PR-inside.com Press Releases Free Services http://www.pr-inside.com/ Copyright 08 pr-inside.com pr-inside.com Miscellaneous (PR-inside.com) TOP STORIES US-ELECTIONS WASHINGTON _ Barack Obama brings his message of unity before a crowd of tens of thousands in Berlin. John McCain campaigns in Ohio and notes he is happy to devote his time touring the U.S. heartland rather than Europe and the Middle East. Moved. AP Photos. WITH: US-ELECTIONS-MCCAIN; US-OBAMA-TRIP VOTER-VIEWS; US-ELECTIONS-HISPANICS POLL OBAMA VS. MCCAIN WASHINGTON _ In one of the most telling and ironic weeks of the presidential campaign, Democrat Barack Obama accepted Republican John McCain's dare and went to Iraq _ and far beyond, a foreign expedition of carefully staged photo .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:08:02 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/americas-news-at-0500-gmt-r722125.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/americas-news-at-0500-gmt-r722125.htm World News (PR-inside.com) RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - It's back-to-back bad news for Mahmoud Abbas: Israel has stepped up army raids in West Bank cities, further embarrassing the moderate Palestinian leader, and his planning minister announced that 150,000 civil servants won't get full salaries this month because of shortfalls in foreign aid. Abbas' attempt to bring security and economic stability to the West Bank is seen as key to U.S.-backed Mideast peace efforts. Abbas had hoped Israeli troops would gradually step aside as he takes control of more West Bank areas. He had also .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:07:07 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/foreign-diplomats-express-concern-over-r722124.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/foreign-diplomats-express-concern-over-r722124.htm World News (PR-inside.com) BEIJING (AP) - Eight people died and 23 were injured after a mosque under construction collapsed in northwest China, the official Xinhua News Agency said Friday. Investigators were looking into whether Thursday's accident in Xiajiuzhuang village in Qinghai province may have been caused by failed support beams. Among the victims was an 8-year-old boy who was playing in the construction site. Seven died at the scene and one person who had been critically injured died in the hospital, Xinhua said, citing emergency officials. The area where the village is located is populated mainly .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:06:02 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/report-8-killed-23-injured-in-r722123.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/report-8-killed-23-injured-in-r722123.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) CARSON, California (AP) - Jelena Jankovic rode her improved serve to a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Melinda Czink of Hungary in the East West Bank Classic on Thursday, keeping the top-seeded Serb on course to take over the No. 1 ranking. Jankovic served seven aces in beating «lucky loser» Czink, who lost in the second round of qualifying but got into the main draw when Svetlana Kuznetsova withdrew with an injured right knee. Jankovic can dislodge countrywoman Ana Ivanovic from the top ranking by winning the tournament, her first since injuring her .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:05:03 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/jankovic-s-improved-serve-nets-her-a-r722122.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/jankovic-s-improved-serve-nets-her-a-r722122.htm World News (PR-inside.com) WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Tonga's King George Tupou V has fulfilled a promise to sell off his business interests, just days before he is formally enthroned. The king completed the sell off with the disposal of the national electricity utility Shoreline Power Ltd. to the government, officials said Friday. It comes days before the South Pacific islands country stages a lavish four-day celebration to mark the monarch's coronation on Aug. 1. As heir to the throne King George, a wealthy playboy businessman, had major holdings in the energy utility, plus a telecommunications company, .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:01:03 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/tongan-king-sells-business-assets-ahead-r722121.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/tongan-king-sells-business-assets-ahead-r722121.htm World News (PR-inside.com) 24 th July 2008,New Delhi: CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat said they did not have any other option but to take disciplinary action against the veteran Marxist Speaker Somnath Chatterjee as he refused to quit the post after a party directives .Talk to press conference here, Karat said it was 'unfortunate' for them to take disciplinary action against the veteran Marxist leader and it was not a 'happy thing' to do. 'The Central Committee decided that no member of the party should remain the Speaker of Lok Sabha after the withdrawal of support. We were asked to communicate this to him. .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:00:09 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/cpm-bete-noire-speaker-a-national-holy-r722120.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/cpm-bete-noire-speaker-a-national-holy-r722120.htm World News (PR-inside.com) SINGAPORE (AP) - An Australian TV journalist faces three additional drug offenses after a Singapore court on Friday added to a trafficking charge that could punish him with up to 20 years' jail and 15 cane strokes. The court charged Peter Lloyd, 41, with one count of consuming methamphetamine and two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia on top of charges last week that alleged he sold a packet of the substance to a Singaporean man for 100 Singapore dollars (US$74). Lloyd, who is the New Delhi-based South Asia correspondent for the Australian .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:56:01 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/singapore-court-charges-australian-tv-r722119.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/singapore-court-charges-australian-tv-r722119.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) BATTING_Kinsler, Texas, .325; Pedroia, Boston, .321; Mauer, Minnesota, .319; ARodriguez, New York, .318; Morneau, Minnesota, .317; Damon, New York, .315; Ordonez, Detroit, .314; Dye, Chicago, .314. RUNS_Kinsler, Texas, 85; Pedroia, Boston, 70; Quentin, Chicago, 70; Markakis, Baltimore, 66; ISuzuki, Seattle, 66; Sizemore, Cleveland, 65; BRoberts, Baltimore, 65; MiYoung, Texas, 65; JDrew, Boston, 65. RBI_Hamilton, Texas, 98; Quentin, Chicago, 76; Morneau, Minnesota, 73; MiCabrera, Detroit, 71; Youkilis, Boston, 68; JGuillen, Kansas City, 66; BAbreu, New York, 64. HITS_Kinsler, Texas, 137; Pedroia, Boston, 135; ISuzuki, Seattle, 125; Morneau, Minnesota, 122; MiYoung, Texas, 122; Hamilton, Texas, .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:55:03 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/thursday-s-major-league-leaders-r722118.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/thursday-s-major-league-leaders-r722118.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) BATTING_Kinsler, Texas, .325; Pedroia, Boston, .321; Mauer, Minnesota, .319; ARodriguez, New York, .318; Morneau, Minnesota, .317; Damon, New York, .315; Ordonez, Detroit, .314; Dye, Chicago, .314. RUNS_Kinsler, Texas, 85; Pedroia, Boston, 70; Quentin, Chicago, 70; Markakis, Baltimore, 66; ISuzuki, Seattle, 66; Sizemore, Cleveland, 65; BRoberts, Baltimore, 65; MiYoung, Texas, 65; JDrew, Boston, 65. RBI_Hamilton, Texas, 98; Quentin, Chicago, 76; Morneau, Minnesota, 73; MiCabrera, Detroit, 71; Youkilis, Boston, 68; JGuillen, Kansas City, 66; BAbreu, New York, 64. HITS_Kinsler, Texas, 137; Pedroia, Boston, 135; ISuzuki, Seattle, 125; Morneau, Minnesota, 122; MiYoung, Texas, 122; Hamilton, Texas, .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:54:05 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/thursda-s-major-league-leaders-r722117.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/thursda-s-major-league-leaders-r722117.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) BATTING_CJones, Atlanta, .369; Pujols, St. Louis, .349; Holliday, Colorado, .343; Berkman, Houston, .338; Nady, Pittsburgh, .330; Theriot, Chicago, .321; CJackson, Arizona, .314. RUNS_HRamirez, Florida, 83; Berkman, Houston, 82; McLouth, Pittsburgh, 76; JReyes, New York, 74; DWright, New York, 69; Utley, Philadelphia, 69; Beltran, New York, 69. RBI_Howard, Philadelphia, 88; CaLee, Houston, 80; DWright, New York, 78; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 76; Braun, Milwaukee, 74; Berkman, Houston, 74; Teixeira, Atlanta, 73. HITS_CGuzman, Washington, 131; JReyes, New York, 125; Braun, Milwaukee, 123; DLee, Chicago, 122; Theriot, Chicago, 120; HRamirez, Florida, 120; Atkins, Colorado, 120; Berkman, Houston, .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:53:02 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/thursday-s-major-league-leaders-r722116.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/thursday-s-major-league-leaders-r722116.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Air New Zealand, which has already hiked fares four times this year, warned Friday it may have to keep lifting fares to cover burgeoning fuel costs. Chief Executive Rob Fyfe said the national carrier would have to raise fares 20 percent to cover the full cost of fuel increases _ a move that was «unlikely» to happen as it would dry up demand. «What airlines are having to do at the moment ... (is) raise prices by 3 percent or 5 percent at a time to see how .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:50:03 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/air-new-zealand-says-it-may-r722115.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/air-new-zealand-says-it-may-r722115.htm World News (PR-inside.com) PERTH, Australia (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Pakistan should do more to stop the rise in terrorist violence in neighboring Afghanistan. Rice says there has been an uptick in terrorism recently in Afghanistan, and that Islamabad must help in preventing militants from organizing attacks into Afghanistan from Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province. Rice was speaking to reporters Friday during a trip to Australia, whose foreign minister agreed Pakistan should help end militant activity in the restive border region between the two countries. .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:46:02 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/rice-says-pakistan-should-do-more-r722113.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/rice-says-pakistan-should-do-more-r722113.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) BEIJING (AP) - China's booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to government data reported Friday. The latest figure on Web use at the end of June is a 56 percent increase from a year ago, the China Internet Network Information Center said. It said the share of the Chinese public using the Internet is still just 19.1 percent, leaving more room for rapid growth. The United States had an estimated 223.1 million Internet users .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:37:02 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/china-says-its-population-of-internet-r722112.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/china-says-its-population-of-internet-r722112.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) NOTE: Win 4 points; Draw 2; Bonus point for scoring 4 or more tries or for losing by 7 or fewer points Saturday, July 5 At Wellington, New Zealand New Zealand 19, South Africa 8 Saturday, July 12 At Dunedin, New Zealand South Africa 30, New Zealand 28 Saturday, July 19 At Perth, Australia Australia 16, South Africa 9 Saturday, July 26 At Sydney, Australia Australia vs. New Zealand, 1005 Saturday, Aug. 2 At Auckland, New Zealand New Zealand vs. Australia, 0735 Saturday, Aug. 16 At Cape Town, South Africa South Africa vs. New Zealand, 1305 Saturday, Aug. 23 At Durban, South Africa South Africa .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:35:02 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/tri-nations-rugby-glance-r722111.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/tri-nations-rugby-glance-r722111.htm Business (PR-inside.com) - Concerns over the adequacy of fueling practices at US Airways were raised last week on national news by allegations from the US Airline Pilots Association (USAPA) which said that the airline was pressuring pilots to carry less fuel. USAPA said that the issue emerged when US Airways singled-out eight Senior Trans-Oceanic International Captains for mandatory 'training,' based on the Captains using their judgment to add additional fuel. USAPA considers this to be retaliatory discipline. USAPA stated that the affected pilots were targeted as a result of previous decisions to add fuel, and were called-in on their days off .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:33:01 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/usapa-voices-fuel-related-safety-concern-r722110.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/usapa-voices-fuel-related-safety-concern-r722110.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) HOUSTON (AP) - Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman showed she still had one nifty pass left in her. The 50-year-old Lieberman had two assists, including a no-look pass in the closing minutes of the Detroit Shock's 79-61 loss to the Houston Comets on Thursday night. Lieberman made a one-time only appearance in the Shock's first game since Tuesday night's bench-clearing melee with the Los Angeles Sparks. Five Shock players were suspended and Cheryl Ford sustained a season-ending injury, prompting coach Bill Laimbeer to offer Lieberman a seven-day contract. Lieberman played nine minutes, seven in the fourth .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:32:03 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/no-shock-upset-lieberman-unable-to-r722109.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/no-shock-upset-lieberman-unable-to-r722109.htm World News (PR-inside.com) MONTECRISTI, Ecuador (AP) - A special assembly on Thursday approved a new draft constitution granting Ecuador's leftist president broad powers, including the ability to dissolve Congress and set monetary policy, and freeing him to run for office through 2017. The constituent assembly, elected to write a new constitution, backed the 444-article proposal by a vote of 94 to 32 in a late night ballot whose outcome had been expected. President Rafael Correa's Alianza Pais party controls more than 60 percent of the assembly. The draft charter will now be submitted to a .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:31:02 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/ecuador-assembly-backs-draft-constitution-favoring-r722108.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/ecuador-assembly-backs-draft-constitution-favoring-r722108.htm World News (PR-inside.com) RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - It's back-to-back bad news for Mahmoud Abbas: Israel's stepped-up army raids in West Bank cities are embarrassing the moderate Palestinian leader, and 150,000 civil servants won't get full salaries this month. Abbas had hoped Israeli troops would gradually step aside as he takes control of more West Bank areas. He had also banked on a recovery of the battered Palestinian economy, with the help of $7.7 billion in aid that the international community has promised the Palestinians over three years. However, Israel keeps sending troops into Palestinian .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:28:05 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/foreign-diplomats-express-concern-over-r722107.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/foreign-diplomats-express-concern-over-r722107.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) BALTIMORE (AP) - Roy Halladay scattered seven hits over seven innings Thursday in Toronto's 7-1 victory over Baltimore that followed the Blue Jays' 5-1 win in the completion of a suspended game. Halladay (12-7) allowed one run, struck out six and walked one. The right-hander took over the major league lead in innings pitched (159 1-3) and lowered his ERA to 2.82. Halladay improved to 18-4 lifetime against the Orioles, who fell a season-worst five games under .500 (48-53). Adam Lind and Marco Scutaro both had three hits for the Blue Jays, who won three .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:25:03 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/halladay-helps-toronto-to-second-win-r722106.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/halladay-helps-toronto-to-second-win-r722106.htm World News (PR-inside.com) KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Solemn hymns and prayers are resonating in golden-domed Orthodox cathedrals across Ukraine on Friday to mark the 1020th anniversary of this region's conversion to Christianity. But the sonorous sounds may be drowned out by the din of a fierce political battle. Ukrainian officials are determined to use the events to lobby for autonomy for the local church from Russia, while the dominant Moscow Patriarchate will fight to retain influence over this mostly Orthodox country of 46 million. For Ukrainian leaders, recognition of the Ukrainian Orthodox church as Moscow's equal would .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:23:05 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/political-religious-battles-loom-between-r722104.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/political-religious-battles-loom-between-r722104.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - The Bledisloe Cup and Tri-Nations rugby test between New Zealand and Australia has become a tale of two coaches, a drama about two men acted by up to 44 players in front of 80,000 fans in one of the sport's largest theaters. The principal protagonists are Graham Henry, 62, the All Blacks coach, and Robbie Deans, 48, his rival for the New Zealand coaching job last year and now the first foreigner to coach Australia, compelled to lead his new team against his own nation. When the New Zealand .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:20:02 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/tri-nations-henry-and-deans-say-it-s-r722102.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/tri-nations-henry-and-deans-say-it-s-r722102.htm World News (PR-inside.com) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A fire ripped through a boardinghouse in South Korea early Friday, killing seven people and injuring 10 others, an official said. The blaze occurred about 1:25 a.m. (1625 GMT) in Yongin, 30 miles (50 kilometers) south of the capital Seoul and it took firefighters 40 minutes to get it under control, fire official Yu Chang-seon said. The seven who died are believed to have inhaled toxic gas, he said. The fire also injured 10 others, three of whom were in serious condition. About 40 people were sleeping in the .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:13:03 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/south-korea-boardinghouse-fire-kills-r722100.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/south-korea-boardinghouse-fire-kills-r722100.htm World News (PR-inside.com) MONTECRISTI, Ecuador (AP) - A special assembly has overwhelmingly approved a draft of a new constitution backed by Ecuador's leftist president. Ninety-four of the assembly's 130 members backed the proposed text in a vote late Thursday. President Rafael Correa's party controls the assembly, which was chose to rewrite the charter, and the approval had been expected. The constitution now faces approval in a nationwide referendum on Sept. 28. Correa took office in 2007 promising Ecuadoreans a new constitution designed to wrest power away for the nation's discredited traditional political parties. If approved, the .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:11:03 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/ecuador-assembly-overwhelmingly-approves-r722098.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/ecuador-assembly-overwhelmingly-approves-r722098.htm Miscellaneous (PR-inside.com) NEW THIS DIGEST GERMANY-OBAMA. Obama gets warm welcome in Germany OLY--IRAQ BANNED. Iraq likely banned from Olympics US-INDIA. Rice says US-India nuke deal is good for the world AFGHAN-VIOLENCE. NATO: Don't just blame Pakistan UKRAINE-ORTHODOX BATTLE. Orthodox celebration in Ukraine sets off battles ARGENTINA-DIRTY WAR. Former Argentine army chief gets life in 'dirty war' trial CHINA-MOVING ON. China marshals Olympic spirit to rebuild PARAGUAY-FOREIGN MINISTER. Paraguay Arabist to be foreign minister US-FORD'S FUTURE. Ford looks to Europe for help in reversing losses TOP STORIES GERMANY-OBAMA BERLIN _ Cheered by an enormous international crowd, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama summons Europeans and Americans together to «defeat .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:08:04 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/world-at-0400gmt-r722095.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/world-at-0400gmt-r722095.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) LONDON (AP) - Olympic fans around Britain will be able to watch on large-screen televisions when London officially takes over as host of the games from Beijing. London 2012 organizers said Friday in a statement that it would have large-screen TVs in cities such as Cardiff, Middlesbrough, Plymouth, Portsmouth and Swansea. The screens will show the Beijing Olympics, which open on Aug. 8, as well as the handover during the closing ceremony about two weeks later. «At approximately 2:30 p.m. UK time, on the afternoon of August 24, the Olympic Flag will pass .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:07:04 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/britons-to-be-able-to-watch-r722093.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/britons-to-be-able-to-watch-r722093.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) ST. LOUIS (AP) - Ryan Braun had four hits for a second straight game, including a two-run homer in the ninth, and Milwaukee beat St. Louis 4-3 on Thursday night for its eighth straight victory. The Brewers swept a series in St. Louis for the first time since September 1999. Braun, who had four hits in Wednesday's 3-0 victory, has reached safely in his last nine plate appearances. His home run off Ryan Franklin (3-4) gave the Brewers a 4-3 lead and was his 26th of the season. It allowed the Brewers to set .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:01:12 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/braun-s-homer-helps-brewers-to-8th-r722086.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/braun-s-homer-helps-brewers-to-8th-r722086.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) San Antonio 78, Chicago 67 Sacramento 83, Phoenix 74 Minnesota 84, Indiana 80, OT Connecticut 87, Los Angeles 61 Houston 79, Detroit 61 .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:55:05 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/women-s-national-basketball-association-r722084.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/women-s-national-basketball-association-r722084.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) BEIJING (AP) - China unveiled its largest team of 639 athletes Friday for the Beijing Olympics, a squad many expect will dislodge the United States from the top of the gold-medal table. China is likely to field the biggest team when the games open in two weeks. This Chinese contingent is much larger than Athens, when 407 athltes were named. China fielded 311 athletes in Sydney eight years ago. Chinese stars such as basketball player Yao Ming and defending Olympic champion hurdler Liu Xiang will be under tremendous pressure to deliver at home. China's .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:53:01 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/china-names-639-for-beijing-olympic-r722083.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/china-names-639-for-beijing-olympic-r722083.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) BEIJING (AP) - China's fast-growing population of Internet users has surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest, with 253 million people online at the end of June, the government reported Friday. China's Web usage is growing at explosive rates despite government efforts to block access to sites deemed subversive or pornographic. The financial size of China's online market, though, still trails those of the United States, South Korea and other countries. The latest figure on Internet users is a 56 percent increase from a year ago, the China Internet Network .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:49:03 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/china-says-its-population-of-internet-r722082.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/china-says-its-population-of-internet-r722082.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - An Exxon Mobil Corp. subsidiary and BHP Billiton on Friday announced plans to spend US$1.25 billion to tap oil and gas reserves in Bass Strait off southern Australia. The joint venture will build an offshore platform off Victoria state at a site called the Turrum field, and aims to extract about one trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 110 million barrels of oil and gas liquids, the companies said. The Turrum project is expected to start producing from 2011, with gas sales from 2015. ExxonMobil Australia chairman Mark Nolan .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:47:03 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/exxonmobil-and-bhp-approve-us-1-25-billion-r722081.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/exxonmobil-and-bhp-approve-us-1-25-billion-r722081.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) TORONTO (AP) - Croatian Marin Cilic upset sixth-seeded Andy Roddick 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 on Thursday, forcing the American player onto a list of surprise early casualties that includes top-ranked Roger Federer at the Masters Series event. «His aggressiveness is what won him that match,» Roddick said. «He took it to me a lot more than I took it to him. Defending champion Novak Djokovic advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Robin Soderling, and second-seeded Rafael Nadal moved on by beating Igor Andreev of Russia 6-2, 7-6 (1). Nadal looked .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:43:01 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/roddick-upset-at-rogers-cup-joins-r722080.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/roddick-upset-at-rogers-cup-joins-r722080.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese appeals court upheld Friday the conviction of flamboyant former Internet mogul Takafumi Horie in an ongoing case that has come to symbolize this nation's effort to deal with white collar crime at emerging dot.coms. The Tokyo High Court rejected Horie's appeal of a lower court conviction of securities laws violations. He was found guilty in March last year of masterminding a network of decoy investment funds to manipulate earnings at his Net services startup Livedoor Co. Horie, 35, who has repeatedly said he is innocent, will take .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:41:04 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/japan-court-upholds-guilty-verdict-of-r722079.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/japan-court-upholds-guilty-verdict-of-r722079.htm World News (PR-inside.com) CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) - A Mexican police official says gunmen have killed a state prison director in the border city of Ciudad Juarez. City police spokesman Jaime Torres says prison chief Salvador Barreno was shot Thursday as he drove in Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas. His bodyguard was also killed. Witnesses told investigators the assailants opened fired on Barreno's car from a pickup truck near a busy intersection on Thursday afternoon. Torres says three other men died in a separate shooting minutes later. More than 500 people have been murdered in Ciudad .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:29:05 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/gunmen-kill-prison-director-4-others-r722078.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/gunmen-kill-prison-director-4-others-r722078.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Friday that second-quarter net profit grew 51 percent from the same period last year, amid strong performance in flat panels and mobile phones. Samsung earned 2.14 trillion won (US$2.12 billion) in the three months ended June 30, the company said in a regulatory filing and press release. Sales during the quarter rose 24 percent to a record 18.14 trillion won (US$18 billion). «We posted very strong results,» Chu Woo-sik, executive vice president of investor relations, told analysts on a conference call, overcoming .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:13:03 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/south-korea-s-samsung-electronics-says-r722076.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/south-korea-s-samsung-electronics-says-r722076.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese appeals court has upheld the conviction of flamboyant former Internet mogul Takafumi Horie. The Tokyo High Court rejected Horie's appeal of a lower court conviction of securities laws violations, a court official said Friday, speaking on Japan's customary condition of anonymity in giving rulings. The case has come to symbolize the country's efforts to deal with white collar crime at emerging dot.coms. Horie was convicted in March last year of masterminding a network of decoy investment funds to illegally manipulate earnings at his Net services startup Livedoor Co. .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:08:03 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/japan-court-upholds-guilty-verdict-for-r722075.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/japan-court-upholds-guilty-verdict-for-r722075.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) UNCASVILLE, Connecticut (AP) - Lindsay Whalen scored 13 of her 22 points in the third quarter as the Connecticut Sun beat the short-handed Los Angeles Sparks 87-61 on Thursday night. The Sparks were without Lisa Leslie, Candace Parker, and DeLisha Milton-Jones, who were all suspended for one game by the WNBA for their involvement in an altercation with the Detroit Shock. Shannon Bobbitt and Murriel Page were both suspended for two games, but Page was able to play because teams must be able to suit up a minimum of eight players. Page will .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:07:04 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/whalen-leads-suns-over-sparks-in-r722074.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/whalen-leads-suns-over-sparks-in-r722074.htm World News (PR-inside.com) PERTH, Australia (AP) - Forget long-winded foreign policy sessions, White House meetings, traveling the globe and talks with world leaders. What Condoleezza Rice really wants to do is shop. In Western Australia on Friday, the U.S. secretary of state told a group of teenage girls that she couldn't wait to get back to the boutiques of northern California once she leaves office at the end of U.S. President George W. Bush's second term in January. «I love to shop ... but now I don't have much time,» she told an audience at the .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:01:01 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/condoleezza-rice-says-she-s-keen-to-r722073.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/condoleezza-rice-says-she-s-keen-to-r722073.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (AP) - Designing protective masks to help athletes cope with the elements is nothing new for the U.S. Olympic Committee. In fact, just four years ago in Athens, the stakes were much higher: The American federation bought masks to shield its athletes from a possible terrorist biochemical attack. This time, the smog in Beijing _ troublesome but nowhere near as serious a threat _ is the worry, and the masks are optional and not designed to be worn during training or competition. «It's slightly more sophisticated than what you'd buy at .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:56:02 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/decision-to-wear-mask-to-combat-r722072.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/decision-to-wear-mask-to-combat-r722072.htm World News (PR-inside.com) WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Students at a New Zealand university are offering a reward to anyone who carries out a citizen's arrest of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during her visit to the country that begins Friday. Auckland University Students' Association President David Do said students are seeking Rice's arrest for her role in «overseeing the illegal invasion and continued occupation» of Iraq and are offering a 5,000 New Zealand dollar (US$3,700) reward for a «successful» citizen's arrest. Rice is making her first trip to New Zealand after attending a .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:55:02 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/new-zealand-students-offer-reward-for-r722071.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/new-zealand-students-offer-reward-for-r722071.htm World News (PR-inside.com) CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - A lesbian couple has failed in an attempt to sue an obstetrician they blamed for twins born by in-vitro fertilization rather than a single baby as requested. The court ruling was welcomed Friday by Australian doctors who argue that giving birth to a healthy baby should not be grounds for a lawsuit. The high-profile case was the first of its kind in Australia and could yet be appealed. The couple, whose names are suppressed to protect the anonymity of their two 4-year-old daughters, attempted to sue Canberra-based obstetrician Sydney .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:42:06 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/australian-lesbian-couple-loses-legal-r722068.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/australian-lesbian-couple-loses-legal-r722068.htm World News (PR-inside.com) CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) - The U.S. Virgin Islands may build a pipeline to replace diesel-generated power with natural gas brought in from a bigger grid in the nearby U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, the head of the islands' utility company said Thursday. Engineers are looking to recalibrate oil-dependent generators to burn cheaper natural gas instead, Hugo Hodge Jr., chief of the U.S. Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority, known as WAPA, told an annual meeting of the utility's board. The shift would save the WAPA and its customers a .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:41:02 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/us-virgin-islands-power-utility-proposes-r722067.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/us-virgin-islands-power-utility-proposes-r722067.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peru's Southern Copper Corp. on Thursday said second-quarter profit fell 24 percent from the year-ago period amid strikes and higher fuel and production costs. Net income fell to US$548.5 million, or US$0.62 per share, from US$726 million, or US$0.82 per share, in the same quarter last year, the Lima-based company said in an earnings report. Despite record copper prices, second quarter sales totaled US$1.46 billion, down 20 percent from the year-ago period, as copper production dipped 26 percent to 117,250 metric tons, the company said. Southern Copper, which is .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:33:02 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/peru-s-southern-copper-says-2q-profit-r722066.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/peru-s-southern-copper-says-2q-profit-r722066.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - An Australian sports scientist who helped develop a test to detect EPO thinks the abuse by athletes of legal performance-enhancing substances could become a major issue of the Beijing Olympics. «Beijing will probably be remembered for the abuse of legal drugs like Viagra,» Robin Parisotto told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio on Friday. «Any physical activity that goes for longer than two minutes would be a beneficiary of something like Viagra, just like the normal blood doping drugs. The World Anti-Doping Agency is investigating whether or not to include .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:25:04 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/australian-expert-says-abuse-of-legal-r722063.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/australian-expert-says-abuse-of-legal-r722063.htm World News (PR-inside.com) MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Authorities suspected extortionists were behind a homemade bomb blast that ripped through a commuter bus in the southern Philippines, killing one and wounding 35 people. A 16-year-old nursing student succumbed to wounds early Friday, a day after the crude bomb filled with broken nails detonated as the bus was preparing to leave a Digos city terminal, said the city's disaster official, Rey Caballero. He said 35 people, including passengers and nearby vendors, were brought to hospitals, up from 27 initially reported. The owner of the bus company, Rey Uy, who .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:22:03 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/suspected-extortionists-bomb-bus-in-r722062.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/suspected-extortionists-bomb-bus-in-r722062.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) TORONTO (AP) - Croatian Marin Cilic upset sixth-seeded Andy Roddick 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 on Thursday, the American player joining top-ranked Roger Federer among the early casualties of the Masters Series event. «His aggressiveness is what won him that match,» Roddick said. «He took it to me a lot more than I took it to him. Defending champion Novak Djokovic advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Robin Soderling, and second-seeded Rafael Nadal moved on by beating Igor Andreev of Russia 6-2, 7-6 (1). «I played more or less at the level .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:21:03 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/roddick-upset-at-rogers-cup-joins-r722061.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/roddick-upset-at-rogers-cup-joins-r722061.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) TORONTO (AP) - Cuauhtemoc Blanco scored one goal and helped set up another, and Dwayne DeRosario converted a penalty for the winner, giving the MLS All-Stars a 3-2 victory over English Premier League side West Ham United 3-2 on Thursday night. The victory extended MLS' winning streak to five straight in their annual midseason friendly against foreign club team opponents. Forward Dean Ashton scored both goals for West Ham, which beat MLS' Columbus Crew 3-1 in an exhibition match on Sunday that was marred by a halftime scuffle between fans of both .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:19:03 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/blanco-scores-one-goal-assists-on-r722059.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/blanco-scores-one-goal-assists-on-r722059.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) NEW YORK (AP) - The Calcutta, India-based creators of a Scrabble knockoff that has become one of the most popular activities on Facebook were sued Thursday by Hasbro Inc., the company that owns the word game's North American rights. The suit against Scrabulous'creators comes less than two weeks after the release of an authorized version of Scrabble for Facebook. Hasbro said in its lawsuit that Scrabulous violates its copyright and trademarks. Separately, Hasbro asked Facebook to block the game. In the year since Facebook began letting outside developers write Web programs that Facebook .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:18:02 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/hasbro-accuses-scrabulous-makers-of-r722058.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/hasbro-accuses-scrabulous-makers-of-r722058.htm World News (PR-inside.com) ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) - A leftist historian who has written sympathetically of the Palestinian struggle was named Paraguay's incoming foreign minister on Thursday. Alejandro Hamed, who has been ambassador to Lebanon, is due to take office alongside President-elect Fernando Lugo on Aug. 15. Hamed is a prominent Paraguayan historian who has often written on Arab culture, sometimes criticizing Israel's policies toward the Palestinian people. His works include a translated anthology of poetry written by Palestinians during the intifada, a series of often-violent protests against Israeli control. Hamed shrugged aside allegations he was anti-Israel, .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:14:03 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/arabist-named-paraguay-foreign-minister-says-r722056.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/arabist-named-paraguay-foreign-minister-says-r722056.htm World News (PR-inside.com) BEIJING (AP) - Chinese state media say 22 rescuers who helped victims of May's devastating earthquake have been chosen as torchbearers for the Olympic torch. The official Xinhua News Agency says soldiers, firefighters and civil servants will carry the Olympic torch as it passes through central Henan province on Friday. «The rescuers were newly made torchbearers because of the courageous feat they performed in the earthquake relief,» Xinhua reports. The torchbearers will carry the flame through Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang and Anyang cities in Henan. The torch on August 3-5 will head to Sichuan province, the .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:11:06 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/earthquake-rescuers-to-carry-olympic-torch-r722054.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/earthquake-rescuers-to-carry-olympic-torch-r722054.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) OAKVILLE, Ontario (AP) - Scores from the incomplete first round of the $5 million (¤3.19 million) Canadian Open on the 7,222-yard, par-71 (35-36) Glen Abbey Golf Club course (play suspended due to darkness with 78 players still on the course. Round will be completed Friday morning): Eric Axley 34-31_65 Mike Weir 31-34_65 Anthony Kim 31-34_65 Richard Johnson 32-35_67 J.P. .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:06:01 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/canadian-open-scores-r722053.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/canadian-open-scores-r722053.htm World News (PR-inside.com) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Six South Koreans were killed and 11 others injured in a house fire early Friday, an official said. The blaze occurred about 1:25 a.m. (1625 GMT) at the boardinghouse in Yongin, 30 miles (50 kilometers) south of the capital Seoul and firefighters got it under control about 30 minutes later, fire official Yu Chang-seon said. Six people died while receiving medical treatment. The inhalation of toxic gas was believed to have caused the deaths, he said. The fire also injured 11 others and one was in critical condition. About .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:05:05 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/south-korea-boardinghouse-fire-kills-r722052.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/south-korea-boardinghouse-fire-kills-r722052.htm World News (PR-inside.com) HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) - U.S. federal drug agents announced Thursday that they busted a drug ring in New Jersey that shipped US$15 million worth of marijuana to Bermuda. U.S. court documents show the husband of a member of the British dependency's Parliament is among two men arrested after agents seized 700 pounds (318 kilograms) of marijuana at an Orange, New Jersey, warehouse last week. The drugs had an estimated street value of $15 million in the tiny British enclave in the Atlantic. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said the raid was the .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:57:03 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/husband-of-bermuda-official-arrested-in-r722046.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/husband-of-bermuda-official-arrested-in-r722046.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) OAKVILLE, Ontario (AP) - Mike Weir shot a bogey-free 6-under 65 on Thursday for a share of the lead with Anthony Kim and Eric Axley at the Canadian Open in a first round that was only half completed because of rain. The round was suspended for darkness after it had been delayed earlier for 5 hours, 42 minutes. «You want to take advantage of today because it's only going to get a little firmer and faster,» said Weir, his words punctuated by a clap of thunder that drew a smile and forced him to .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:47:02 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/canadian-mike-weir-shoots-65-for-r722043.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/canadian-mike-weir-shoots-65-for-r722043.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) CARSON, California (AP) - Results Thursday 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 Third Round Victoria Azarenka (8), Belarus, def. Samantha Stosur, Australia, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Nadia Petrova (9), Russia, def. Vera Zvonareva (5), Russia, 6-4, 7-5. Jelena Jankovic (1), Serbia, def. Melinda Czink, Hungary, 6-3, 6-2. Flavia Pennetta (10), Italy, def. Ai Sugiyama, Japan, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Sybille Bammer (14), Austria, def. Anna Chakvetadze (3), 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. Bethanie Mattek, United States, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 7-5, 6-2. Yuan Meng, .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:40:04 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/east-west-bank-classic-results-r722040.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/east-west-bank-classic-results-r722040.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) TORONTO (AP) - Results Thursday 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 Third Round Novak Djokovic (3), Serbia, def. Robin Soderling, Sweden, 6-4, 6-4. Marin Cilic, Croatia, def. Andy Roddick (6), United States, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Gilles Simon, France, def. Jose Acasuso, Argentina, 6-3, 6-4. Andy Murray (8), Britain, def. Stanislas Wawrinka (9), Switzerland, 6-2, 0-6, 6-4. James Blake (7), United States, def. Dmitry Tursunov, Russia, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:36:06 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/rogers-cup-results-r722037.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/rogers-cup-results-r722037.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. regional and national newspaper publishers, already staggering with a drop in ad revenue more severe than the industry has seen since the Great Depression, say the second half of 2008 may be even worse. Three publishers _ McClatchy Co., Lee Enterprises Inc. and E.W. Scripps Co. _ reported Thursday that their profits had fallen by nearly half in the second quarter compared to last year. They joined industry heavyweights New York Times Co. and Gannet Co., which reported earnings Wednesday and last week, in saying double-digit drops in .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:35:01 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/us-newspapers-face-more-bad-news-r722036.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/us-newspapers-face-more-bad-news-r722036.htm World News (PR-inside.com) BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - The real Dragan Dabic has emerged _ and the 66-year construction worker was shocked to discover his identity had apparently been stolen by one of the world's most notorious war crimes suspects. Radovan Karadzic assumed Dabic's identity as a cover during the autocratic rule of his mentor Slobodan Milosevic, officials said Thursday, promising to track down anyone who helped the Bosnian Serb warlord stay on the run from genocide charges for nearly 13 years. The true Dabic lives in Ruma, a Serbian town just north of Belgrade, according to .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:32:03 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/serbia-ids-the-real-man-behind-r722035.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/serbia-ids-the-real-man-behind-r722035.htm World News (PR-inside.com) CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australian electricity producers warned Friday that the government's aim of cutting the nation's greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by the year 2020 to fight global warming could boost power bills by 28 percent. The Energy Supply Association of Australia commissioned a cost analysis of the government's plan to tax air polluters for the carbon they produce from 2010. Association Chief Executive Officer Brad Page said a quarter of the coal-fired electricity capacity on Australia's populous east coast would have to shut down to meet the government's target .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:31:03 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/australian-electricity-producers-warn-r722034.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/australian-electricity-producers-warn-r722034.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peru's Southern Copper Corp. says net income fell 24 percent in the second quarter amid work stoppages and higher production costs. Southern said Thursday its second-quarter profit totaled $548.5 million, or US$0.62 per share, down from US$726 million (¤463.1 million), or US$0.82 per share, in the year-ago period. Copper production was 117,250 metric tons in the second quarter compared with 158,177 metric tons in the same period of 2007. Sales in the second quarter totaled US$1.46 billion, a 20-percent decrease from the US$1.83 billion last year. Southern Copper, one of the .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:30:06 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/peru-s-southern-copper-reports-second-quarter-prof-r722033.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/peru-s-southern-copper-reports-second-quarter-prof-r722033.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Samsung Electronics said Friday that second-quarter net profit grew 51 percent from the same period last year, amid strong performance in flat panels and mobile phones. Samsung earned 2.14 trillion won (US$2.12 billion) in the three months ended June 30, the company said in a regulatory filing and press release. Sales during the quarter rose 24 percent to 18.14 trillion won (US$18 billion). «We posted very strong results,» Chu Woo-sik, executive vice president of investor relations, told analysts on a conference call, despite what he described as a tough .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:25:04 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/samsung-electronics-2nd-quarter-net-r722031.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/samsung-electronics-2nd-quarter-net-r722031.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) - Tony Kanaan couldn't help but grin when he was asked about racing against Paul Tracy in Saturday's Rexall Edmonton Indy. «I'm sure we'll get some chrome horns on the sidepods,» Kanaan said, referring to Tracy's euphemistic term for using the front of his car to knock rivals out of the way on the racetrack. The 39-year-old Tracy found himself without a ride this year after the two American open-wheel series unified under the IRL IndyCar Series banner and team owner Gerald Forsythe decided to close down his Champ Car .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:16:03 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/longtime-us-open-wheel-star-tracy-hoping-r722028.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/longtime-us-open-wheel-star-tracy-hoping-r722028.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP) - Jermain Taylor appears headed for a November bout with former IBF super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy. «There's not any official announcement yet, but that's what's going to happen,» Lou DiBella, Taylor's promoter, told The Associated Press on Thursday. The fight is likely to take place Nov. 15. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported details of the super middleweight fight in Thursday morning's edition. Taylor was the middleweight champion for more than two years after beating Bernard Hopkins in 2005. He lost that title to Kelly Pavlik late last year, then lost .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:14:07 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/jermain-taylor-appears-set-for-fight-r722026.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/jermain-taylor-appears-set-for-fight-r722026.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) DEARBORN, Michigan (AP) - Bleeding cash and with its very survival uncertain, Ford Motor Co., an icon of American automaking, will try to import some of its success from across the Atlantic. Ford reported its worst-ever quarterly loss Thursday and announced plans to bring over six small, fuel-efficient cars it makes in Europe and start selling them in North America, where Ford is losing billions on its truck-heavy lineup. The company burned through nearly $11 billion of its cash stockpile in the past year and reported a second-quarter loss of $8.7 billion. Ford .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:11:04 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/ford-looks-to-europe-for-help-r722023.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/ford-looks-to-europe-for-help-r722023.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) NEW YORK (AP) - Catherine Ndereba will head to Beijing next month carrying one of Kenya's best chances of finally capturing Olympic marathon gold. She came close in Athens, rallying over the final kilometers before finishing second to Mizuki Noguchi of Japan. But the silver medal stands in stark contrast to the gold she's won in virtually every other major international competition. The glittering jewel missing from a career spent leading the pack. «I don't have any pressure,» Ndereba insisted, sipping tea Thursday at a posh midtown hotel three days before her final .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:10:03 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/world-champion-ndereba-hopes-to-deliver-r722022.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/world-champion-ndereba-hopes-to-deliver-r722022.htm World News (PR-inside.com) LONDON (AP) - Barack Obama's campaign has received roughly ten times more in money from declared U.S. donors living in Germany, France and Britain than his Republican rival, reflecting his popularity in Europe as he makes his first tour of the continent as the presumed Democratic nominee. Federal Election Commission reports show Obama has raised at least $1 million from donors who identify themselves as Americans living in Great Britain, Germany and France, while John McCain has taken in at least $150,000. Some donors say the huge disparity, which also exists in overall .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:09:04 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/obama-beats-mccain-in-donations-from-r722021.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/obama-beats-mccain-in-donations-from-r722021.htm World News (PR-inside.com) SINGAPORE (AP) - Asia-Pacific nations called for an «effective» plan to verify North Korea's declaration of its nuclear programs, backing away from an earlier recommendation that would have pushed for active involvement by the U.N. nuclear watchdog. Earlier this month, North Korea was given a blueprint detailing how the international community would verify a long-delayed list of its nuclear programs _ a step toward eventual dismantlement. That proposal called for intrusive inspections, interviews with scientists and a role for the International Atomic Energy Agency. North Korea raised some preliminary objections but made .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:08:01 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/asia-pacific-nations-call-for-effective-mechanism-r722020.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/asia-pacific-nations-call-for-effective-mechanism-r722020.htm Finance (PR-inside.com) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Samsung Electronics says its second-quarter net profit grew 51 percent from the same period last year. Samsung Electronics Co.'s Friday regulatory filing says it earned 2.14 trillion won (US$2.12 billion) in the three months ended June 30. Sales during the quarter rose 24 percent to 18.14 trillion won (US$18 billion). Samsung is the world's biggest manufacturer of memory chips and flat screen televisions and ranks second behind Finland's Nokia Corp. in mobile phones. .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:02 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/samsung-electronics-2nd-quarter-profit-r722019.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/samsung-electronics-2nd-quarter-profit-r722019.htm Entertainment (PR-inside.com) LATEST: NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK star DONNIE WAHLBERG has laughed off claims the reunited boy band are teaming up with MICHAEL JACKSON and MADONNA. Recent reports suggested the group had held secret talks with the pop legends about a collaboration on their comeback album. Wahlberg was quoted as saying, 'It's very exciting. It's one big party and everyone wants to join us.' But the singer insists the quote was made up, posting the following comment on the band's blog: 'We are not recording with Michael Jackson and/or Madonna. We never claimed to be, either. Good fun reading about it though!' .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:06:12 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/new-kids-on-the-block-not-r722018.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/new-kids-on-the-block-not-r722018.htm Entertainment (PR-inside.com) The original line-up of troubled rocker PETE DOHERTY's band BABYSHAMBLES will reform for an upcoming U.K. festival. Doherty was scheduled to play a solo set at Moonfest in Wiltshire next month (Aug08), but now he'll be backed by his old groupmates. Other acts on the bill include tribute band The Australian Pink Floyd and Brandon Block. .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:06:09 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/doherty-s-babyshambles-to-reunite-at-r722017.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/doherty-s-babyshambles-to-reunite-at-r722017.htm Entertainment (PR-inside.com) PARIS HILTON is laughing off new reports linking her to vacationing soccer ace CRISTIANO RONALDO, insisting she hasn't even met the Manchester United pin-up. The socialite reportedly made a beeline for the sports star when she spotted him at a Hollywood nightclub, but she claims the meeting never happened and she has eyes for only one man - Good Charlotte star Benji Madden, her boyfriend. She says, 'I'm so in love with my boyfriend I don't even look at other guys.' But Hilton knows how romance stories about her spread: 'I think, literally, there's reporters outside (clubs) with the paparazzi and they .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:06:05 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/hilton-i-haven-t-even-met-ronaldo-r722016.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/hilton-i-haven-t-even-met-ronaldo-r722016.htm Business (PR-inside.com) http://www.researchandmarkets.com - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/233f12/assessment_of_indu) has announced the addition of the 'Assessment of Industrial Gases Market in China' report to their offering. COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THE INDUSTRIAL GAS INDUSTRY AND ITS KEY SUPPLIERS REPORT STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: -- Western markets for industrial gases are mature and growing at GDP or slightly higher rates depending on the region, whereas industrial gases consumption in China is increasing rapidly. -- The objective of the study is to assess the characteristics of the industrial gas market in China and the drivers and trends affecting the growth of the .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:03:05 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/key-assessment-of-industrial-gases-market-r722014.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/key-assessment-of-industrial-gases-market-r722014.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) LAS VEGAS (AP) - When Miguel Cotto last fought in Las Vegas 3 1/2 years ago, a security guard tried to throw him out of the Mandalay Bay casino. He thought the light welterweight champion, then 24, was a minor. Nothing looks minor about Cotto any more. Now a welterweight titlist with a perfect record and a burgeoning international fame, Cotto already is among the world's elite boxers. When he faces Antonio Margarito on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden, he'll finally be a Vegas headliner as well, fulfilling another career-long dream. «In .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:03:01 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/cotto-finally-gets-on-boxing-s-center-r722013.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/cotto-finally-gets-on-boxing-s-center-r722013.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - New Zealand's top cricketers were urged by their Players' Association not to play in the Champions Trophy in Pakistan, though it fell short of calling for a boycott of the tournament. «Our recommendation to our players is not to travel to Pakistan at this point in time,» association head Heath Mills said Friday. «There isn't one player I have spoken to who is comfortable about traveling to Pakistan at the moment. The International Cricket Council decided Thursday to keep the limited-overs tournament in Pakistan, despite security concerns expressed strongly .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:01:02 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/players-association-warns-black-caps-r722011.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/players-association-warns-black-caps-r722011.htm Entertainment (PR-inside.com) Movie tough guy HARVEY KEITEL has signed up to star in his first TV series after joining the cast of U.S. drama LIFE ON MARS. The hit British show, which has been recast for American TV audiences, will also feature Jason O'Mara and The Sopranos star Michael Imperioli. The Piano star Keitel will play the leader of a no-nonsense homicide task force. The show revolves around O'Mara's cop character, who wakes up in the 1970s after he's knocked unconscious in a traffic accident. .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:00:07 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/keitel-set-for-life-on-mars-r722010.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/keitel-set-for-life-on-mars-r722010.htm Entertainment (PR-inside.com) PAUL GIAMATTI regrets turning down a wine ad campaign following the success of SIDEWAYS - because he'd be a wealthy man if he agreed to peddle Merlot. The actor played a wine snob who hated Merlot in the 2004 movie and was then approached by grape growers in California to mock his film character in a TV and print ad. He explains, 'The Merlot growers tried to get me to do an ad campaign for them; I said no and now I feel like a fool - I could have used the cash.' And Giamatti admits his role in Sideways has turned .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:00:05 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/giamatti-regrets-turning-down-wine-ad-r722009.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/giamatti-regrets-turning-down-wine-ad-r722009.htm Entertainment (PR-inside.com) Wrestler HULK HOGAN's daughter BROOKE is considering baring all for Playboy magazine. The 20-year-old pop star has confirmed staff at the men's publication have approached her with an offer to pose nude in an upcoming spread. Hogan's publicist says, 'No decision has been made at this time.' .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:00:03 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/hogan-considered-for-playboy-r722008.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/hogan-considered-for-playboy-r722008.htm World News (PR-inside.com) UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A Swiss-led panel of five governments proposed Thursday that the United Nations assert itself as leader of a global fight against terrorism and establish a new agency or program to coordinate that effort. Ambassadors from Costa Rica, Japan, Slovakia, Switzerland and Turkey suggested that the U.N. General Assembly create an agency for counterterrorism along the lines of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, which is based in Vienna, Austria. It also recommended that the U.N. could help nations' key counterterrorism officials to adopt new standards .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:00:02 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/panel-advises-un-to-consider-new-r722007.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/panel-advises-un-to-consider-new-r722007.htm Entertainment (PR-inside.com) KELSEY GRAMMER's inner spirit kept him alive after his heart attack in May (08) by begging the spirits who had come to claim the actor to let him be. The former Frasier star has a vivid memory of everything that happened when his heart stopped in a Kona, Hawaii hospital and he briefly 'died'. In his first candid interview since the health scare on 31 May (08), Grammer tells U.S. news show Entertainment Tonight he was so convinced he was dying, he said good-bye to his wife Camille. He recalls, 'Camille was patting my head and she said, 'That's when you looked up .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:57:09 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/grammer-s-spirit-brought-him-back-from-r722004.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/grammer-s-spirit-brought-him-back-from-r722004.htm Entertainment (PR-inside.com) Actress MARISSA JARET WINOKUR and her comedy writer husband JUDAH MILLER are celebrating after becoming first-time parents. The couple's son, Zev Isaac Miller, was delivered by a surrogate mother on Tuesday (22Jul08). The Broadway star and her husband helped deliver the baby. And the stage Hairspray star can't believe how much her baby looks like his parents: 'I'd say he's got a Winokur face and a Miller body.' And the Tony Award winner tells People.com she finally feels fulfilled: 'I can't believe I am sitting here next to my baby. This is the one thing that's been missing from our lives. Now our .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:57:06 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/winokur-a-mum-r722003.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/winokur-a-mum-r722003.htm Entertainment (PR-inside.com) RINGO STARR's granddaughter has become the latest Starkey to form a band. But, unlike her granddad and dad - former Oasis star Zak Starkey - who are celebrated drummers, Tatia Starkey is a bassist. She plays in London-based band Belakis. .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:57:03 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/starr-s-granddaughter-forms-a-band-r722002.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/starr-s-granddaughter-forms-a-band-r722002.htm World News (PR-inside.com) SINGAPORE (AP) - Asia-Pacific powers agreed to hold a U.S.-led relief exercise as part of a plan to pool their civilian and military assets in tackling cyclones, earthquakes and other disasters that hit the region frequently. At their annual security meeting, foreign ministers of 26 countries and the European Union endorsed on Thursday a proposal by the Philippines and the United States to conduct a disaster relief drill in 2009, Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo said. «It makes a lot of sense to conduct such exercises,» Yeo told a news conference. It .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:56:02 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/asia-pacific-powers-finalize-ambitious-plan-r722000.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/asia-pacific-powers-finalize-ambitious-plan-r722000.htm Entertainment (PR-inside.com) PETE TOWNSHEND has hit back at reports he and THE WHO bandmate ROGER DALTREY don't get along by joking the rocking pair take steam baths together. The guitarist claims gossips are reading too much into the fact that he and Daltrey demand separate dressing rooms when they tour, insisting rumours the two rock stars have a terrible relationship are simply not true. In a post on his blog Townshend says, 'The delicious gossip from (blogger) Perez (Hilton) is that Perce (Daltrey) and I have separate dressing rooms. That may be true but we chat about the show in the steam room and .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:54:14 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/townshend-makes-light-of-daltrey-feud-r721998.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/townshend-makes-light-of-daltrey-feud-r721998.htm Entertainment (PR-inside.com) Rock star SLASH has scored celebrity DJs PERRY FARRELL and will.i.am for his double 43rd birthday celebrations in Las Vegas. Jane's Addiction star Farrell hosted a party in the guitarist's honour at the Bare pool lounge at the Mirage resort on Wednesday night (23Jul08) and Black Eyed Peas star will.i.am was scheduled to spin records at a second Sin City party as WENN went to press on Thursday (24Jul08). Slash was also billed to perform an acoustic set at the second party, held at Jet nightclub. .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:54:10 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/slash-celebrates-43rd-birthday-with-top-r721997.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/slash-celebrates-43rd-birthday-with-top-r721997.htm Entertainment (PR-inside.com) KATY PERRY became the butt of her friends' jokes when albums she boasted about failed to materialise. The I Kissed A Girl singer's debut was released earlier this summer (08) several years and three labels after she first recorded many of the tracks. She says, 'I've been on three major labels, signed and dropped, signed and dropped. There were times I lost hope in ever believing anything that any record label person ever told me.' And the last time the album failed to get released, Perry almost gave up borrowing money from her parents and singing back-up vocals for Miley Cyrus just .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:54:04 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/perry-s-failed-albums-turned-her-into-r721996.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/perry-s-failed-albums-turned-her-into-r721996.htm Entertainment (PR-inside.com) Rapper THE GAME has attacked EMINEM in a new track leaked online, signaling the end of their friendship. The single, from his forthcoming L.A.X. album, is a collaboration with Lil Wayne. Referring to Eminem and his 2002 movie 8 Mile, The Game raps, 'All the pictures of me and Em, I burned them / So there ain't no proof I walked through 8 Mile.' The two rappers were firm friends back in 2005, duetting on the track We Ain't, from The Game's debut album The Documentary. The Dreams hitmaker was also a staunch defender of Eminem's status in rap, telling Rolling Stone magazine .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:51:09 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/the-game-slams-one-time-pal-eminem-r721993.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/the-game-slams-one-time-pal-eminem-r721993.htm Entertainment (PR-inside.com) Rap mogul SEAN 'DIDDY' COMBS is planning to wed a woman 18 years his junior after reportedly proposing to sexy singer CASSIE. America's Star magazine is reporting that Diddy, 39, has asked the 21-year-old RandB star, real name Cassandra Ventura, to be his wife. A source tells the publication that Diddy let slip his big news to friends at his son Justin's recent eighth grade graduation party. One insider says, 'He told everyone to keep it extremely quiet because he didn't want it to get out.' Diddy first met Cassie after signing her to his Bad Boy Records label two years ago (06). .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:51:05 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/diddy-to-wed-r721992.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/diddy-to-wed-r721992.htm Entertainment (PR-inside.com) Former SMASHING PUMPKINS stars JAMES IHA and D'ARCY WRETZKY-BROWN are suing Virgin Records America over royalties they feel they're owed. The former bandmates claim label bosses have cheated them out of ringtone fees, among other things. In the suit, filed in Los Angeles on Thursday (24Jul08) and obtained by TMZ.com, Iha and Wretzky-Brown claim Virgin executives negotiated a deal for electronic transmissions solely with frontman Billy Corgan. They claim the 2005 deal should have been negotiated with them too. The plaintiffs are seeking unspecified damages. .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:51:03 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/smashing-pumpkins-stars-sue-label-bosses-r721991.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/smashing-pumpkins-stars-sue-label-bosses-r721991.htm World News (PR-inside.com) CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela denied reports Thursday alleging that a government-owned airplane had carried Colombian rebel leaders to Nicaragua for a Sandinista celebration. Venezuelan Vice President Ramon Carrizalez called the report, published Wednesday in Managua's La Prensa newspaper, a «completely false» attempt to discredit President Hugo Chavez. La Prensa, citing unnamed Nicaraguan officials, said six leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia flew to Managua on July 17 aboard a small Cessna owned by Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA, to attend the 29th anniversary celebration of Nicaragua's Sandinista .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:51:02 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/venezuela-denies-flying-colombian-guerrillas-r721990.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/venezuela-denies-flying-colombian-guerrillas-r721990.htm World News (PR-inside.com) GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - A Moroccan prisoner released from Guantanamo in 2004 was Osama bin Laden's top bodyguard, according to testimony Thursday in the war crimes trial of another alleged bodyguard. Defendant Salim Hamdan said the Moroccan, Abdellah Tabarak, was head of the al-Qaida chief's security detail, said Naval Criminal Investigative Service agent Michael St. Ours, relating what Hamdan told him in a 2002 interrogation. St. Ours, who also questioned Tabarak at Guantanamo, said he was surprised to learn from Hamdan's lawyers that the Moroccan had been released because .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:48:06 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/reputed-boss-of-detainee-facing-war-r721988.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/reputed-boss-of-detainee-facing-war-r721988.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazil will spend US$2.5 billion (¤1.59 billion) to prepare the country's most important airports in time for the 2014 World Cup, the country's airport authority said Thursday. The government agencey Infraero said in a statement that 3.9 billion reals (US$2.5 billion, ¤1.59 billion) will be used to expand and modernize airports like Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia among others by the end of 2010. The announcement came less than a week after aviation experts warned that Brazil lacks the airport infrastructure to accommodate the influx of visitors .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:47:04 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/brazil-to-spend-us-2-5-billion-to-r721987.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/brazil-to-spend-us-2-5-billion-to-r721987.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) EDITORS These are among the top sports events of the week. Coverage of most of these events will move on this circuit FRIDAY, July 18 through 26, Gstaad, Switzerland _ beach volleyball, women's open. through 27, various sites, France _ cycling, Tour de France. through 27, Aichi, Japan _ sumo, Grand Tournament. through 27, Toronto, Canada _ tennis, ATP Masters Series, Rogers Cup. through 27, Los Angeles, California _ tennis, WTA Tour, East West Bank Classic. through 27, Portoroz, Slovenia _ tennis, WTA Tour, Slovenia Open. through 27, Linz and Ottensheim, Austria _ rowing, world championships. through 27, Gstaad, Switzerland _ beach .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:44:04 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/ap-weekly-sports-calendar-r721986.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/ap-weekly-sports-calendar-r721986.htm Business (PR-inside.com) - DexCom, Inc. (NASDAQ:DXCM) today announced that it plans to release its second quarter 2008 financial results after market close on Tuesday, August 5, 2008. Management will hold a conference call to review the company's second quarter financial performance starting at 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the same day. The conference call will be concurrently webcast. The link to the webcast will be available on the DexCom, Inc. website at www.dexcom.com under the investor webcast section and will be archived for future reference. To listen to the conference call, please dial (888) 211-7360 (US/Canada) or (913) 312-4373 (International) and .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:40:03 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/dexcom-schedules-second-quarter-r721982.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/dexcom-schedules-second-quarter-r721982.htm World News (PR-inside.com) PERTH, Australia (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said a proposed U.S.-India nuclear energy deal is good for both countries and for global efforts to reduce the spread of atomic technology and greenhouse gas emissions. In her first public comments on the agreement since India's government won a confidence vote that paves its way forward, Rice said Thursday the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush would press U.S. lawmakers to approve the agreement in the coming months. «I think we can make a very good case that this is not .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:40:02 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/rice-says-us-india-nuclear-deal-will-r721981.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/rice-says-us-india-nuclear-deal-will-r721981.htm World News (PR-inside.com) KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO's secretary general said Pakistan must be involved in international attempts to end cross-border attacks into Afghanistan as dozens of insurgents were reported killed in fresh violence. A major clash occurred Thursday after militants attacked an Afghan military convoy in Shah Joy district of Zabul province in the south, said deputy provincial police chief Jailani Khan. Khan said the army called for assistance from the U.S.-led coalition and Afghan police, and the three forces surrounded the insurgents, killing 35, at least two of whom were Arabs. Five Taliban .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:35:07 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/nato-pakistan-should-be-involved-in-r721974.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/nato-pakistan-should-be-involved-in-r721974.htm World News (PR-inside.com) STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Schools run by private enterprise? Free I-pods and laptop computers to attract students It may sound out of place in Sweden, that paragon of taxpayer-funded cradle-to-grave welfare. But a sweeping reform of the school system has survived the critics and 16 years later is spreading and attracting interest abroad. «I think most people, parents and children, appreciate the choice,» said Bertil Ostberg, from the Ministry of Education. «You can decide what school you want to attend and that appeals to people. Since the change was introduced in 1992 by a .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:31:07 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/sweden-bucks-its-welfarist-impulse-and-r721971.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/sweden-bucks-its-welfarist-impulse-and-r721971.htm Sport (PR-inside.com) SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - The Australian Cricketers' Association is hinting at a boycott of the Champions Trophy by the defending titlist because of security concerns in Pakistan. «Based on the independent information and advice received, we maintain that the risks are simply too great for the ACA to recommend that our players tour Pakistan at this time,» Paul Marsh, head of the Australian players' union, said in a statement Friday. «We would expect Cricket Australia to adopt the same position. The International Cricket Council went ahead with plans to stage the biennial .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:30:05 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/australian-players-union-hints-at-r721970.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/australian-players-union-hints-at-r721970.htm Business (PR-inside.com) - San Pasqual Casino Development Group, Inc. (the 'Company'), a wholly owned, tribally chartered corporation formed under the laws of the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians (the 'Band'), today announced that it is further extending the date by which consents must be received pursuant to its previously announced Consent Solicitation with respect to amendments to the indenture governing its outstanding 8% Senior Notes due 2013 (the 'Notes') issued on September 29, 2005 (the 'Consent Solicitation'). The Company is extending the expiration date for the Consent Solicitation to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 1, 2008, unless earlier .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:26:06 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/san-pasqual-casino-development-group-announces-r721968.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/san-pasqual-casino-development-group-announces-r721968.htm World News (PR-inside.com) LOS ANGELES (AP) - Aerospace engineers have been holed up in a Mojave Desert hangar for four years, fashioning a commercial spaceship to loft rich tourists some 62 miles above Earth. Now the wraps come partially off the top-secret project. British billionaire Sir Richard Branson and American aerospace designer Burt Rutan are due Monday to show off their mothership, which is designed to air launch a passenger-toting spaceship out of the atmosphere. The rollout _ a year after a deadly accident at Rutan's test site _ marks the start of a rigorous flight .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:25:04 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/aircraft-for-space-tourism-to-be-r721967.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/aircraft-for-space-tourism-to-be-r721967.htm World News (PR-inside.com) DETROIT (AP) - Madonna is on Jennifer Zablocki's iPod. So is «The Madonna. The Detroit-area high school teacher works up a sweat to the pop diva's music as well as songs honoring Mary, the mother of Jesus. Among the hundreds of popular and Top 40 selections Zablocki has downloaded are the Rosary Tapes, a collection of Roman Catholic prayers and meditations for the rosary set to contemporary music by a pair of jingle writers better known for helping Ford Motor Co. sell cars. «I don't make it to church every week, so it's just kind .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:24:02 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/rosary-gets-pop-music-makeover-by-r721966.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/rosary-gets-pop-music-makeover-by-r721966.htm World News (PR-inside.com) YINGXIU, China (AP) - The streets here are alive with the sounds _ rumbling backhoes, roaring jackhammers, clanging pickaxes _ of a town being brought back from the dead. The 7.9-magnitude earthquake that tore apart Sichuan province in May left the town of Yingxiu in near-silent ruin. Two months later, it is buzzing with activity as soldiers dig trenches for water pipes and temporary housing units rise practically overnight. It is a remarkable turnaround from a disaster that left nearly 70,000 dead, another 18,000 missing and more than 5 million homeless. As with .. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:23:02 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/china-marshals-olympic-spirit-to-rebuild-r721965.htm http://www.pr-inside.com/china-marshals-olympic-spirit-to-rebuild-r721965.htm