Articles from AP Features (April 28, 2007)

Title	Author	Type	Words
An Afghan backwater straddles the fence between government and the Taliban	DENIS D. GRAY		979
Appeals court in Italy upholds conviction of mother who bludgeoned son to death	Staff		279
Army says four armed Palestinians killed by Israeli troops near near Gaza-Israel border	Staff		129
Backwater Afghan province straddles fence between government, Taliban	DENIS D. GRAY		1178
Country star Keith says charity donations may have surpassed last year's $400k	Staff		196
Country star Toby Keith hosts charity auction to help families of pediatric cancer patients	Staff		198
Cuba says lifts ban on U.S. long-grain rice	WILL WEISSERT		322
Democrats prod rivals on war, health care as they court voters in South Carolina	NEDRA PICKLER		1024
Explosion near Shiite shrine in Iraq kills 58; U.S. announces 8 American deaths	KIM GAMEL		206
Iranian laws are tilted against women	The Associated Press		210
Mexico City mayor: government doctors cannot refuse abortions	MARK STEVENSON		328
N.C. tobacco facts	The Associated Press		142
Officials: NY trooper probably killed by friendly fire	MICHAEL VIRTANEN		675
Pharmacy error cited for toxic drug that killed 3 after treatment at Oregon clinic	SARAH SKIDMORE		296
Philippine police preparing charges against suspect in killing of Peace Corps volunteer	OLIVER TEVES		553
Somali capital residents give mixed reactions to government victory claim	SALAD DUHUL		810
Somali president expresses regret over fighting that forced hundreds of thousands to flee capital	SALAD DUHUL		582
Somali president expresses regret over fighting that killed 1,000 in past month	SALAD DUHUL		427
Talk that inmate's heart could beat after jolt enters debate over Nebraska's electric chair	NATE JENKINS		645
Tenn. man sentenced to 7 years in prison on ricin, bomb-making charges	Staff		182
U.S. foreign aid coordinator resigns after his name surfaces in probe of call girl ring	ANNE GEARAN		645
Va. doctor convicted of drug trafficking for prescribing large amounts of opiates to patients	MATTHEW BARAKAT		440