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Global News Archive for November 2005:
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Signs of Crocodile From Dinosaur Era Are Found
Scientists have nicknamed it Godzilla, but it really belongs in another movie, this one not yet made: "Jaws Meets Jurassic Park."...
New York Times - November 10, 2005
Labor Leader's Pullout Creates Crisis for Sharon Coalition
The new leader of the party is almost certain to force the Israeli government's dissolution and prompt new elections within months...
New York Times - November 10, 2005
Davis denies 'thug' accusations
Conservative leadership contender David Davis denies accusations that he is a "bully" in a BBC Newsnight interview...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Nurse prescribing plans opposed
Nurses and pharmacists are to be given greater powers to prescribe drugs in a move being vigorously opposed by doctors...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Call for non-party schools policy
A leading head teacher has called for a permanent, cross-party commission to determine education policy...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Remains of 'Godzilla' croc found
Fossilised remains of a crocodile that stalked the oceans 140 million years ago are discovered in Patagonia...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Peru scales down ties with Japan
Peru says it is scaling down its ties with Japan due to Tokyo's attitude toward Peru's ex-leader Alberto Fujimori...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
New Polish PM wins crucial vote
Poland's new prime minister sets out his programme ahead of a vote of confidence in his minority government...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Call to cut primary heads' burden
Pupils face the prospect of being sent home from primary school over a lack of cover in classrooms...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Big Brother firm to float shares
Endemol, the production firm behind the TV shows Big Brother and Ready Steady Cook, plans a share flotation...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Liberia's 'Iron lady' claims win
Liberia is set to have Africa's first elected woman leader as Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf claims victory in the war-torn state...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Jordan 'not afraid' after bombs
King Abdullah says Jordan will not be cowed into changing its policies after bombs kill 56 in hotels in the capital...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
GPs 'longer opening hours' call
GP surgeries may be asked to extend their opening hours to weekends and evenings if there is patient demand for it, ministers say...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Teenager stabbed while at school
A teenage girl is recovering in hospital after being stabbed in the head at her Surrey school...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Ministers backing Blair on terror
Cabinet colleagues rally around the prime minister, after the Commons defeat of the 90 day detention plan...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
3 Hotels Bombed in Jordan; At Least 57 Die
Terrorist bombs ripped nearly simultaneously through three popular hotels in Amman, wounding more than 100...
New York Times - November 10, 2005
Shocked Jordanians Protest Bombings in Their Capital
Thousands marched a day after three blasts killed 59 and wounded 100. Also today, Al Qaeda in Iraq claimed responsibility...
New York Times - November 10, 2005
Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 29 in Crowded Baghdad Restaurant
The bombing, one of the most deadly in the Iraqi capital in recent months, was claimed by Al Qaeda in Iraq...
New York Times - November 10, 2005
Peres Loses Israeli Labor Party Post, Endangering Sharon Coalition
The trade union leader who pulled off the upset said that he would withdraw the party from the prime minister's coalition...
New York Times - November 10, 2005
Syrian Leader Says His Nation Is Being Made a Scapegoat
Bashar al-Assad said Syria will continue assisting the U.N. inquiry into the assassination of the ex-Lebanese premier...
New York Times - November 10, 2005
US trade deficit at record $66bn
The US trade deficit leapt to a record $66.1bn in September, after Hurricane Katrina sent oil prices soaring, official figures show...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Tories claim police 'politicised'
The way officers campaigned for new anti-terror powers risks "politicising" the police, say ex-ministers...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
How the flesh-eating bug attacks
Scientists have discovered how the flesh-eating bug disables a key part of the body's immune system...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
UN slates online costs for poor
The costs of access to faster net connections is hitting developing nations unfairly, says a UN body...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Assad protests Syrian innocence
President Assad pledges to co-operate with a UN into the murder of Rafik Hariri, but insists Syria is innocent...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
India mourns Dalit ex-president
The first "untouchable" to become president of India, KR Narayanan, is cremated with full military honours...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Victims campaign over 'amnesty'
A victims' delegation hands in a petition to Downing Street against plans to allow NI fugitives to return home...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Probe into bridge cable corrosion
An inquiry is launched into the state of cables on the Forth Road Bridge over fears it may have to be closed to lorries by 2013...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Rugby captain guilty of assault
Welsh rugby captain Gareth Thomas is found guilty of assault during a brawl in a French nightclub in 2002...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Cricket: Trescothick will captain
Marcus Trescothick will captain England in the first Test against Pakistan after Michael Vaughan is ruled out...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
'Iron lady' set for Liberia win
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is set to be Africa's first elected woman leader but Liberian rival George Weah cries foul...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Response to London attack praised
Europe's politicians and community leaders prevented a big backlash after the London bombings, a new report says...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Fans remember TV's Whiteley
Richard Whiteley will be sorely missed, his Countdown co-host Carol Vorderman tells a memorial service in York...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Plan to cut police forces by 75%
Police forces in England and Wales could be cut from 43 to 12 under plans announced by the Home Office...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Half of veterans 'live on £10,000'
Half of ex-service personnel are living on net incomes of less than £10,000 yearly, a survey suggests...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Lord Lichfield treated for stroke
Renowned photographer Lord Lichfield is being treated in a London hospital after suffering a stroke...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Man faces double jeopardy retrial
A man accused of murdering a Teesside mother could be the first to face a retrial under new double jeopardy laws...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
House of Commons Rebuffs Blair on Antiterror Provision
The British House of Commons rejected a provision of an antiterror bill backed by Prime Minister Tony Blair. It would have increased to 90 days the time terror suspects could be held without charge...
New York Times - November 10, 2005
Europe names Galileo trailblazer
Europe announces a name and launch date for the craft which will start in-orbit testing of its satellite-navigation system...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Sony sued over copy-protected CDs
Sony BMG could face legal action over its use of controversial copy protection software...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Rugby stars await 'brawl' verdict
Wales rugby captain Gareth Thomas is to find out whether a French court will find him guilty of assault...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Clampdown on internet casino ads
Internet casino operators are facing a UK government clampdown over concerns some are breaking advertising laws...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Davis wants England-only voting
Only English MPs will be allowed to vote on issues affecting England if David Davis becomes prime minister...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Court backs Turkish headscarf ban
The European Court in Strasbourg backs a ban by Turkish state universities on Muslim headscarves...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Peres protests at Labour defeat
Israeli Vice Premier Peres appeals against his defeat in the Labour leadership poll, alleging voting irregularities...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Afghan 'rebel attacks' kill nine
Suspected Taleban rebels kill seven police officers in an ambush, while two civilians are abducted and beheaded...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Heathrow to demolish Terminal 2
Heathrow's operator, BAA, is to knock down Terminal 2 under a plan to revamp the airport for the 2012 Olympics...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Robbers attack pensioner in home
A 70-year-old man is treated for a cut eye after being hit with a cudgel during a burglary in County Armagh...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Met Office battle 'has been won'
A minister says he favours retaining some commercial forecasting at the Met Office's Aberdeen bureau...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Football: King and Lampard back
Ledley King and Frank Lampard return to training ahead of England's friendly with Argentina on Saturday...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
'Iron lady' leads in Liberia poll
Liberian presidential candidate Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf leads against George Weah with 80% of the votes counted...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Bali bomb maker confirmed dead
Fingerprints taken from a man killed in Indonesia match those of bomb expert Azahari Husin, police say...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Bomb kills Baghdad diners
More than 30 people are killed in a suicide bomb attack on a Baghdad restaurant, Iraqi officials say...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
UK interest rates left unchanged
The Bank of England's rate setting committee decides to leaves interest rates unchanged at 4.5% at its latest meeting...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Violence subsides across France
Urban violence drops for a third night in France, with fewer cars set ablaze and only limited curfews...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Outback suspect 'ran drugs'
The man accused of murdering UK backpacker Peter Falconio ran drugs in Australia, a court hears...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Minster service for TV's Whiteley
A memorial service is to be held at York Minster for Countdown host Richard Whiteley, who died in June...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Blair says MPs are out of touch
Tony Blair tells his Cabinet there is a "worrying gap" between some MPs and public opinion over the terror threat...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
'Al-Qaeda' claims Jordan attacks
Al-Qaeda in Iraq claims it carried out attacks on three hotels in Amman that killed at least 57 and injured 300...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Nurse prescribing plans 'dangerous'
Nurses and pharmacists are to be given greater powers to prescribe drugs despite opposition by doctors...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Attacks at U.S.-Based Hotels in Amman Were Minutes Apart
At least 53 people were killed and more than 300 injured in what appeared to be a coordinated attack by suicide bombers...
New York Times - November 10, 2005
U.S. and Europe to Give Iranians New Atom Offer
The proposal would permit Iran to conduct very limited nuclear activities on its own soil, but would move the process of enriching all of its uranium to Russia...
New York Times - November 10, 2005
U.S. Reports Iraqi Civilian Casualties in Anti-Insurgent Sweep
The American military command revealed Wednesday that civilians had been killed and wounded in heavy fighting in western Iraq in the past few days...
New York Times - November 10, 2005
Chirac Avoids Glare of France's Fires
In the face of the most serious social crisis of his 10-year presidency, President Jacques Chirac has become the invisible man...
New York Times - November 10, 2005
Crowd Protests Fraud in Azerbaijan Vote
Thousands rallied peacefully in Baku to protest fraudulent parliamentary elections as the Azeri government moved to undo some of the most obviously falsified results...
New York Times - November 10, 2005
Economist Leads Ex-Soccer Star in Liberia Vote
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the economist who hopes to become the first woman to be elected to lead a modern African nation, opened a large lead in the race for president of Liberia...
New York Times - November 10, 2005
Fewer UK university applications
Early figures show a 2% fall in UK university applicants, with big increases in numbers from abroad...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
GMC rejects doctor's register bid
A GMC hearing into a doctor accused of withdrawing treatment from a patient against his family's wishes will go-ahead...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Boeing due to set record flight
Aerospace giant Boeing is due to break the world record for the longest non-stop passenger airline flight...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Buenos Aires bomber 'identified'
The suicide bomber who attacked a Jewish centre in Argentina in 1994 belonged to Hezbollah, say prosecutors...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Mixed response over drug U-turn
Campaigners expect more breast cancer sufferers to bid for Herceptin on the NHS...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Curfew for riot-hit French towns
More than 30 French towns and cities are under curfew amid signs that the rioting of two weeks is now abating...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Strike threat over Tube jobs row
London Tube maintenance staff are to be balloted for strike action in a row over jobs that could spread to drivers...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Football: King allowed to train
Tottenham defender Ledley King returns to training ahead of Saturday's friendly against Argentina...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
'Bali bomb maker' believed dead
Indonesia says it is convinced one of Asia's most wanted men, Malaysian bomb expert Azahari Husin, is dead...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Hewitt 'has left NHS toothless'
The NHS is in an impossible position after government intervention over the drug Herceptin, officials say...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Moderate Muslim 'roadshow' call
A Muslim taskforce appointed by the government in the wake of the July 7 presents its final report to the Home Office...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Energy crisis 'will be permanent'
A lack of energy supplies and high prices will become permanent in the UK, leading academics warn...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Public quizzed on embryo vetting
The public is to be asked if embryo screening should check for faulty genes not guaranteed to cause disease...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Peres loses Israel Labour fight
Labour leader Shimon Peres has lost his post, threatening the party's role in Israel's governing coalition...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
Blair meets Cabinet after defeat
After MPs rejected his plan on detaining terror suspects, the prime minister sees ministers and police chiefs...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
'Al-Qaeda link' to Jordan blasts
Attacks on three hotels in Amman that killed at least 57 bore the hallmarks of al-Qaeda, say Jordanian officials...
BBC News - November 10, 2005
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