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Global News Archive for December 2005:
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Human Rights Group Calls for Sanctions on Darfur's Leaders
The United Nations should conduct an investigation of crimes against humanity committed in Darfur, Human Rights Watch said in a report...
New York Times - December 11, 2005
Commission Finds Irregularities in Iraqi Voter Registration
With just four days to go until parliamentary elections, an abnormal surge of voter registration was discovered in Kirkuk...
New York Times - December 11, 2005
Sports Personality: The winners
Andrew Flintoff wins the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Paramount buys rival Dreamworks
Hollywood giant Paramount buys rival studio Dreamworks, securing the talents of director Steven Spielberg...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
NHS warned to 'reform or go bust'
The NHS will be plunged further into a financial crisis if the government does not change its approach, a study says...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Third of MPs privately schooled
The people's representatives are not representative of people's education, an education charity says...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
New Hariri report 'blames Syria'
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan receives the latest report into the killing of Lebanese ex-PM Rafik Hariri...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Sri Lanka 'concern' at peace role
Sri Lanka expresses concern over conditions set by Norway for a return to peace mediation...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Baby thrown from blazing house
An ex-rugby player catches a baby tossed from the window of a neighbour's burning house...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Rights group urges Darfur probe
Human Rights Watch calls for top Sudanese officials to be investigated for crimes against humanity in Darfur...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Chile's Bachelet takes poll lead
Michelle Bachelet, expected to become Chile's first female president, leads the race but a run-off appears likely...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Flintoff wins top BBC Sport award
England's Ashes cricket hero Andrew Flintoff wins the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Clarke warns Cameron on Europe
Former Conservative leadership rival Ken Clarke rounds on new Tory leader David Cameron over Europe...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Firearms officers in Welsh siege
Police officers remain embroiled in an armed siege hours after they swooped on a house in Wales...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Three men face terrorism charges
Three men are charged with terror offences and will appear before magistrates on Monday...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Accepting Nobel, ElBaradei Urges a Rethinking of Nuclear Strategy
The director of the U.N.'s nuclear monitoring agency said that the world should stop treating the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea as isolated cases...
New York Times - December 11, 2005
Several Thousand Protest Trade Talks in Hong Kong
Protesters took to the streets peacefully as trade ministers arrived for the World Trade Organization conference...
New York Times - December 11, 2005
Sport: Stars set for BBC awards
A host of awards will be handed out at the Sports Personality of the Year show on Sunday...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Football: Everton hold Utd to draw
Ryan Giggs equalises to earn Man Utd a point after James McFadden's opener...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Firearms police evacuate homes
Homes in part of Newport are evacuated as officers try to speak to a man in relation to firearms offences...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Beckett hails climate 'triumph'
Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett calls the climate deal achieved in Montreal "a diplomatic triumph"...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Abandoned newborn boy in hospital
A newborn baby is discovered abandoned near to garages in Chesterfield...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
'No interference' in spy charges
There was no political input in the decision to drop charges linked to an alleged IRA spy ring, Peter Hain says...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Warning over gap in dental cover
People not registered with an NHS dentist will be unable to access free check-ups, the SNP warns...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Chileans vote for new president
Chile is voting for a new president, with Michelle Bachelet expected to become its first female leader...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Iranian MPs approve oil minister
Iran's parliament finally approves a new oil minister, ending a three-month political deadlock...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Pakistan wedding inferno kills 40
At least 40 people die when firecrackers set a bus full of wedding guests ablaze in eastern Pakistan...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Comics mourn 'trailblazer' Pryor
Fellow performers pay tribute to comedian and actor Richard Pryor, who died of heart failure at 65...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Mugabe party endorses crackdown
Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF Party endorses a crackdown on critics at its annual conference...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
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BBC News - December 11, 2005
Families seek Nigeria crash dead
Relatives of the victims of a plane crash in Nigeria crowd mortuaries to try to identify loved ones...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Massive rally for Croatia suspect
Thousands of Croatians rally to support Gen Ante Gotovina a day before he is due before the UN war crimes tribunal...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
First WTO protests in Hong Kong
Several thousand people hold the first of a series of protests against the WTO summit in Hong Kong...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Massive blaze rages at oil depot
Firefighters are battling to contain a blaze at an oil depot in Hertfordshire in which 43 people were injured - two seriously. A fire chief described the explosion as possibly the "largest such incident in peacetime Europe"...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Blast in pictures
Images of the blast at the fuel depot in Hertfordshire...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
'Miracle I survived'
Security guard was lucky to escape with scratches...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
LA critics back cowboy love story
Ang Lee's gay love story Brokeback Mountain, is named 2005's best film by Los Angeles film critics...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Coach in seven-vehicle M4 crash
Seven people are taken to hospital following a crash involving a coach and six cars on the M4 near Swansea...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Motorists urged not to panic-buy
Police and petrol companies urge motorists not to panic-buy petrol following the oil depot blast...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Mofaz leaves Likud to join Sharon
Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz leaves Likud to join PM Ariel Sharon's new Kadima party...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
New India-Pakistan bus on trial
A third route of a bus service seen as a symbol of the India-Pakistan peace process holds a trial run...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Police attacked by petrol bombers
Police come under attack while investigating petrol bomb attacks on an estate in Londonderry...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Massive blasts hit fuel depot
A huge fire is burning at an oil distribution depot in Hertfordshire after a series of explosions which could be heard more than 100 miles away. Police say two people are being treated for serious injuries and 34 for minor injuries...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
China official held over shooting
An official who told police to open fire on a village demonstration in China is under arrest, authorities say...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Thousands gather for WTO rally
Crowds gather in Hong Kong for the first of a series of protests against the WTO summit...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
New Lawsuit in Colombia Over Abortion
Days after Colombia’s highest court rejected a case challenging the country’s prohibition on abortion, an international women’s rights group plans to file another suit...
New York Times - December 11, 2005
The secret of 'muscular' old age
Scientists say adding the amino acid leucine to old people's diets could help them keep muscle...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Parents in plea for liver donor
Parents of a Teesside baby say their five-month-old son will die within days unless a liver donor is found...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Flintoff to stay up for BBC award
Andrew Flintoff will find out in the early hours of Monday in Pakistan if he is the BBC Sports Personality of the Year...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Teacher held over Japan stabbing
A teacher is arrested in Japan and charged with stabbing a schoolgirl to death in an argument...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Trans-Dniester pins hopes on vote
The breakaway republic of Trans-Dniester holds elections it hopes will end its international isolation...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Chile poised to elect new leader
Chile is set to elect a new president, with Michelle Bachelet expected to become its first female leader...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Amazon nun's killers are jailed
Two Brazilians are convicted and jailed for murdering US-born nun and peasants' rights activist Dorothy Stang...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Ex-envoy questions worth of war
Tony Blair's former envoy to Iraq has suggested the war may not have been worth the violence which has followed the ousting of Saddam Hussein...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Silence follows hostage deadline
The deadline set by kidnappers holding British peace activist Norman Kember and three colleagues passes with no news of their fate...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
TA units need 7,000 more troops
The Territorial Army is short of 7,000 troops and is losing 600 volunteers a month, a BBC investigation reveals...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
Charles quizzed over Diana death
Prince Charles has been questioned by a former head of the Metropolitan Police over the death of Princess Diana...
BBC News - December 11, 2005
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