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Global News Archive for Octomber 2006:
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Bush Sees No Need to Change N. Korea Policy
The president reaffirmed his faith in tough, multinational diplomacy to deal with North Korea and said that the U.S. had no intention of invading...
New York Times - October 11, 2006
Parties Trade Blame in Wake of Korea Claim
As the midterm election nears, Republicans are blaming Clinton’s policy and Democrats say it was a byproduct of President Bush’s Iraq policy...
New York Times - October 11, 2006
Probe peers into Venusian secrets
Europe's Venus Express spacecraft is sending back a treasure trove of data on Earth's sister planet...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Girlfriend died during argument
A rugby player tells a jury he felt his girlfriend's body go limp after he grabbed her neck in an argument...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Opec doubts drive oil to 2006 low
The price of oil sinks to a 2006 low as markets wait for oil-producer cartel Opec to finalise an output cut...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
'Will there' to make NI deal work
There is the will to make devolution work in Northern Ireland, Prime Minister Tony Blair says...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Waste collections go fortnightly
Fortnightly collections of household waste are inevitable, local authority body Cosla says...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
MP in bid to save death row man
A London MP is to plead personally for the life of a Leeds man on death row in Islamabad...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Al-Qaeda man on US treason charge
A California man who appeared in al-Qaeda propaganda videos is charged with treason by a US court...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Five die in French rail collision
At least five people are killed in a head-on train collision in north-eastern France, but others are still trapped...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Football: Ukraine 2-0 Scotland
Goals from Olexander Kucher and Andriy Shevchenko end Scotland's great start to Euro 2008 qualifying...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
England crash 2-0 to Croatia
Gary Neville scores a freak own goal as England crash to defeat in the Euro 2008 qualifier in Zagreb...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Football: Wales 3-1 Cyprus
Wales secure their first points in the Euro 2008 qualifiers with a comfortable win over Cyprus in Cardiff...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Paras return from Afghanistan
British paratroopers return to the UK following a six month tour of duty in Afghanistan...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Bid to recover Hamza legal costs
Legal aid chiefs want to recover cash from Abu Hamza al-Masri amid reports he bought a house while in jail...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
£300,000 pay-out for cleared man
A man wrongly jailed for the murder of a newsagent in 1988 receives £300,000 from South Wales Police...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Half of NHS trusts 'must improve'
Over half of NHS bodies in England need to improve services or financial management, a watchdog has found...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Aircraft hits New York building
Two people die, one of them reportedly a US baseball star, as a small plane hits a Manhattan apartment building...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Critics attack new science GCSE
Some leading scientists attack a new science GCSE curriculum as a "dumbing down" of the subject...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Drill hole begins Homeric quest
A UK-led team challenges ideas on Greek mythology by proposing a new site for Ithaca, home to Odysseus...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Carphone Warehouse buying AOL UK
Carphone Warehouse wins the auction to buy the UK's third largest internet business - AOL UK...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Labour punishes Short for remarks
Ex-Cabinet minister Clare Short is formally reprimanded by Labour for saying she wants a hung parliament...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Bomb trial told statement changed
A statement from a scenes of cime officer was "beefed up", the Omagh bomb trial hears...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Drugs raids capture 101 suspects
Scores of people are arrested in what is believed to be one of Scotland's biggest ever drugs operations...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Trial told of 'murder thoughts'
A man accused of stabbing to death a 21-year-old with "the mind of a child" had almost constant homicidal thoughts, a murder trial hears...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Saddam attacks judge over dispute
Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein criticises the chief judge of his genocide trial, saying he cannot defend himself...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Live: Euro 2008 qualifiers
England begin well in their Euro 2008 qualifier in Croatia while Scotland enjoy a solid start against Ukraine...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Cricket: England to experiment
England get the chance to try all options in their one-day squad on Thursday in a warm-up match in Jaipur...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Dryer film firefighters keep jobs
Four firefighters suspended over a prank in which one of them was spun in a tumble dryer keep their jobs...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
BBC reduces bid for licence fee
The BBC says an inadequate licence fee settlement could affect plans to move some departments to Salford...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
French train collision 'kills 12'
Twelve people have been killed in a head-on train collision in north-eastern France, rail firm SNCF says...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Air passengers 'face terror risk'
Increased security measures at airports like Heathrow could create new terrorism targets, an expert warns MPs...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
N Korea to face 'repercussions'
US President George W Bush says North Korea will face "serious repercussions" over its nuclear test claim...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Man pleads guilty to killing Pc
One of five men charged with the murder of Pc Sharon Beshenivksy, who was shot dead, pleads guilty...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
'Huge rise' in Iraqi death tolls
An estimated 655,000 Iraqis have died as a result of the 2003 US-led invasion, a joint US-Iraqi survey says...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Warning over 'broken up' internet
The internet could be in danger of being broken up into separate networks, a leading member of the UN warns...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Point-by-point: Question time
All the key points from prime minister's questions in the Commons as MPs quiz Tony Blair from 1200 BST...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Sainsbury's recovery 'on track'
Sainsbury's says its recovery is continuing as the supermarket reports better-than-expected sales growth...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
30,000 men 'eat take-aways daily'
BBC research finds that 30,000 men in Wales admit to eating a take-away meal every day of the week...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Scotland fans injured in attack
Scotland football fans in Kiev are advised to be careful after supporters are attacked in the city...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Sri Lanka clashes hit peace hopes
At least 22 Sri Lankan troops die in clashes with Tamil rebels, a day after the two sides finalised talks plans...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Cattle TB spreads among clubbers
Six clubgoers become infected with bovine tuberculosis - one of them fatally - in the Midlands...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Police disarm hatchet man on bus
Police disarm a man with a hatchet who boarded a bus in north Belfast's Oldpark Road area...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
US tightens Cuba trade sanctions
The US announces new measures to enforce trade sanctions against Cuba and punish those who violate them...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Spain in Senegal migration deal
Spain is to recruit workers in Senegal in an attempt to stem the influx of illegal African migrants to its shores...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Security high after Mindanao bomb
Security is stepped up in the southern Philippines, after six people were killed in a bomb blast on Mindanao...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Madonna 'adopts child in Africa'
Madonna has adopted a one-year-old child in the African country of Malawi, the boy's father says...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Football: England to face Croatia
Jamie Carragher and Scott Parker are expected to start in a 3-5-2 formation for England against Croatia...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Football: FA in racism complaint
The FA will make a formal complaint to Uefa after two England U21 players say they suffered racial abuse in Germany...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Saddam in court after suspension
Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is back in court for his genocide trial, a day after being thrown out...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Man charged after balcony plunge
A man is detained in Crete after his pregnant girlfriend is impaled on an iron railing in a fall from her balcony...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Carphone buying AOL UK
Carphone Warehouse wins the auction to buy the UK's third largest internet business - AOL UK - for £370m...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Cash help to root out extremism
Muslim groups that prove they are trying to outlaw extremism are to receive funding, says minister Ruth Kelly...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
N Korea raises threat of new test
North Korea's number two leader warns of more nuclear tests if US policy remains "hostile", reports say...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
A New Fence Is Added to a Border Town Already Split
The fence in Ghajar, Lebanon, is a reminder of the possible flash points that remain as Lebanon and Israel continue working to quell border tensions...
New York Times - October 11, 2006
U.S. Group Reaches Deal to Provide Laptops to All Libyan Schoolchildren
The project, which is intended to supply computers broadly to children in developing nations, was conceived by a computer researcher at M.I.T...
New York Times - October 11, 2006
Iraqi Dead May Total 600,000, Study Says
The figure, compiled by a team of American and Iraqi public health researchers, is the highest estimate ever for the toll of the war...
New York Times - October 11, 2006
Across Europe, Worries on Islam Spread to Center
More people in the political mainstream are arguing that Islam cannot be reconciled with European values...
New York Times - October 11, 2006
Rice Asserts U.S. Plans No Attack on North Korea
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned the North’s leaders that they risked sanctions “unlike anything that they have faced before.”...
New York Times - October 11, 2006
Word of Test Confirms Stances in 2 Nations
South Korea and Japan have grown increasingly apart in their attitudes toward North Korea, a trend that may have been reinforced by the reported nuclear test...
New York Times - October 11, 2006
Work survey splits teacher unions
Education unions draw different conclusions from a survey of workloads in England and Wales...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Cannabis seizure 'biggest in NI'
The police seize several tonnes of cannabis in County Down - the biggest ever haul in NI...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
'Prepare for power' says Salmond
The Scottish National Party will open its annual conference with a claim it is on the verge of taking power...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
India probe names ex-minister
India's top detective agency, the CBI, launches a probe against a former defence minister in a corruption case...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Police in direct appeal to serial rapist
Police appeal for information in the hunt for a man they believe has attacked elderly women for 16 years...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
DR Congo children 'still armed'
Thousands of children in the DR Congo are controlled by armed groups, three years after the war, says Amnesty...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
TB spreads among clubbers
Six clubbers contract bovine tuberculosis - one of them fatally - in the Midlands...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Child abuse 'widespread', UN says
Violence against children is widespread and tolerated across the world, says a United Nations report...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Science teaching 'back to front'
Some leading scientists attack new science GCSEs as a "dumbing down" of the subject...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
Smoking ban 'boosts health'
The health of Scotland's bar staff dramatically improved in the wake of the smoking ban, a medical study claims...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
UN ponders North Korea sanctions
Diplomats are divided over what sanctions North Korea should face after it apparently tested a nuclear weapon...
BBC News - October 11, 2006
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