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Spacecraft flies by remote asteroid, camera stops
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Official Egypt rock slide toll rises to 31
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Philly school rekindles same-sex education debate
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Muslim separatist strike shuts down Indian Kashmir
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Troops, protesters clash in Indian Kashmir 1 dead
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Catholics assert themselves in Hanoi land dispute
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Myanmar says no sign of Suu Kyi hunger strike
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Landslides leave 27 dead or missing in Philippines
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Returning lawmakers make Capitol a campaign stage
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Global News Archive for December 2006:
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4 People in Germany Tested for Polonium
Four people who had contact with a business associate of a murdered former Russian spy were hospitalized today...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Iraqis Seek Coalition to Curb Cleric
Several of Iraq’s major political parties are in talks to form a coalition whose aim is to break the influence of the radical Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr, Iraqi officials say...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Police forced to move paedophile
A convicted paedophile is moved from his Somerset home by police amid protests from angry residents...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
EU partially freezes Turkey talks
EU ministers agree to slow down Turkish membership talks after Ankara fails to open ports to Cypriot ships...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Football: Cole has broken foot
Chelsea's Joe Cole faces at least three weeks out after being diagnosed with a minor stress fracture in his foot...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Football: Blades and Villa in draw
Sheffield United and Aston Villa share the points in an entertaining draw...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Five guilty of kidnapping boy, 10
One woman and four men are found guilty of kidnapping a 10-year-old boy from his home...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Pensions' future to be unveiled
A White Paper to unveil details of a new national pension system will be published on Tuesday by the government...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Ofcom plans radio spectrum sale
Ofcom reveals plans to auction off parts of the radio spectrum for broadband and mobile services...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Space shuttle set for ISS docking
Space shuttle Discovery is to dock with the space station after an inspection showed no visible damage on lift-off...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Oscar hopefuls hit by Bafta rule
A rule change means a number of Oscar hopefuls, including Letters from Iwo Jima, are ineligible for the 2007 Bafta Film Awards...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Carbon 'credit card' considered
Carbon "credit cards" could be used to encourage carbon thrift, Environment Secretary David Miliband suggests...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
NHS 'must make surplus next year'
The NHS must make a £250m profit next year, the government is has said...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Several hurt in double bus crash
Six people are injured as two buses and a car are involved in a collision in the centre of Inverurie...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Iran defends Holocaust talks
Iran says a conference being held to question whether the Holocaust really happened is an example of free speech...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Pakistan deals 'aiding Taleban'
Violence in Afghanistan has surged because of Pakistan's peace deals with pro-Taleban militants, a report says...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Four teenagers die in road crash
Four teenagers die when the car they are in leaves a road and hits a tree in Worcestershire...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Ex-rebel 'ahead' in Aceh election
A former rebel leader is on course to win historic elections in Aceh in Indonesia, early voting samples suggest...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Dubai firm sells US ports to AIG
Dubai Ports World agrees to sell its six US ports to an American firm after politicians voiced fears over security...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
EU 'partly suspends' Turkey talks
EU ministers agree in principle to partially suspend Turkey's membership talks...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Perth wicket could help spinners
Waca groundsman Cameron Sutherland thinks the wicket for the third Ashes Test could help England's spinners...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Election blow for Babangida
Ex-Nigerian military ruler Ibrahim Babangida withdraws from the race to be the ruling party's presidential candidate...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Pinochet supporters pay respects
Supporters of late Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet file past his coffin a day after his death in Santiago...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Football: West Ham sack Pardew
West Ham announce that manager Alan Pardew has been dismissed after three years in charge...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Legal aid granted to Soham killer
Double murderer Ian Huntley is to receive legal aid to fight a civil case alleging sexual assault on a girl of 11...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Outrage over killing of Gaza boys
The killing of three sons, aged six to 10, of an intelligence chief in Gaza City causes outrage among Palestinians...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Polonium affects four in Germany
Four people in Germany have been contaminated with polonium-210, which poisoned ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Soldiers admit Iraq gun charges
Four British soldiers admit charges over an alleged plot to smuggle guns out of Iraq and sell them for cash...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Fifth prostitute reported missing
Police investigating the deaths of three prostitutes say they are concerned about two other missing women...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Annan chides US in final speech
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan urges the US to work with other nations rather than acting unilaterally...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Battery group seeks laptop safety
Updated safety standards for laptop batteries should be in place within the next 12 months, a working group says...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Expulsions 'fuelled by prejudice'
Black pupils are three times more likely to be excluded because of "systematic racial discrimination", a report says...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Rights focus sought over climate
Tackling climate change needs more attention to human rights, former Irish President Mary Robinson is to say...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Eastwood film tops LA film awards
Clint Eastwood's film Letters from Iwo Jima is picked as top movie by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
£34m 'green' research at Airbus
A £34m investment looking at developing greener aircraft is announced at the Airbus factory in Flintshire...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Farepak victims plan bank protest
Farepak customers are set to demonstrate outside HBOS offices to protest against its role in the firm's collapse...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Patients become NHS bug busters
Hospital patients are being asked to become hygiene inspectors under plans announced by a health board...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
13-year-olds facing rape charges
Two 13-year-old boys appear in court over the rape of a teenager in a north Belfast park on Monday...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Iran Holocaust conference opens
Iran begins a conference which will question whether six million Jews were really killed in the Holocaust of WWII...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Archbishop defies Vatican again
An excommunicated Zambian archbishop ordains two more married priests in the US in defiance of the Vatican...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Turkey sanctions on EU's agenda
EU ministers meet to decide how to punish Turkey for barring Cypriot vessels from its ports and airports...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Uganda forces 'agree pull-back'
Uganda's army and rebels reportedly agree to pull their forces apart, after President Museveni talks to a top rebel...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Football: Mourinho relishes race
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho insists the Premiership title race is not over after the Blues fall eight points behind Man Utd...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Bishop incident was 'not mugging'
Police say an incident involving the Bishop of Southwark is not being treated as a mugging...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Flood alert after torrential rain
Parts of England and Wales are on flood alert after torrential rain overnight, the Environment Agency says...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Cricket: Lillee blames preparation
Australia legend Dennis Lillee says poor preparation is a major factor in England's disappointing Ashes campaign...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
CSN and Tata battle over Corus
Anglo-Dutch steel firm Corus accepts a revised takeover offer from Brazil's CSN, hours after backing a Tata bid...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Three children shot dead in Gaza
Gunmen kill three children, aged from six to 10, of a Palestinian intelligence chief outside their school in Gaza...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Fourth Suffolk prostitute missing
Police investigating the deaths of three prostitutes say they are worried about a fourth missing woman...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Augusto Pinochet, Dictator Who Ruled by Terror in Chile, Dies at 91
Gen. Augusto Pinochet Ugarte became a symbol of human rights abuse and corruption...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
As Crowd Demands Change, Lebanese Premier Is Puzzled
The center of Beirut was packed with hundreds of thousands of pro-Hezbollah and allied demonstrators...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Banda Aceh Journal: In Tsunami’s Wake, Old Foes in War Now Wage Politics
An armed insurgency group in Aceh Province is poised to perform the rare feat of transforming itself into a political party within the government it opposed...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Taliban and Allies Tighten Grip in North of Pakistan
Islamic militants are flouting a recent peace deal and fortifying alliances with Al Qaeda and foreign fighters, creating a virtual Taliban mini-state...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Iraq Is Failing to Spend Billions in Oil Revenues
Iraqi bureaucrats are so fearful and confused by anticorruption measures that they are afraid to sign off on contracts...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Intrigue Over Spy’s Death Spreads to Germany
German authorities are investigating a Russian businessman after finding traces of polonium 210 four days before he met with Alexander V. Litvinenko...
New York Times - December 11, 2006
Reading scheme 'saves taxpayer'
A scheme to help pupils who struggle with reading could save the taxpayer millions of pounds, a report claims...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
John Lewis bucks downward trend
John Lewis sees record weekly sales, as other retailers brace for poor sales for the Christmas season...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Tests for dissolving heart stent
A new type of heart "stent" has been developed to unblock diseased arteries and then dissolve without a trace...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Home changes clog planning system
As many as 40% of household planning applications could be taken out of the system, a study finds...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Bangladeshi banker accepts Nobel
Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank receive the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Youths quizzed over street murder
Police continue to question two youths after a man was kicked to death in an Oxfordshire town...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Aceh votes in landmark elections
People in the Indonesian province of Aceh are voting in elections as part of a peace deal with separatist rebels...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Snooker: Big four on track
John Higgins, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Peter Ebdon and Graeme Dott all look set for third-round wins at the UK Championship...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Events mark Buncefield explosion
Fire crews and community leaders are taking part in events to mark the first anniversary of the Buncefield explosion...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Phillips wins top BBC Sport award
Equestrian star Zara Phillips wins the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Tories warn of growing underclass
A Tory report on tackling poverty warns about the emergence of a growing underclass in Britain...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Corus accepts revised Tata offer
Anglo-Dutch steel firm Corus says it is accepting a revised £4.7bn takeover offer from Indian rival Tata Steel...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Gender imbalance poverty link
Lack of power for women in the home increases poverty and harms children, says the Unicef annual report...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Russian death probe 'not trusted'
Family and friends of Alexander Litvinenko say they are unlikely to help a Russian investigation into his death...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
NHS 'must make surplus'
The NHS must make a £250m profit next year, the government is set to say...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
Clashes follow death of Pinochet
Fans and foes of Chile's General Pinochet gather after his death, as some opponents clash with police...
BBC News - December 11, 2006
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