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Review Just say I dont to Bride Wars
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Audiovox to expand availability of TV on the road
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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How big Jurassic flying reptiles got off ground
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Congo rebel faction denounces Nkunda as leader
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Arabs put Hamas in UN draft, West offers own text
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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New US-led naval force to battle Somali pirates
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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How many scorpions? London Zoo does critter count
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Pope Benedict jokes about hoarse voice
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Handlers on phone ordered Mumbai gunmen to kill
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Global News Archive for April 2006:
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A Highly Charged Rape Trial Tests South Africa's Ideals
Jacob G. Zuma's defense: Zulu traditions regarding sex and male primacy left him no choice but to have sex with his accuser...
New York Times - April 10, 2006
Chongqing Journal: For Visitors, Graveyard Holds Memories of a Bloody Era
The rusted front gate opens into a walled cemetery that is a time capsule from the Cultural Revolution, an era the Communist Party wants to forget...
New York Times - April 10, 2006
Italian Election Is Too Close to Call
Projections showed Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi winning the upper chamber of parliament and in a tight race for the lower chamber...
New York Times - April 10, 2006
National curriculum 'must be cut'
The national curriculum should be radically reformed with subject divisions removed, a teachers' union says...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
UK music assault on Chinese web
Music from the likes of Katie Melua and the Prodigy is to become available to 180m Chinese web users...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Snoring 'could run in families'
Children whose parents snore have a three-fold increased risk of being noisy sleepers themselves, a study says...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Honour for prosecutor causes row
Scotland's top prosecutor Colin Boyd is to be made a member of the House of Lords, leading to criticism from opposition parties...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Welsh lead classical Brits field
Singer Bryn Terfel and composer Karl Jenkins are among the nominations for the Classical Brit Awards...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Enron chief 'absolutely innocent'
Former Enron chief Jeffrey Skilling tells a US court he is "absolutely innocent" and never believed that the firm would collapse...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
US mass protests for immigrants
Hundreds of thousands of people protest across the US against plans to tighten the law on immigration...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Cameron blasts Tory candidate
David Cameron says a Tory council candidate is in the "wrong party" after she opposes ethnic minority candidates...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Cricket: Trescothick raring to go
England opener Marcus Trescothick says he left the tour of India because of a bug...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Men admit grave rob blackmail
Three men admit conspiracy to blackmail in a case where a woman's remains were removed from her grave...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Five held for Canada biker deaths
Five men are arrested by Canadian police probing the killings of eight biker gang members, police say...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Call for review of NHS IT upgrade
The £6.2bn upgrade of the NHS IT system needs to be independently investigated, computer scientists say...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Election cliffhanger grips Italy
Italy's election is now a very tight race, with signs that Silvio Berlusconi might retain control of parliament...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Gaza Briton family demand action
The family of a Briton shot dead in Gaza demands the UK take action against Israeli army officers...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Bush dismisses 'Iran attack plan'
The US president says a media report he is considering using nuclear weapons against Iran is "wild speculation"...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Sunnis and Kurds Reject Iraqi Leader's Bid
The rejection of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari pushed Shiites closer to offering up alternative candidates...
New York Times - April 10, 2006
Europe Imposes Travel Restrictions on Belarus Officials
The European Union today blocking their entrance to much of Europe as punishment for election tampering and violent crackdowns...
New York Times - April 10, 2006
France Drops Labor Law That Led to Protests
The announcement is a blow for Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, who is a leading candidate for leader of France...
New York Times - April 10, 2006
Exit Polls Show Berlusconi's Alliance Losing Seats in Vote
The polls pointed to a possible reality that many in Italy will take some time to digest: an end to the era of Silvio Berlusconi...
New York Times - April 10, 2006
Podcast numbers cut through hype
Downloading podcasts mostly appeals to a young, male tech-savvy elite, US research shows...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Brown unveils Africa school funds
Chancellor Gordon Brown says the UK will give $15bn (£8.5bn) in overseas aid for education in Africa and Asia...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Venus probe set to reach target
The first space mission to Venus in a decade is about to reach its target...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Man in court for nurse's murder
An 18-year-old trainee accountant appears in court charged with the murder of nursing assistant Cheryl Moss...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Travellers leave school grounds
Travellers who moved into the grounds of a County Londonderry school at the weekend leave the site...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Four in court over Aberdeen death
Four men appear in court charged with murder after the death of an Aberdeen father-of-four...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Guilty verdicts on Bellamy murder
Two teenagers are found guilty of murdering sixth-form student Ben Bellamy in Swansea last year...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Iraq Shias put off decision on PM
Shia leaders in Iraq postpone a decision on whether to replace Ibrahim Jaafari as its candidate for PM...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Violent clashes amid Nepal curfew
Police in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, use tear gas and batons to beat back protesters defying a curfew...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Air crash kills Kenya politicians
A Kenyan aircraft crashes in bad weather in the north of the country, killing three prominent politicians...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Paltrow gives birth to Moses
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplay singer Chris Martin have their second child, a boy named Moses...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Football: Rooney-Owen rift denied
Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen have not fallen out over gambling, insist their representatives...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Cricket: England may rest Flintoff
England coach Duncan Fletcher may rest Andrew Flintoff as the one-day series against India draws to a close...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Iran accuses US of mind games
Iran dismisses media reports of possible US nuclear strikes on Iranian facilities as "psychological warfare"...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Mother jailed over crash deaths
A mother who crashed a car killing three of her teenage son's friends and a man is jailed for two years...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Dozens killed in Indian inferno
At least 50 people have died in a huge fire at a trade fair in the northern Indian city of Meerut, officials say...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
France to replace youth job law
French President Jacques Chirac says the new youth job contract that sparked weeks of protests will be replaced...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
'Unlawful killing' of Gaza Briton
A Briton shot dead by an Israeli soldier in the Gaza Strip was unlawfully killed, an inquest rules...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
I'm innocent says ex-Enron chief
Former Enron chief Jeffrey Skilling tells a US court he is "absolutely innocent" of charges against him...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Italy braces for election result
Votes are counted in Italy's general election, with exit polls suggesting a narrow win for the centre-left opposition...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
School reform plans 'are a mess'
Plans to give England's secondary schools more independence are a "mess", a union leader is to say...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Ice Age sequel passes $100m mark
Ice Age 2 become the first film of the year to take more than $100m at the box office...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Fast start for European net names
More than a million .eu domains have been registered now that they are available to everyone in Europe...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
School remains shut after attack
Almost 1,000 pupils from an east Belfast school are told to stay at home after drunken vandals destroy 17 classes...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Spain murder kidnap tape released
Police release phone tapes of men they suspect had kidnapped and murdered a north Wales couple in Spain...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
LSE and Euronext 'discuss merger'
The London Stock Exchange and Euronext have been in secret talks to merge, press reports say...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Union leader critical of Labour
Labour policies are turning its supporters away from the party "almost daily", the leader of Amicus says...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
EU bans visas for Belarus leaders
European foreign ministers impose a visa ban on Belarus officials, including President Alexander Lukashenko...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Iraqi Shias face decision over PM
Iraqi Shia leaders meet on Monday to decide if they will bow to opposition to their choice of prime minister...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Death crash mother faces sentence
A mother involved in a collision in which three children and a man died is to be sentenced...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Football: Germany touts targeted
Ticket touts are hit by new measures banning the unlicensed sale of any tickets to this summer's World Cup...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Chad rebels attack military base
Clashes continue in Chad after rebels opposed to the president attack an army garrison near the border...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
'100 bird flu outbreaks' in Burma
A UN official says bird flu has spread rapidly in Burma, with more than 100 outbreaks among the country's poultry...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Heavy snow brings traffic chaos
An unseasonal cold snap closed roads and railway lines in Kent and Sussex as 5in of snow fell overnight...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
UK house price growth slows
UK house price inflation slowed in the year to February, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister says...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Saturn's moon 'best bet for life'
Saturn's tiny moon Enceladus may be the best place to look for life elsewhere in the Solar System...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Sham marriage law breaches rights
Rules aimed at stopping sham marriages are discriminatory against immigrants, the High Court rules...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Rape cautions double in 10 years
The number of rapists given a caution instead of being jailed has more than doubled in 10 years, figures show...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Nurse murder suspect remanded
An 18-year-old trainee accountant appears in court charged with the murder of nurse Cheryl Moss...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
France to scrap youth job law
French President Jacques Chirac says the new youth job law that sparked weeks of protests will be replaced...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
US dismisses Iran attack claims
The US rejects suggestions that it is considering using nuclear weapons against nuclear targets in Iran...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Craft Nears Venus to Seek Global Warming Clues
The spacecraft is designed to investigate Venus's dense, hot atmosphere for clues about runaway global warming that may shed light on potential changes here...
New York Times - April 10, 2006
Iraqis Denounce Mubarak's Remarks on Strife
The Egyptian president asserted Sunday that Iraq was already engulfed in civil war and that Iraqi Shiites were loyal to Iran...
New York Times - April 10, 2006
Third Retired General Wants Rumsfeld Out
Lt. Gen. Gregory Newbold called for Donald Rumsfeld's resignation and urged active-duty officers to voice any doubts about the war...
New York Times - April 10, 2006
In Nepal, Death Toll Is 3 as Protests Continue
Demonstrators protested for the fourth day in a row, burning government buildings and defiantly calling for the ouster of the king...
New York Times - April 10, 2006
Israel Breaks Off Direct Contacts With Palestinian Government
Israel stepped up pressure on the Hamas-led government, severing contact with what it called a "hostile entity."...
New York Times - April 10, 2006
Democracy in the Arab World, a U.S. Goal, Falters
Steps toward democracy in the Middle East are slowing, blocked by legal maneuvers and official changes of heart...
New York Times - April 10, 2006
Weak brain links 'explain autism'
Poor communication between brain areas may explain why people with autism do not interact well, a study says...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Scottish teen heads to North Pole
A 15-year-old Scot embarks on a world record attempt to become the youngest boy to walk to the North Pole...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Briton found dead in Portugal sea
A British man is found dead in the waters of a marina in Portugal, apparently after drowning...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Nepal capital is under new curfew
Nepal's government put the capital, Kathmandu, under curfew for a third day, as protesters vow defiance...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Howard to help Iraq wheat inquiry
Australian Prime Minister John Howard will give a statement to an inquiry into wheat exports to Iraq...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Mickelson strolls to Masters win
American Phil Mickelson beats South Africa's Tim Clark by two shots to win his second Green Jacket in three years...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Bird flu swan 'probably native'
A swan with the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain probably came from about 30 miles north of where it was found, scientists in Scotland say...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Italians return to election polls
Italians return to polls in the second day of elections that could see the ousting of leader Silvio Berlusconi...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Many drug-drivers 'go undetected'
Roadside checks to detect motorists driving under the influence of drugs are
failing, says the RAC Foundation...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Blaze hits Dickens' Bleak House
A serious fire badly damages novelist Charles Dickens' historic home in Kent...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Iran 'nuclear option' criticised
Critics of the Bush administration are angry at reports the US considers using nuclear weapons on Iran...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Inquest into Briton's Gaza death
An inquest is due to start into the death of a British student shot in the head while protesting in the Gaza Strip...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Man in court over nurse's murder
An 18-year-old man is due to appear in court on Monday, charged with the murder of nurse Cheryl Moss...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Brown to unveil Africa-Asia aid
An extra £8.5bn in overseas aid for education in Africa and Asia is to be announced by Chancellor Gordon Brown...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
Rape cautions double over decade
The number of rapists given a caution instead of facing jail terms has more than doubled in 10 years, Home Office figures show...
BBC News - April 10, 2006
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