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Scientists recover complete dinosaur skeleton
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Scientists expose mystery behind northern lights
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Cyprus reunification talks on Sept 3
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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US strengthening Zimbabwe sanctions
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Extradition appeal deadline for Karadzic closer
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Attacks kill 9 in Kashmir, including mom, 4 kids
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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South Korea struggles to probe tourist death
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Military Sri Lankan fighting kills 45
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Food industry bitten by its lobbying success
Southern Ledger - July 25, 2008
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Global News Archive for May 2008:
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The World: Oil Prices Are Up and Politicians Are Angry. Yawn.
What can Washington do to reduce gas prices in the near term? The short answer, alas, is not much...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
Global Classrooms: Matching Newcomer to College, While Both Pay
The use of overseas recruiting agents, who are paid both by colleges seeking students and students looking for advice on college selection, is raising uncomfortable questions...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
Dundee Utd to complain about ref
Dundee United will complain formally to the Scottish FA about referee Mike McCurry's performance in their defeat by Rangers...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
President Bush's daughter Jenna to marry at family ranch in Texas
President Bush's daughter Jenna is to marry at the family ranch in Texas...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Witter looking to unify welterweight division
Timothy Bradley shocks holder Junior Witter to take the WBC light-welterweight title on points...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Premier League prepares for D-Day
The title, Uefa Cup spots and two relegation places are all to be decided on a huge final day of the Premier League season on Sunday...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Madonna makes her UK live return
The 'Queen of Pop' brings the first night of Radio 1's Big Weekend to a close with a selection of classic hits...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Serbs to vote in crossroads poll
Serbs will vote in a snap election seen as the most important since the overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Hospital shut to 'risky' pregnant
A city hospital closes to women with high-risk pregnancies because its special care baby unit is full...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Ceasefire deal with Sadr militia
The Iraqi government agrees to a ceasefire with the Shia Mehdi Army to end fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
60 years of Israel
The history of the Jewish state, in video and text...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
The final hurdle
Can Fulham do the great escape?...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
GM crops to be grown on test site
Approval is given for genetically-modified potatoes are to be grown on a test site in Yorkshire...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Obama takes super-delegate lead
Democratic hopeful Barack Obama overtakes rival Hillary Clinton in super-delegate endorsements...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
The missing link
Victorian 'computer' goes on display in Silicon Valley...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Making music
How arthritis threatened a violinst's career...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Call for vaccine opt-out penalty
Tough sanctions are being proposed for parents who refuse routine vaccinations, such as MMR...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Teenager murdered in bakery shop
A murder inquiry is launched after a 16-year-old boy dies following an attack in the bakery where he worked in London...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Brown vows to fight UK break up
The prime minister pledges to do "whatever is necessary" to preserve the UK in the face of calls for Scottish independence...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Blair scared of Brown - Prescott
John Prescott's memoirs tell of the furious resentment between the former prime minister Tony Blair and his chancellor...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Hezbollah to end Beirut seizure
Hezbollah agrees to pull its gunmen out of Beirut after Lebanon's army settles tensions with the government...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
The New New World
In this examination of power, Fareed Zakaria focuses not so much on the decline of America, but on the rise of China and India...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
The Way We Live Now: First-Class Privilege
Why expedited security scans for elite travelers would be hard to curtail...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
That Isn?t Lint on My Lapel, I?m an Officier
France's Legion of Honor singles out those who serve, including Barbra Streisand...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
Curfew Is Set in Sudan State as Rebels Near
Heavy gunfire was heard in a suburb of Khartoum, the closest the rebels have come to the center of the capital...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
Consumed: Almighty Dolor
As Americans, we like the dollar, but as investors, we?re a little more willing to go where the money is...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
Gen.Vang Pao?s Last War
The U.S. government relied on Vang Pao and his Hmong soldiers to battle Communism in the jungles of Laos. Why is the Justice Department now calling him a terrorist?...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
I Had a Funny Farm in Africa
The author?s childhood in Botswana was anything but conventional...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
Man in a Black Turban
Patrick Cockburn?s life of the radical cleric Moktada al-Sadr...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
White House Memo: As Bush Term Wanes, Mideast Peace Appears as Elusive as Ever
As the president heads to the region this week for the second time in five months, some are already looking to his successor...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
Fear and Fraud Mar Elections in Sri Lanka
The voting was marred by accusations of fraud and ballot-stuffing carried out apparently by supporters of the governing party, while a series of attacks was attributed to the Tamil Tiger rebels...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
In Delta Area, Many Bodies and No Aid
Bodies washing up onto the riverbanks or floating downstream are all but ignored by the living, whether the villagers or the authorities whose presence is barely felt...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
Israelis Kill 5 Hamas Policemen After Civilian Fatality
Two Israeli airstrikes on police occurred hours after an Israeli civilian was killed by a mortar round fired by militants in Gaza...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
Sadr City Bomb Squad: Looking for Trouble Before It Explodes
U.S. soldiers in Sadr City search for roadside bombs around the clock, in dangerous missions hidden behind the bland job description of ?route clearance.?...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
As Gazprom Goes, So Goes Russia
The weight of Gazprom, Russia?s corporate leviathan, extends far beyond its fields of natural gas all the way to the Kremlin, now headed by Dmitri A. Medvedev, its former chairman...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
Serb Voters Face Choice Between East and West
Serbs will vote Sunday in parliamentary elections that have become a tug of war between old-guard nationalism and a European future...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
Tigers leave it late to book play-off place
Leicester Tigers secure a play-off place with a remarkable 31-28 win over Harlequins...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Witter looks to impress in title fight
Junior Witter hopes to unify the light-welterweight division if he holds on to his WBC belt by beating Timothy Bradley on Saturday...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Bob Dylan artwork to go on show
Works of art by US singer-songwriter Bob Dylan will be seen for the first time in the UK in June...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Cardboard nurses help to tackle hospital infections
Cardboard nurses will be used to tackle the spread of infections in Lincolnshire hospitals...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Robin Gibb says a musical based on Bee Gees songs being written
Robin Gibb reveals a musical based on the songs of the Bee Gees is being written for the West End and Broadway...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Bristol City snatch play-off victory
David Noble's fearsome late drive gives Bristol City a 2-1 win in the Championship play-off semi-final first leg...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Cash cuts see green grants halved
The number of grants to people fitting green energy systems in their homes has halved, the BBC has learned...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Plan to axe Saturday post denied
Postal regulator Postcomm denies it is planning to recommend Royal Mail should end deliveries on Saturdays...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Boy, 5, dies after car hits cow
A five-year-old boy dies after the car he was travelling in hit a cow and spun out of control in North Lanarkshire...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Boy sleeps on as lightning hits
Lightning blows a hole in a three-year-old boy's bedroom wall, but he sleeps soundly through it all...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Firebomb 'could have cost lives'
People could have been killed by a firebomb which partially detonated at a toy store, its owner says...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Sex and politics
Spain and Italy differ on gender parity in politics...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
House blast man killed by debris
Post-mortem tests show a man who died during an explosion at a house was killed by debris...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Man detained in anti-terror probe
A man is being questioned on suspicion of terrorist offences after he was arrested at Manchester Airport...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Iraqi army in Mosul offensive
The Iraqi Army launches a major operation in the northern city of Mosul against al-Qaeda and its allies...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Burmese voices
Anger and disbelief as poll is held despite emergency...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Sporadic aid trickles into Burma
Deliveries of aid to help Burma cyclone victims are arriving sporadically, as aid agencies continue to face obstacles...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Lebanon army moves to end crisis
Lebanon's army overturns two key government measures helping defuse its tensions with Hezbollah...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Youth murdered in daylight attack
A 16-year-old boy dies after he is found with serious wounds in south-east London...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Sudanese rebels 'reach Khartoum'
Troops clash with rebels from Darfur outside the Sudanese capital Khartoum, reports say...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
World Briefing | Africa: Kenya: World Food Program Worker Is Killed
Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a logistics officer working for the United Nations World Food Program in northwestern Kenya...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
Two Die in Shooting Targeting Beirut Funeral
Police say gunmen have killed two people and wounded two others in a shooting targeting a funeral procession in a Sunni neighborhood in Beirut...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
Hezbollah Seizes Swath of Beirut From U.S.-Backed Lebanon Government
Heavily armed Hezbollah fighters patrolled deserted streets in a raw show of force that underscored the militia?s refusal to back down...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
Russia Parades Its Military in an Echo of Soviet Days
A ceremony marking the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany was a display of martial hardware not seen since the waning days of the Soviet Union...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
Live - Crystal Palace v Bristol City
Neil Warnock's Crystal Palace face Gary Johnson's Bristol City in the Championship play-off first leg at Selhurst Park...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Live - Turkish GP qualifying
The top drivers battle it out for pole position in Istanbul...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
US welcomes N Korea nuclear move
The US describes the handing over of North Korean nuclear documents as an "important first step"...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Turkish strikes 'kill 19 rebels'
Turkey's military says it has killed at least 19 Kurdish rebels in air strike in the south-east of the country...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Thunderstorms bring flash floods
Homes in several areas of south Wales and a police station are pumped out after "incredible" amounts of rain...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Fire crews attacked five times
Fire crews escape injury after they are attacked at five locations overnight across Northern Ireland...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Gunmen kill top Mexican policeman
Another senior police officer is gunned down in Mexico City, the fourth to be murdered in under two weeks...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Clive James says
'Don't blame the gaffe-makers, it's the media's fault'...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
New hunt at Manson murder ranch
Police are to carry out new excavations at a US ranch to search for possible victims of murderer Charles Manson...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Week in pictures
Some of the most striking images in the week's news...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Testing times
Students under exam timetabling pressure...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Burma votes amid cyclone aid row
Burma's military goes ahead with a political referendum, despite calls for it to focus on helping victims of the cyclone...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
New Beirut violence hits funeral
At least two people are killed in a funeral procession in West Beirut, as Hezbollah militants withdraw from the streets...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Tsvangirai to run in second round
Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will face Robert Mugabe in an election run-off, amid fears of violence...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
World Briefs | Americas: Argentina: Farmers Revive Blockade to Protest Tax
Thousands of farmers have taken to the picket lines, blocking hundreds of roads and impeding exports of grains in a renewed strike against government agricultural policies...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
World Briefs | Asia: China: Officials Fight Opposition to Chengdu Plant
Government officials are stepping up a campaign to quiet dissent over construction of a petrochemical plant on the outskirts of Chengdu, a provincial capital in western China...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
World Briefs | Middle East: Gaza: Attacks Kill an Israeli and 5 Palestinians
A Palestinian mortar attack from the Gaza Strip killed an Israeli civilian on Friday...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
Political Foe of Musharraf Is Released in Pakistan
By releasing Sardar Akhtar Mengal, the newly elected government fulfilled one of its major promises to release political detainees...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
World Briefs | Asia: Sri Lanka: Bomb Kills 11 Before Provincial Elections
A bomb attributed to Tamil Tiger rebels ripped through a cafe in eastern Sri Lanka on Friday...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
World Briefs | Asia: Japan: Marine Sentenced in Sexual Misconduct Case
A United States marine was sentenced to two years in prison and given a dishonorable discharge for sexual misconduct with a Japanese woman in October in Hiroshima...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
Caught in a Swirl of Drug Violence, Mexico Vows to Fight Back
From Tamaulipas State, the site of repeated clashes between drug dealers and federal police, President Felipe Calderón said that his administration would not be intimidated...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
Troops Kill 25 Militants in Iraqi Slum, U.S. Says
American forces have killed 25 militants in the past two days in the Baghdad slum Sadr City, a stronghold of the anti-American Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr...
New York Times - May 10, 2008
Alarm at Google Yahoo partnering
US advocacy groups urge regulators to block any deal Google and Yahoo might strike after a two-week experiment...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Ave cybernautae! Vatican gives Latin an online boost
The Roman Catholic church gives an ancient tongue a 21st Century makeover with a website in Latin...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Polar sailor has journey's end finally in his sights
A sailor who set off in 2005 to become the first to sail solo around the world via the polar regions is 1,000 miles from home...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Tigers sink ship on polling day
Tamil Tiger rebels sink a naval cargo ship hours before local elections begin in eastern Sri Lanka...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Get tough with Burma, says Clegg
Aid should be dropped into Burma whether the authorities there allow it or not, says Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Be very afraid
Why the US would never have taken to Charley the cat...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
More homes on 'millionaires' row'
Sales of £1m properties in Scotland rose by 138% in 2007, according to research from the Bank of Scotland...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Final day drama
Trauma of trying to win title on last day...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Online anonymity
How to police purchases by teens on the Web?...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Heads warn of exam 'congestion'
Pupils about to take GCSE and AS-level exams are put under extra stress by timetabling problems, teachers warn...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Special Mass celebrates marriage
More than 700 couples with 43,000 years of marriage between them are renewing their vows at a Mass in Westminster Cathedral...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Exploring Zionism
Panellists exchange passionate views as Israel turns 60...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Blair 'secretly advising Brown'
Tony Blair is advising his successor as prime minister and has told him how to win the next election, Cherie Blair says...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Scientists' protest discouraged
Scientists are being discouraged from attending Parliament to show their support for proposed embryology and fertility laws...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
Labour must say sorry - minister
Labour should apologise to voters for "mistakes made in recent times", junior health minister Ivan Lewis says...
BBC News - May 10, 2008
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