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Global News Archive for March 2005:
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Israelis Kill Militant, Raising Questions About Truce
Israeli soldiers killed an armed Palestinian militant near the West Bank town of Jenin. Palestinians said such actions could jeopardize a fragile truce...
New York Times - March 10, 2005
Chechen Separatists Appoint Replacement for Slain Leader
Chechnya's underground separatist government appointed a little-known fighter and religious leader to succeed Aslan Maskhadov, who was killed earlier this week...
New York Times - March 10, 2005
Job cuts at hosiery firm expected
Substantial job losses are expected at one of Northern Ireland's biggest textile companies...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
GPs 999 threat to get ambulances
Some doctors are threatening to dial the emergency services in order to get sick patients into hospital...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
US airline faces Concorde inquiry
US Continental Airlines is put under judicial investigation in France for its role in the 2000 Concorde crash...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Genes help immunity disease boy
Gene therapy has been successfully used to treat a little boy with no immune system, British scientists have revealed...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Gates tops rich list for 11th year
The Forbes magazine list of world billionaires grows to 691 super-rich names, with a number of interesting new entrants...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Football: Geordie joy in Greece
Newcastle beat nine-man Olympiakos to take control of their Uefa Cup tie...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Memorial for shot Canadian police
Thousands attend a memorial service for four police officers killed in western Canada...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Jackson accuser tells of 'abuse'
The boy accusing Michael Jackson of sexual abuse gives more evidence, after the star arrives in court an hour late...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Dozens die in Iraq suicide attack
At least 47 people are killed by a suicide bomber who blew himself up at a Shia funeral in northern Iraq...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Lords bat terror bill back to MPs
Peers insist on a series of changes to Tony Blair's anti-terror bill, sending it back to MPs again...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Hong Kong's Embattled Leader Steps Down
The resignation of Tung Chee-hwa begins the first transfer of power since Britain returned the territory to Chinese rule in 1997...
New York Times - March 10, 2005
Scale of RAF job losses revealed
Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram says about 1,000 jobs will be cut at three RAF bases in Scotland...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
BA expects big jump in fuel costs
British Airways predicts its fuel costs will rise by £300m during the next financial year, due to the continuing high price of oil...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Iraq 'helped Mid-East democracy'
Jack Straw says a democratic "wave of change" in the Middle East is due in part to the Iraq war...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Actor McKellen joins the Street
Actor Sir Ian McKellen is joining the cast of ITV1's Coronation Street to play a "dodgy novelist"...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Agent Orange legal case dismissed
A US court dismisses a legal action alleging that the use of Agent Orange in Vietnam was a war crime...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Kosovo ex-PM war charges revealed
Kosovo's ex-Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj is charged at with 37 counts of war crimes at The Hague...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
'Fireball' engulfs Pakistan ship
At least six people are killed and 90 injured in a fire aboard a Pakistani Navy ship in the southern city of Karachi...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Mars cuts 700 from UK workforce
Confectionery giant Mars is cutting 700 factory jobs in the UK as production is transferred overseas...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Iran 'given Pakistan centrifuges'
Pakistan confirms that the disgraced former head of its nuclear programme gave centrifuges to Iran...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Labour unveils 'tough' crime plan
Labour unveils plans for more community support officers and random drug testing for criminals as part of its crime plan...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
BBC confirms first cutback plans
BBC director general Mark Thompson says 1,730 jobs will be lost as part of its first round of cutbacks...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Scythe murderers jailed for life
Three teenagers are jailed for life for hacking a friend to death with two scythes during a camping trip...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Blast hits Shia funeral in Iraq
At least 19 people are killed by a suicide bomber who blew himself up at a Shia funeral in northern Iraq...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Sinn Fein MPs to lose allowances
MPs decide to suspend Sinn Fein's allowances over the claim that the IRA stole £26m in a bank raid...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Blair issues terror bill warning
Peers inflict further defeats on the government's anti-terror bill despite Tony Blair ruling out more concessions...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Jackson misses judge's deadline
Michael Jackson arrives at court more than an hour late, after the judge threatens to seize his $3m bail...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Israeli Investigator Says Financing of Outposts Was Illegal
The author of a report about the illegal financing of settlements said she had uncovered a pattern of law-breaking that presented a threat to Israeli democracy...
New York Times - March 10, 2005
Bank opts to leave rates at 4.75%
The Bank of England decides to leave interest rates on hold at 4.75% for the seventh month in a row...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Common debates Sinn Fein sanction
MPs will debate whether to suspend Sinn Fein allowances over the claim that the IRA stole £26m in a bank raid...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Long-term ill care 'to improve'
Millions of people with long-term neurological conditions are being promised improved care and treatment...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Meteor Crater formation revisited
The iron mass that created Meteor Crater 49,000 years ago was just the crumbled remains of a far larger rock body, scientists say...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Game makers get Xbox 2 sneak peek
Microsoft gives out fresh details of what gamers can expect from its forthcoming Xbox 2 console...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Comic Cosby sued over sex claims
A woman takes legal action against US comedian Bill Cosby for alleged sexual assault and defamation...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Cebit opens to mobile music tune
Music and TV-enabled mobiles, and higher resolution camera phones are on show at Cebit this year...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
'Militant' killed in Israeli raid
An Israeli army bulldozer kills a suspected militant in the West Bank, straining the fragile truce...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
India invites Musharraf for game
Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf receives an invitation from India to watch the cricket series in India...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Search for woman now murder probe
Two men are arrested as the hunt for a missing County Down woman turns into a murder inquiry, say police...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Ministers give smoke ban details
Oil rigs and care homes will be exempt from moves to ban smoking in public places in Scotland...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Family asks for axe murder review
The family of a murdered private eye begin legal action against the Home Office in an attempt to get a public inquiry into his death...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Global toll of malaria 'doubled'
The number of cases of the deadliest form of malaria could be twice as high as thought, research suggests...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Mars factory to 'shed 400 jobs'
Confectionery giant Mars is cutting 400 jobs from its main UK factory as production is moved overseas, unions claim...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Cricket: Tendulkar denied record
Sachin Tendulkar is out six short of a record 35th Test century as India build a lead over Pakistan...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Racing: Best Mate skips Gold Cup
Best Mate will not go for a historic fourth Gold Cup in a row after suffering a burst blood vessel...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Rwanda killers face local justice
Traditional community courts in Rwanda begin to try people accused of involvement in the 1994 genocide...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Rice to soothe Mexico relations
Condoleezza Rice is expected smooth over disagreements with Mexico, in her first visit as US Secretary of State...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Terror jails 'mistreatment' probe
British agents' involvement in interrogations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay is scrutinised by MPs...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Return for pro-Syria Lebanon PM
Lebanon's president asks outgoing pro-Syrian PM Omar Karami to form a government, 10 days after he quit...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Baghdad police officers shot dead
Insurgents disguised as police kill the chief of a central Baghdad police station and two other officers...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Terror bill faces Lords showdown
The government faces another showdown over its anti-terror bill, as peers begin debating it in the Lords...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Hong Kong's leader Tung resigns
Hong Kong's Tung Chee-hwa resigns as chief executive of the former British colony, citing poor health...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
U.S. Called Ready to See Hezbollah in Lebanon Role
The U.S. move was a reluctant recognition that Hezbollah could block efforts to get Syria to withdraw its troops from Lebanon...
New York Times - March 10, 2005
New Interrogation Rules Set for Detainees in Iraq
A new report finds that warning signs of serious abuses in Iraq and Afghanistan did not receive enough high-level attention...
New York Times - March 10, 2005
Across Iraq, Fresh Mass Graves and Fatal Bomb Attacks
While insurgents continued a wave of attacks across Iraq, 20 bodies were found in a remote valley near the Syrian border...
New York Times - March 10, 2005
Rebel's Death Stirs Debate on Strategy for Chechnya
The killing of Aslan Maskhadov set off a debate in Russia as to whether the death was a step forward or back...
New York Times - March 10, 2005
Bolivia Leader Says He Now Has Wide Popular Support
President Carlos Mesa pressed forward to win approval of the energy bill that spawned the street blockades that imperiled his government...
New York Times - March 10, 2005
Italy's Premier Again Insists U.S. Explain Agent's Death
Silvio Berlusconi has faced a public and political outcry since American soldiers killed the intelligence agent in Iraq...
New York Times - March 10, 2005
Hot Sehwag hits century for India
Virender Sehwag scores his ninth Test ton on the third morning against Pakistan...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
McCartney death quiz man released
Detectives in Belfast release a man being questioned about the murder of Robert McCartney...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Honesty best policy, Labour told
Ex-home secretary David Blunkett urges Labour to be more honest with the voters...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Long-term illness plan launched
A plan to improve care and treatment of long-term neurological conditions is to be outlined by ministers...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Gifted schools 'getting better'
Summer schools for some of England's brightest pupils have improved, with all places filled, Ofsted says...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
University places 'harder to get'
The extra places on offer in England's universities this year is outstripped by the rise in demand...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Novelist Alice Thomas Ellis dies
Novelist, editor and columnist Alice Thomas Ellis, author of The 27th Kingdom, dies from cancer aged 72...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
HK leader's departure tipped
Hong Kong chief Tung Chee-hwa is expected to announce his resignation at a press conference on Thursday...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Paris strike hits Olympic visit
A French strike on Thursday will affect Paris, just as the IOC assesses the city's 2012 Olympic bid...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Cyclone weakens over Queensland
Areas of Australia's north-east coast are evacuated, but Cyclone Ingrid is less fierce than feared...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Nine die in Costa Rica bank siege
At least nine people die in Costa Rica in a violent 24-hour standoff at a bank in the north of the country...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
Libraries 'in scandalous state'
The deterioration in the quality of public library buildings is scandalous, a committee of MPs says...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
PM to pledge knife crackdown
Prime Minister Tony Blair is setting out Labour's five-point plan for law and order...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
MPs debate sanctions on Sinn Fein
MPs are to debate whether to fine Sinn Fein amid allegations of IRA involvement in a £26.5m bank raid...
BBC News - March 10, 2005
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