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Global News Archive for March 2006:
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Chile's Socialist Leader Stepping Down Amid Praise from U.S.
Ricardo Lagos combined cautious economic policies with advances in social equality and human rights...
New York Times - March 10, 2006
U.S. Seeks Meeting to End Iraq's Deadlock on New Government
The U.S. ambassador has urged Iraq's political leaders to hold a conference to settle on a multiparty coalition government...
New York Times - March 10, 2006
Muslim Scholars, Hosted by Denmark, Voice Hope and Anger
A conference produced calls for dialogue but also protests over Denmark's refusal to apologize for cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad...
New York Times - March 10, 2006
Italian Leader Faces New Troubles as Election Nears
Prosecutors asked that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi be put on trial for corruption and his health minister resigned...
New York Times - March 10, 2006
Dutch Court Convicts 9 Under Tougher Antiterror Law
It was the first time that a Dutch court convicted suspects for being members of a criminal terrorist group...
New York Times - March 10, 2006
Fuels cells to change laptop use
Laptop computers could soon run all day without recharge as commercial versions of fuel cells go on sale...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Who will run 'trust' schools?
BBC education correspondent Mike Baker examines the motives of those looking to run future trust schools...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Accused's tears for murdered boy
A court is told one of three teenagers accused of murdering a student started crying when he saw news reports of the boy's death...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Microsoft faces new fines threat
Microsoft could soon face daily fines as its efforts to comply with a 2004 anti-trust ruling are "inadequate", Brussels warns...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Royal pay £32 per hour for nurses
The Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast is paying an agency £32 per hour for intensive care nurses, the BBC learns...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Tutor's abuse victim speaks out
The step-daughter of a music teacher jailed for a series of sexual assaults on girls says her silence will not help children...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Hamas attacks Israel border plan
A senior Hamas leader describes Israeli plans to set new borders unilaterally as a declaration of war...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Bodies moved from blaze house
Police remove three bodies and expect to remove a fourth from a home which was the scene of an explosion...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Eight hurt as ferry hits terminal
Eight people are injured when an Isle of Wight ferry smashes into a car ramp in Southampton...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Tributes follow death of Profumo
Tony Blair leads tributes to former Conservative minister John Profumo, who has died aged 91...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
NHS '£750m in the red' this year
The NHS in England will be £750m in the red by the end of the financial year, BBC research finds...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Nasdaq hails 'attractive' LSE bid
The Nasdaq says its rejected £2.43bn takeover bid for the London Stock Exchange is an "attractive" offer...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Mars orbiter reaches Red Planet
The US space agency's latest Mars probe successfully places itself in an orbit around the Red Planet...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Santiago Journal: O'Higgins the Liberator Is Reclaimed From the Military
The tomb of Bernardo O'Higgins, the hero of Chilean independence, has been restored to civilian control...
New York Times - March 10, 2006
U.S. Ambassador Hoping for Unity Meeting in Iraq
Zalmay Khalilzad said that the meeting cannot take place until the stalemate over the choice of a prime minister was settled...
New York Times - March 10, 2006
Even Without Hamas, Palestinian Authority Faces Cash Crunch
The Palestinian Authority will have only 95 percent of the money needed to pay February's overdue salaries...
New York Times - March 10, 2006
John Profumo, British Minister Ruined by Sex Scandal, Dies
John Profumo's career ended in a Cold War scandal of sex and espionage that gave way to a lifetime of atonement. He was 91...
New York Times - March 10, 2006
Polar ice sheets show net loss
There is a net loss of ice to the ocean from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, a space-based survey suggests...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Crossing incident closes railway
A person is killed by a train on a level crossing in south Wales, closing the main line from Cardiff to Swansea...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
LSE rejects Nasdaq takeover bid
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) rejects a takeover offer from US rival Nasdaq, valuing the company at £2.43bn...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Clarke: I would have split Tories
Ken Clarke says there would have been a blood bath if he had pursued the changes made by David Cameron...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Creationism to be in GCSE papers
Creationist theories are to be debated in GCSE science lessons...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Iran 'grave concern', says Bush
President George W Bush says the stand-off with Iran presents a "grave national security concern" for the US...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Prescott accountant sent to jail
An unqualified accountant who hid his criminal past is jailed for stealing almost £1m from John Prescott's department...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Church vandal attack 'was racist'
A Catholic church in east Belfast is targeted by vandals who daubed racist slogans on the walls...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Pair guilty of money laundering
Two men involved in a multi-million pound operation are convicted of money laundering...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Cricket: England security breach
Police are investigating after two men manage to film the inside of the England dressing room at Mohali...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Africa extends Darfur peace force
The African Union decides to retain control of the peace mission in Sudan's Darfur region until September...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Bush warns over port row 'signal'
President Bush says the row over a deal giving a Dubai company control of US ports sends a bad signal to allies...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Man admits repeated child rapes
A man who was on the Sex Offenders' Register pleads guilty to repeatedly raping a nine-year-old girl...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Football: Arsenal to face Juventus
Arsenal will meet Juventus and former Gunner Patrick Vieira in the Champions League quarter-finals...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Police payout for Lawrence friend
Police give the surviving victim of the racist attack on Stephen Lawrence £100,000 in damages...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Nine hurt as ferry hits terminal
Nine people are injured when an Isle of Wight ferry smashes into a car ramp in Southampton...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Man arrested after deadly blast
A man is arrested after an explosion at a house in Staffordshire in which a man and three children died...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Pressure grows for Deepcut probe
A coroner backs families' calls for a public inquiry after an open verdict into the death of a young soldier...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
A-level boost in big sixth-forms
A-level students in larger sixth-forms get better A-level results than those from smaller ones, figures suggest...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Mars mission nears critical phase
Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter will execute a risky manoeuvre on Friday designed to place it in orbit around the Red Planet...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Radio tag study revealed at Cebit
A Europe-wide consultation study on the future uses of radio tags is announced at Cebit...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Second strike day shuts schools
Industrial action by catering and cleaning staff over pay results in more school closures in Aberdeen...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Second Dubai firm in US port link
As Dubai Ports World agrees to cede control of US ports, it emerges that another Dubai-firm has US shipping interests...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Italy bid for PM corruption trial
Italian prosecutors ask a judge to indict PM Silvio Berlusconi and lawyer David Mills on corruption charges...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
UN ambassadors set for Iran talks
The five permanent UN Security Council members are set for preliminary talks on Iran's nuclear programme...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Pakistan mine hits wedding guests
At least 26 members of a wedding party die when their vehicle hits a landmine in Balochistan, Pakistan...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Man faces £50 fine for using bin
A man who dumped junk mail in a litter bin on his way to work is fined £50 by the local council...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
White House invite for NI leaders
The leaders of NI's largest political parties are to be invited to the White House on St Patrick's Day...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Arsenal handed Juventus challenge
Arsenal will face Juventus in the Champions League quarter-finals...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Cricket: Kumble strikes
A draw between England and India looks likely after rain ends day two of the second Test with just 87 balls bowled...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Africa to decide on Darfur force
The African Union is deciding whether to ask the UN - against Sudan's wishes - to run the Darfur peace mission...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Bird flu kills Indonesian child
A three-year-old Indonesian boy is confirmed to have died of bird flu, bringing the country's toll to 21...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Witness's family win damages
The parents of a trial witness murdered days before giving evidence are awarded £50,000 in damages...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Extradition fight man attacks law
A Briton who spent more than six months in a US jail vows to join the fight against new fast track extradition laws...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Japan 'suicide pacts' claim nine
Japanese police find nine bodies in what they suspect were two group suicides, one possibly arranged by internet...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Former minister Profumo dies
Former minister John Profumo, who was at the centre of an infamous scandal in the 1960s, has died...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Explosion kills man and children
Police make an arrest after a man and three children die in an explosion at a house in Staffordshire...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Pension credit clawbacks denied
The government says it will not require the repayment of £130m in overpaid pension credit...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Rover loan 'was election bribe'
The Labour Party should pay back £6.5m ministers gave MG Rover ahead of the last election, say the Tories...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Prosecutors ask for Mills trial
Italian prosecutors ask a judge to let David Mills, the husband of minister Tessa Jowell, be put on trial...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
U.S. Squeezes North Korea's Money Flow
Blacklisting a bank accused of laundering funds for North Korea has proved more effective than anticipated, U.S. officials said...
New York Times - March 10, 2006
In Response, China Attacks U.S. Record on Rights
China argued that racial discrimination remained pervasive and the U.S. military abused prisoners at detention centers abroad...
New York Times - March 10, 2006
Olmert Outlines Plans for Israel's Borders
Israel's acting prime minister said the boundary would run along or close to Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank...
New York Times - March 10, 2006
Accusations About General May Expand Rift in Turkey
A civilian prosecutor suggested that a prominent general was behind covert illegal operations in the Kurdish southeastern region...
New York Times - March 10, 2006
U.S. to Abandon Abu Ghraib and Move Prisoners to a New Center
Detainees are to be moved to a new facility yet to be built, and the prison will be turned over to the new Iraqi government...
New York Times - March 10, 2006
U.S. Contractor Found Guilty of $3 Million Fraud in Iraq
In the first whistle-blower case to emerge from Iraq, a federal jury found a contractor guilty of defrauding the U.S. by inflating invoices in the chaotic year after the invasion...
New York Times - March 10, 2006
Darfur suspect given entry to UK
A top Sudan official alleged to be involved in mass killings in Darfur has secretly visited the UK, it has emerged...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Fears over NHS-funded private ops
The NHS is left to "pick up the pieces" after poor surgery in privately-run treatment centres, experts warn...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Sixth forms 'lagging on A-levels'
A-level students at larger colleges get better A-level results than those from small sixth forms, figures show...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Reduce emissions for Science Week
The UK public are invited to participate in a mass exercise to reduce climate change as part of National Science Week...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Schools face second day of action
Industrial action by catering and cleaning staff is expected to result in more closures in Aberdeen...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Forbes reports billionaire boom
Strong economic growth worldwide is yielding a record number of billionaires, Forbes' new rich list suggests...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
At least 26 die in Pakistan blast
At least 26 people die after their vehicle hits a land mine in south-west Pakistan...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
US warns of challenge from Iran
The US says Iran's nuclear ambitions are a major challenge, and refuses to rule out the use of force...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
New air travel clot risk theory
Low air pressure and oxygen levels on flights may raise the risk of deep vein thrombosis, research suggests...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Darfur unrest prompts UN aid cut
The UN Refugee Agency says it is being forced to cut relief work in Darfur because of continued insecurity there...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
New gambling laws to help addicts
Proposed new rules governing the future of gambling in the UK have been published, including help for problem gamblers...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
No English parliament - Falconer
The Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, is set to strongly reject the idea of an English parliament...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Blair defends support for Rover
The National Audit Office raps the government for giving MG Rover a £6.5m loan but Tony Blair defends the action...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
Ex-Tory minister Profumo dies
Former Conservative minister John Profumo, who resigned from the Cabinet in 1963, dies at the age of 91...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
War crimes police tracked Maxwell
Media tycoon Robert Maxwell was under investigation for alleged war crimes at the time of his death, it has emerged...
BBC News - March 10, 2006
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