News for Sunday, April 8, 2007
• MLB: Rodriguez Slam Gives Yankees Win No summary available.
• Golf: Appleby leads Woods, Rose at Masters Australian Stuart Appleby has a one-stroke lead over world number one Tiger Woods and England's Justin Rose headed into the final round of the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia.
• Thousands Protest US Immigration Reform Plans in Los Angeles No summary available.
• Fifth 'Space Tourist' Begins Flight to International Space Station Soyuz TMA-10, 07 Apr 2007" hspace=2 src="/english/images/ap_us_charles_simonyi_russian_cosmonauts_210_eng_07Apr07.jpg" width=182 vspace=2 border=0> A Russian spacecraft carrying an American space tourist, and a two-man Russian replacement crew has reached orbit, ahead of a rendezvous with the International Space Station.
• Car Bomb Kills 15 in Iraq Iraqi security officials say at least 15 people were killed and 25 wounded Sunday in a large explosion in a town south of Baghdad.
• US Delegation Arrives in North Korea A U.S. delegation is in North Korea as part of an effort to claim the remains of missing U.S. service members killed in the Korean War.
• Israel Reviews List of Palestinian Prisoners for Soldier Swap Israeli officials say they are reviewing a list of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners that Gaza militants want released in exchange for a captured Israeli soldier.
• Easter Church Services Ring out Across East Timor as People Prepare for Vote Thousands of East Timorese flocked to packed Easter church services a day ahead of a crucial vote for president in this largely Catholic nation that has been beset by violence for most of the past year. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins reports from the capital Dili.
• Taleban Says Group Has Executed Hostage A purported Taleban spokesman says the group has killed a kidnapped Afghan translator who worked for an Italian journalist.
• Sectarian Battles Kill 15 in Northwest Pakistan Since Friday Pakistani officials say Sunni and Shi'ite militants are battling each other for a third day in the country's North-West Frontier Province.
• Legislative Victory Goes to Benin President's Coalition In Benin, official results published on Saturday by the constitutional court confirm that the coalition of President Boni Yayi won most of the legislative seats from last week's election. While the president has said he needs this majority to fight corruption, some analysts say this victory is still not enough to change political life in this small West African country. Phuong Tran has more from VOA's West African bureau in Dakar.
• Hezbollah Leader: Lebanese Reconciliation Talks Have Failed The leader of the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah says Lebanese leaders have failed to resolve the country's political crisis through dialogue.
• US Plans to Put People on Moon Again by 2019 The head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration says the United States plans to put humans on the moon again by 2019. At the same time, he said he is concerned by what he described as a "significant" gap in U.S. human space flight following the retirement of the U.S. space shuttle program in 2010. VOA's Stephanie Ho reports from Washington.
• Turkish Soldiers Killed in Clash With Kurdish Rebels Turkish officials say two soldiers and a government-paid village guard were killed in a clash with Kurdish rebels.
• US Court Approves Water Project Near Mexican Border A federal court in California has approved a construction project that will prevent billions of gallons of water from seeping into Mexico from a canal located in the United States.
• Golf: Zach Johnson Wins Masters American Zach Johnson has held off world number-one compatriot Tiger Woods to win the first major golf tournament of the year - The Masters in Augusta, Georgia.
• Arnold Schwarzenegger to Address British Conservative Conference Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Republican governor of California, is scheduled to address this year's conference of Britain's Conservative Party.