



Dutch foreign minister boycotts racism conference (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 5:58 am

Protestors carry a banner reading 'fight racism' as they take part in an anti-racism demonstration in the center of Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, April 18, 2009. The United Nations is bracing for a major anti-racism conference opening next week at its European headquarters, with concerns rife that it may descend once again into clashes over Israel that marred the last conference in South Africa eight years ago. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - The Dutch foreign minister announced Sunday he is boycotting a U.N. anti-racism conference because some nations are using it as a platform to attack the West.



Former Utah congressman killed in ATV accident (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 5:52 am

AP - Former Utah congressman Bill Orton died in an ATV accident when his machine flipped over on a sand dune at Little Sahara Recreation Area. He was 60.

Israeli official slams Swiss-Iranian meeting (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 5:32 am

AP - Israel's deputy foreign minister says a planned meeting between Switzerland's president and his Iranian counterpart is "pathetic."

Jackie Chan's China comments prompt backlash (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 4:20 am

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2009 file photo, Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan speaks to media during an event to promote the International Film Festival in Hong Kong. Legislators in Chinese-speaking regions that enjoy free elections on Sunday, April 19, 2009, lashed out at Jackie Chan after the 'Rush Hour' star questioned if freedom was a good thing for China, accusing him of insulting his own race. The 55-year-old action star said at a business forum in the southern Chinese island province Hainan on Saturday that a free society may not be beneficial for authoritarian mainland China. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)AP - Action star Jackie Chan's comments wondering whether Chinese people "need to be controlled" have drawn sharp rebuke in his native Hong Kong and in Taiwan.



Obama assessing Cuba's next steps (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 2:34 am

President Barack Obama, left, pulls out the chair for Chile's President Michelle Bachelet during a dinner at the 5th Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Saturday, April 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - President Barack Obama says America's estranged relationship with Cuba will not change overnight. It just did — at least in tone.



'Housewives' cast gathers to bid Sheridan adieu (AP)
April 19, 2009 at 2:24 am

The cast of  'Desperate Housewives' arrive at The Paley Center for Media's Paleyfest 09 in Los Angeles, Saturday, April 18, 2009. From left are : Teri Hatcher, Eva Longoria, and Marc Cherry (AP Photo/Katy Winn)AP - For the cast and crew of "Desperate Housewives," it was a Saturday afternoon of warm hellos and bittersweet goodbyes, as they greeted an auditorium filled with cheering fans but also bid adieu to one of the show's leading original cast members.


 

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