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Global News Archive for December 2007:
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Ahmadinejad, President and Blogger
The Iranian president?s blog, at ahmadinejad.ir in Persian, Arabic, English and French, is less confrontational than his speeches and accepts critical reader comments...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Putin Backs Deputy Prime Minister as Successor
With the endorsement, Dmitri A. Medvedev becomes the clear favorite to succeed President Vladimir V. Putin...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Taliban Loses Grip on Last Major Town
Afghan and NATO troops retook the town of Musa Qala, forcing the Taliban to withdraw from the only sizable town they hold in the country...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Ancient polar bear jawbone found
What could be the oldest known remains of a polar bear are uncovered on the Svalbard archipelago...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Led Zeppelin return to the stage
Led Zeppelin perform their first concert for 19 years, before thousands of fans at London's O2 arena...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
US central bank set to cut rates
The US central bank is set to cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point to 4.25% on Tuesday...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Fish scammers must pay back £1m
Three County Down fishermen are ordered to pay back more than £1m netted through a fish quota scam...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Awards for terror attack bravery
The first firefighters to tackle the Glasgow Airport attack are set to receive bravery awards...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Met chooses new anti-terror chief
A new policeman has been appointed to co-ordinate the Met's national terrorist investigations...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Serbia blasted over key fugitives
The UN's outgoing war crimes prosecutor accuses Serbia of allowing two wanted war criminals to go free...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Lebanon postpones vote yet again
Lebanese MPs again put off a vote on a president - they are now scheduled to hold the vote on 17 December...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Argentina swears in new leader
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is sworn in as the first woman to be elected president of Argentina...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Two charged under Terrorism Act
Two men from London are charged with inciting others to commit an act of terrorism...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Ice storm in US claims 14 lives
At least 14 people die in the US in an ice storm sweeping several states just east of the Rocky Mountains...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
More time for care deaths police
Police are given more time to question a couple held on suspicion of murdering five elderly care home residents...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Black given six-and-a-half years
Ex-Telegraph owner Conrad Black is jailed in the US for six-and-a-half years for fraud and obstructing justice...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Canoe wife charged with deception
The wife of John Darwin, the canoeist who was missing presumed dead, is charged with two counts of deception...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Alois Kracher, Austrian Winemaker and Advocate, Is Dead at 48
Mr. Kracher was a visionary winemaker whose luscious sweet wines and forceful personality were instrumental in restoring the Austrian wine industry?s international reputation after a scandal in 1985...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Abroad: ?Tristan? Harmonies Trump La Scala?s Labor Discord
The gaudiest event of the opera season in Europe, La Scala?s opener on Dec. 7 was a sublime new version of ?Tristan und Isolde.?...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Excerpts From an Interview With Dmitri A. Medvedev
Last month, First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri A. Medvedev, who was endorsed today by President Vladimir V. Putin to be Russia?s next president, met with foreign journalists...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Qaddafi Arrives, Tent and All, in Paris
The Libyan leader began an official visit to France today, pitching a heated Bedouin-style tent for receiving guests...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
At Least 9 Killed in Baghdad Attacks
A spate of bomb, rocket and mortar attacks today came amid an overall lull in violence in Baghdad...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Israelis Brief Top U.S. Official on Iran
Israel officials passed along a gloomy assessment of Iran?s nuclear ambitions to Adm. Mike Mullen, the top military official in the U.S...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Gore Urges Bold Moves in Nobel Speech
In his Nobel Prize speech today, Al Gore singled out the U.S. and China in particular for not doing enough...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Putin Supports First Deputy as Successor
President Vladimir V. Putin?s endorsement of one of his closest confidants, Dmitri A. Medvedev, makes him the favorite to become Russia?s next president...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
'Digital locks' future questioned
A hard drive maker blocks online access to consumer's media files, raising questions about digital locks...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Fans ready for Led Zeppelin gig
Thousands of Led Zeppelin fans prepare for the band's reunion concert at London's O2 arena...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Gore climate plea to US and China
Al Gore urges China and the US to work together on climate change, as he picks up the Nobel Peace Prize...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Schools to offer parents services
Schools should provide more services for parents as well as children, the Children's Plan is expected to say...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
2012 Olympics budget 'on track'
Tessa Jowell says new cost estimates for the 2012 Olympics are "consistent" with the existing £9.3bn budget...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Youths hold knife to baby's neck
Police hunt two youths - possibly as young as 12 - who held a knife to a four-week-old baby's neck in a burglary...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Cabinet 'row' over pension rescue
Campaigners claim ministers are blocking plans to give extra help to workers who have lost their pensions...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Homes evacuated amid garage fire
About 50 people are told to leave their homes for 24 hours during a fire near a garage in Greenock...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Student tuition fees set to rise
Tuition fees for students in Northern Ireland are set to rise to £3,145 a year, in line with inflation...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Afghan troops take Taleban town
Afghan army troops capture Musa Qala after four days of fighting to oust the Taleban rebels controlling the town...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Cleared mother loses cash battle
A woman cleared of killing her baby loses a fight for compensation for her time in prison...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Top level talks on Lebanon crisis
Lebanon's army chief meets the influential Maronite patriarch amid efforts to end the political crisis...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Fujimori trial under way in Peru
Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori goes on trial over alleged human rights abuses, including murder...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Zuma's ANC bid gains key backer
ANC powerbroker Tokyo Sexwale joins Jacob Zuma's campaign to lead South Africa's ruling party...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
South Korea fights huge oil spill
Thousands of S Koreans are fighting to clean up beaches polluted by the country's worst-ever oil spill...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
F1: Alonso to rejoin Renault
Double world champion Fernando Alonso will return to the Renault team for 2008...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Mourinho out of England running
Jose Mourinho rules himself out of the running to become the next England manager...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Rape case ruling shocks Australia
A decision not to jail nine men who admitted raping a 10-year-old Aboriginal girl is widely criticised in Australia...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Ofsted fear head killed himself
The head teacher of a school killed himself while worried about an Ofsted inspection, a coroner rules...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Diana engagement 'was planned'
Dodi Al Fayed told a jeweller he and Princess Diana were planning to announce their engagement, their inquest has heard...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
PM pledges more Afghan support
Gordon Brown pledges continued support for Afghanistan during a visit to UK troops...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Wind 'could power all UK homes'
All UK homes could be powered by offshore wind farms by 2020, under plans unveiled by the government...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Black to serve up to eight years
Conrad Black is told he is likely to receive a jail term of 78 to 97 months for fraud and obstructing justice...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Police release new canoeist photo
Police release a photograph they believe shows John Darwin in the period he was missing, presumed dead...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
E.U. Will Assume Responsibilities on Kosovo
European Union nations are overcoming their internal divisions over the future of Kosovo as it heads towards independence, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
U.S. and Iran Will Meet, Iraqi Official Says
U.S. and Iranian experts will hold a meeting next week to discuss security issues ahead of an expected round of formal talks on Iraq?s stability, Iraq?s foreign minister said...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Mortar Shells Strike Baghdad Prison
Mortar shells slammed into an Interior Ministry prison, killing at least seven inmates and wounding 23, and an oil refinery came under fire elsewhere in the capital...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Bomber in Pakistan Targets Vehicle With Children
A suicide bomber drove a car full of explosives into a truck near an air force base. Five of the wounded were children...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Afghan Forces Take Taliban Town
Afghan and international forces have retaken a southern town held by Taliban militants since February, the Defense Ministry spokesman said...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Bioshock scoops game of the year
Action thriller Bioshock is named game of the year at the Spike TV awards in Las Vegas...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Brain 'irrelevance filter' found
Scientists believe they have located a new brain area essential for good memory - the "irrelevance filter"...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Compass not so golden in US chart
The Golden Compass tops the North American box office chart despite disappointing ticket sales...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Lottery plan for council voting
Voters in local elections could be entered into a lottery under plans presented to minister to increase turnout...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
ESPN 'eyes Premier League'
ESPN is "absolutely interested" in buying UK rights to broadcast Premier League football, its boss tells the FT...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Homes evacuated during cars blaze
Homes are evacuated in Greenock following an early morning fire in the town's Sinclair Street...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Young targeted in speed campaign
Police launch a campaign to educate young and new drivers about the dangers of driving too fast...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Chip shop men died of head injuries
Post-mortem tests show two men found murdered in a flat above a chip shop, died from head injuries...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Man, 28, is shot in head and back
A motive is being sought for a gun attack on a man as he walks along a road in County Antrim...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Iraq prison hit by mortar barrage
Mortars hit a prison in Baghdad, killing seven, and the capital's only refinery is set ablaze by rocket fire...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Afghan troops enter Taleban town
Afghan army troops enter the Taleban-held town of Musa Qala as fighting rages for a fourth day...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Families pained by Canada verdict
Relatives of Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton's victims criticise his conviction on a lesser murder charge...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Kosovo eyes 'early independence'
Kosovo will declare independence "much earlier" than May, says an official as international talks fail...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Cameroon's Malabo rescue mission
Cameroon officials go to Equatorial Guinea to rescue thousands of its citizens trapped in diplomatic missions...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Cricket: Duo blunt England rally
Sri Lanka close 246 runs behind England on 105-2 after two days of the second Test in Colombo...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Calzaghe enjoys award recognition
Joe Calzaghe says his BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award is a fitting reward for his success...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Addicts used as organ donors
A serious shortage of organs means transplant surgeons are being forced to use body parts from drug addicts...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
No unity yet at UN climate talks
As UN climate negotiations in Bali enter their second week, disagreements remain in several key areas...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Putin backs Medvedev
Russia's President Putin backs First Deputy PM Dmitry Medvedev as presidential candidate, reports say...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Rugby star Henson to face court
Gavin Henson is accused of disorderly conduct, and after a separate incident, two other players are in jail in Italy...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Wind farm expansion plans due
Plans for a large increase in the numbers of wind turbines around the UK coast are to be set out by ministers...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
UBS posts fresh $10bn losses
Swiss bank UBS reports a further $10bn write-down caused by bad debts in the US housing market...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Canoeist remanded in custody
John Darwin, thought to have died in a canoeing accident in 2002, is remanded in custody on deception charges...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Couple held over care home deaths
A couple are arrested on suspicion of murdering five elderly residents at the care home they managed...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Brown visits Afghanistan forces
Prime Minister Gordon Brown visits British troops in Afghanistan, thanking them for doing a "most difficult" job...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Iranian Students Protest Jailings
Iranian students held a protest on Sunday at Tehran University to demand the release of fellow students who have been jailed in recent months...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
U.N. Fears Serbs Will Disrupt a Free Kosovo
Kosovo, which has a majority of ethnic Albanians, has been trying to break away from Serbia, but Serbia is vehemently fighting to keep the province...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
After Setback, Chávez Makes the Clocks Fall Behind
The change is part of a set of announcements in recent days showing that President Chávez is pressing ahead with policy initiatives despite losing last week?s referendum...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Canadian Is Convicted in 6 of a Suspected 50 Killings
After a 10-month trial marked by horrific and often grisly evidence, Robert William Pickton, a pig farmer, was convicted Sunday of second-degree murder in the deaths of six women...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Trade Deals Stymied at Lisbon Meeting
Despite committing themselves to a new partnership of equals, European and African leaders conflicted over trade and human rights violations in Zimbabwe...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Suicide Bomber Rams School Bus in Pakistan
A suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a schoolbus near an air force base in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing himself and wounding about nine people, including several children, the military said...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Memo From Kuala Lumpur: A Growing Source of Fear for Migrants in Malaysia
In Malaysia, foreign workers have become the targets of an expanding campaign of harassment, arrest, whippings, imprisonment and deportation...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Ex-President Stands Trial in Edgy Peru
President Alberto K. Fujimori will be the country?s first former head of state to be tried on human rights violations, including murder and kidnapping, on Monday...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
C.I.A. Official in Inquiry Called a ?Hero?
A man who spent a career in the shadows as head of the Central Intelligence Agency?s clandestine service has been thrust into the spotlight for his role in the destruction of interrogation videotapes...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Philharmonic Agrees to Play in North Korea
The New York Philharmonic plans to visit Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, in February, the first significant cultural visit by Americans to that country...
New York Times - December 10, 2007
Tighter rules on bail provision
Measures aimed at tightening up the system of bail provision come into force in the Scottish courts...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Olympics costs 'could rise again'
A report warns there is a chance the cost of hosting the 2012 Olympics could rise again, the BBC learns...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Gandhi speech explanation sought
India's election authorities demand Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi explain remarks made in Gujarat campaigning...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Libya's Gaddafi to visit France
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi hopes to boost bilateral ties on his first visit to France since 1973...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Trade row mars EU-Africa talks
European and African leaders talk of progress at a major summit, despite rows over trade and Zimbabwe...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
World views on free press mixed
A BBC World Service poll shows global opinion divided on the importance of press freedom and social stability...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Asbos 'wrong for the under-12s'
Anti-social behaviour orders can become a "self-fulfilling prophecy" and should not be imposed on the under-12s, a think tank says...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Conrad Black awaiting sentencing
Five months after being found guilty of fraud and obstructing justice, Conrad Black is due to be sentenced...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
Brown praises UK's Iraq troops
Prime Minister Gordon Brown thanks UK troops for their work in Iraq as he announces the handover of Basra...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
EU ministers debate Kosovo future
EU foreign ministers are meeting to debate Kosovo's status, as a UN deadline for a resolution arrives...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
'Missing' canoeist due in court
Canoeist John Darwin is to appear in court on deception charges as police prepare to question his wife...
BBC News - December 10, 2007
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