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Global News Archive for April 2007:
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More choice for knee and hip ops
People needing non-emergency orthopaedic treatment such as knee and hip replacements are to have a choice of going to any hospital in England...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Criticism over sailors' media row
Ministers are accused of harming the navy's reputation by allowing some sailors held in Iran to sell stories...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Sunny weather lifts UK retailers
UK retail sales rose 3.9% in March from a year earlier, boosted by last month's warm weather, a report says...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Three feared dead in plane crash
Three people are believed to have been killed after a light aircraft crashed onto farmland in Argyll...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Petrol bomb is thrown at officers
A petrol bomb and other missiles are thrown by youths at police officers during disturbances in east Belfast...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Windies on brink as Proteas win
West Indies are on the verge of World Cup exit following a 67-run defeat against South Africa in Grenada...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Football: Man Utd trounce Roma
A scintillating display by Man Utd sees them tear Roma apart to reach the Champions League semi-finals...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Coleman sacked as Fulham manager
Fulham sack manager Chris Coleman and replace him with Northern Ireland boss Lawrie Sanchez on a caretaker basis...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Fire destroys Johnny Cash house
The lakeside Tennessee home of late country music superstar Johnny Cash burns down while being renovated...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Four 'bombers' dead in Morocco
Three suspected militants blow themselves up and a fourth is shot dead in police raids in Casablanca, Morocco...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
DNA reveals Smith baby's father
DNA tests show that Anna Nicole Smith's ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead fathered her baby, a Bahamas court says...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Sainsbury's suitors 'pulling out'
Shares in Sainsbury's fall 4% on reports that two more private equity firms have pulled out of a takeover consortium...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Aircraft wreckage found on farm
Police warn of fatalities after the wreckage of a light aircraft is discovered on farmland in Argyll...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Search and rescue 'strike' threat
A search and rescue team warns it will withdraw some emergency cover in a row over insurance...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Electrical blast closes Oxford St
Oxford Street in central London is closed following an electrical explosion near Selfridges...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Nepalese army begins arms storage
The UN in Nepal says it has begun overseeing the storing of weapons held by the army - a key part of the peace process...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Russian doubts over Iran claims
Russia says it has no proof Iran has made the advances needed to produce nuclear fuel on an industrial scale...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Ukraine judges 'facing threats'
Ukrainian judges deciding a key case pitting the president against the PM decry political pressure and threaten to quit...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Chad admits battle inside Sudan
Chad says its troops did cross into Sudan and clash with the army, in the two rivals' first direct battle...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Fans clash with police at Man Utd
Police and Roma supporters are involved in a scuffle outside Old Trafford ahead of the Champions League match against Man Utd...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Naked rambler cleared by sheriff
Naked rambler Stephen Gough is cleared of causing a breach of the peace by refusing to cover up in a public car park...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Iran film 'to tell sailors' tale'
The Iranian military says it will release a film documenting the saga of the UK sailors held in Iran...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Man in court over Krystal killing
A man appears in court charged with the murder of a pregnant woman found shot dead at her flat in south London...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
'Hijacker seizes Turkish plane'
A Turkish plane is hijacked on an internal flight, but a man surrenders after it lands in Ankara, Turkish media say...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Accused father found dead in cell
A teaching assistant charged with murdering his six-year-old son is found dead in his prison cell...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Text message boss killed in crash
The former boss of a no-win no-fee compensation firm, which "sacked" its 2,500 staff by text, is killed in a crash...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Review says no to UK Megan's Law
A government review of the way child sex offenders are treated decides against a UK Megan's Law...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Jail for Serb video death squad
A court in Serbia sentences four paramilitaries filmed killing Bosnian Muslims during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Woman loses final embryo appeal
A woman left infertile after cancer therapy has lost her fight to use frozen embryos fertilised by an ex-partner...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
An Ambush in the Taliban Heartland
An attack on a joint patrol of Afghan and Dutch troops underscored the difficulties of the war...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Halo 3 public beta arrives in May
Halo 3, one of the most anticipated games for the Xbox 360, will be released as a beta on 16 May...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
S Korea wolf clone claims probed
A claim by South Korean scientists to have created the first cloned wolves is being investigated by officials at the team's university...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Top albums fail to stop sales dip
Albums by Amy Winehouse and Take That fail to stop a slump in UK music sales at the start of the year...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Many dieters 'finish up heavier'
Dieting is unlikely to lead to long-term weight loss and may put a person's health at risk, a study says...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
School psychologists shortage warning
Educational psychologists are warning that a dispute over training funding could damage services...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
China slams US piracy complaint
China criticises US plans to file a complaint with the WTO over copyright piracy and counterfeiting of US goods...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Honours probe MP 'spying target'
Angus MacNeil, who sparked the cash-for-honours inquiry, has made powerful enemies, his party leader says...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Holiday gorse fires 'devastating'
Arsonists are blamed for the vast majority of hundreds of countryside fires in Wales over the Easter weekend...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Hundreds at lake tragedy funerals
Hundreds of people attend the funerals of two teenage cousins who drowned after their canoe capsized...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Accused 'knew' about floor hatch
The Angelika Kluk murder trial hears how the accused knew about the church floor hatch where her body was found...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Madonna heads UK Live Earth bill
Acts including Madonna, Genesis and James Blunt will play at July's Live Earth gig at Wembley Stadium in London...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Road crash kills 17 in Sri Lanka
At least 17 people are killed after a passenger bus collides into a truck carrying beer bottles in Sri Lanka...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Iran to expand nuclear enrichment
Iran's top nuclear official says his country plans to continue enlarging its capacity to produce nuclear fuel...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Ukraine's rival leaders battle on
The Ukrainian PM's supporters keep up the pressure on President Yushchenko in a power struggle...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Macau 'to unblock N Korea funds'
Macau is reportedly set to unblock frozen funds that have proved a stumbling block to a N Korea nuclear deal...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Chad army 'attacked Sudan forces'
Chadian troops crossed into Sudan and attacked the army, Sudan says, in what would be their first direct battle...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Football: Chelsea reassure fans
Chelsea are confident that all is being done to ensure their travelling fans are kept safe when they visit Valencia on Tuesday...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Weblogs 'need content warnings'
Readers should be warned about blogs that may contain "crude language", a draft blog code of conduct suggests...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Football: Man Utd confident
Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson is not expecting any crowd problems at their Champions League tie with Roma at Old Trafford...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
'Woman' bomber hits Iraq police
A suicide bomber reported to be female kills at least 14 in an attack on an Iraqi police station...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Serbia jails 'filmed executors'
A court in Serbia convicts four paramilitaries filmed killing Bosnian Muslims during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Warning on paedophile law trials
Projects giving parents the right to know if paedophiles live locally will endanger children, Barnardo's says...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Woman's embryo appeal verdict due
A woman is due to learn a court's final judgement on her plea to use frozen embryos fertilised by an ex-partner...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Italian Leader Faces New Attack on Prisoner Swap After Reported Death of Journalist?s Aide
The complaints came after the Taliban said it had killed an Afghan colleague of the Italian journalist freed in a prisoner swap...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Iran Says It Can Enrich Uranium on a Large Scale
Iran?s announcement was greeted with skepticism by Western diplomats and nuclear experts...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Britain Now Says Captives Can?t Sell Their Stories
The ban came too late to prevent two of the 15 ex-captives from recounting their experiences in return for payment...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
China Dissident Says Confession Was Forced
It was the first public statement by Gao Zhisheng, one of China?s most outspoken dissidents, since his conviction in December...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Ambush Catches Joint Forces by Surprise as They Patrol Taliban Heartland
The battle underscored the difficulties of the war in a region where the insurgents enjoy tribal support...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Huge Protest in Iraq Demands U.S. Withdraw
Tens of thousands of protesters loyal to Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr demanded an end to the American military presence in Iraq...
New York Times - April 10, 2007
Staining 'spots cervical cancer'
A staining technique could help scientists in developing countries detect cervical cancers, a study finds...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Union chief in election warning
The joint leader of a super-union says Gordon Brown must change policies if he becomes the next prime minister...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Education top of Labour's agenda
Labour will pledge to put education first at the launch of their Holyrood election manifesto...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Chinese premier in South Korea
China's Premier Wen Jiabao is holding talks in Seoul, centred on free trade and N Korea's nuclear programme...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Websites urged to act on bullies
The education secretary calls for internet companies to tackle the issue of cyber-bullying against pupils and teachers...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Australia to double Afghan force
Australia plans to nearly double its troops in Afghanistan by next year, PM John Howard says...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Woman in final embryo appeal
A woman is making a final court appeal for permission to use frozen embryos fertilised by an ex-partner...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Browne under fire in sailors row
The defence secretary is accused of acting too late after the MoD imposes a ban on personnel selling stories...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Boy, 13, charged with stab murder
A 13-year-old is charged with murdering teenager Paul Erhahon who was fatally stabbed outside his home...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Snowy forests 'increase warming'
Planting trees in snowy areas may worsen global warming as they prevent sunlight from being reflected, a study says...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
Iran nuclear claim angers US
The US says Iran is further isolating itself after Tehran says it can produce nuclear fuel on an industrial scale...
BBC News - April 10, 2007
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