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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 January 2008:
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Could teachers walk out over pay?
Could anger over a potentially low pay settlement prompt a year of industrial action in schools?...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Where planets can form, they do
US astronomers show that wherever there is room for a planet to form around a young star, it does...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Plea for Ghanaian woman's return
The Ghanaian High Commissioner calls on the government to allow a terminally ill woman back to the UK for medical treatment...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Key test for bank overdraft fees
A High Court test case starts on Monday which could bring a big change to High Street banking in the UK...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Rescue at suspected city brothel
Three women, thought to have been being used in prostitution, are rescued from a house in Belfast...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Twins' mother killed on motorway
The husband of a new mother whose body was found on a motorway says she was suffering from depression...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
US reveals new Iran 'incidents'
Iranian boats were involved in two previously undisclosed incidents in the Strait of Hormuz, a US official says...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
OJ Simpson 'violated bail terms'
US ex-football star OJ Simpson returns to custody on charge of violating bail for his robbery trial, reports say...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
SA police chief 'to be charged'
South Africa's police chief and head of Interpol, Jackie Selebi, is to be charged with corruption, prosecutors say...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Taiwan votes for new parliament
Voters in Taiwan begin voting to elect MPs in a contest seen as a barometer for March's presidential election...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Football: Mandaric tips Redknapp
Former Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric says he thinks Pompey boss Harry Redknapp will take the vacant Newcastle job...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Lib Dems want parent-run schools
The state should "back off" and allow charities or parents to run schools, the Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg will say...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Second charge over fatal stabbing
A second man is charged with murder in connection with the death of an 18-year-old who was fatally stabbed...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Asian men jailed for race attack
Three Asian men who attacked a group of friends and tried to kill one of them have been jailed for 18 years...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Liverpool starts year of culture
A cast of more than 600 performers officially launch Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Hain bid donors 'were not told'
Two think tank donors were not told their cash would fund Peter Hain's Labour deputy leadership bid, the BBC learns...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Suharto?s Health Deteriorates
The former Indonesian leader?s lungs showed dangerous signs of infection, doctors said...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Bush Promises to Return to Israel
President Bush promised to return in May for Israel?s 60th anniversary to press for a peace treaty between Israel and the Palestinians by the end of his term...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Kenya Opposition Calls for Rallies
With no signs of a breakthrough in the country?s political crisis, the call for protests heightens the standoff with the government...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Japan Approves Bill on Afghan Mission
The Japanese government rammed through a special law authorizing its navy to resume a refueling mission...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
A Resilient Indonesia Moves Beyond Suharto
As Indonesia?s former strongman lay on his sickbed this week, the country was by its actions repudiating him...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Warning on stealthy Windows virus
PC users are being warned about a password-stealing virus that hides deep inside Windows...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Sacked Bill star reassures fans
The Bill star Jeff Stewart says he is "improving" after reportedly slashing his wrists on the set of the ITV soap...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Thin galaxies harbour big secret
Nasa's Spitzer telescope shows bulky black holes lurk where they are least expected - in skinny galaxies...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Vomiting bug 'hits three million'
Almost three million people have been affected by norovirus so far this winter, figures suggest...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Pound at record low against euro
The pound has fallen to an all-time low against the euro as the outlook for the UK economy darkens...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Star Henson will not face court
Wales rugby star Gavin Henson will not face court action over alleged rowdy behaviour on a train...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Teenage murderer posed with body
A murderer who inflicted 80 blows on his victim went onto pose for a photograph with the body, a court hears...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Child abuse films 'traded in NI'
Hundreds of films showing children being abused are being traded online in NI, a US special agent says...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Death crash lorry driver jailed
A lorry driver is jailed for three years and nine months for killing a family of four when he fell asleep at the wheel...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Bush heads for Gulf state talks
US President George W Bush ends his trip to Israel and the West Bank and heads to the Gulf states...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Six-month jail sentence for Jones
US sprinter Marion Jones gets a six-month jail term for lying about steroid use and her role in a drugs fraud case...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Military approves EU Chad mission
A European Union force for the region bordering Darfur could start work in February if EU ministers give approval...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Suharto 'suffers organ failure'
Former Indonesian leader Suharto is in a worsening condition, according to members of his medical team...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Football: Chelsea in Anelka deal
Chelsea sign striker Nicolas Anelka from Bolton Wanderers in a £15m deal...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Interpol's head 'to be charged'
South Africa's police chief and president of Interpol Jackie Selebi is to be charged with corruption, prosecutors say...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Flooding brings more travel chaos
Thousands of train passengers are affected by floods across the West Country...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Tributes for Everest 'colossus'
Tributes are paid to Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to reach the top of Mount Everest, after he died at 88...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Footprint found by Kercher police
Italian police investigating the murder of UK student Meredith Kercher find a bloody footprint at her home...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Kenya faces three days of rallies
Kenya's opposition calls three
days of fresh election protests,
but police say they will not be permitted...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Turkish Military Shells Northern Iraq
Turkish artillery shelled northern Iraq morning, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties or material damage, a Kurdish government official said...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Blast Reported in Myanmar Capital
An explosion in the capital of military-ruled Myanmar killed one woman Friday morning, an official said...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Myanmar's Suu Kyi Meets With Junta
Detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with a representative of Myanmar?s ruling junta for the first time in nearly two months, an official said...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Japanese Parliament Passes Anti-Terrorism Bill
Japan?s ruling coalition forced a bill through parliament to revive a U.S.-backed anti-terror mission...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Amazon signs Sony download deal
Sony BMG announces a deal with Amazon to put tracks online that are free of copy controls...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Shuttle launch moved to February
Continuing work on the Atlantis orbiter's troublesome fuel sensor system pushes a proposed launch date back to 7 February...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Three million caught vomiting bug
Almost three million people have been affected by norovirus so far this winter the latest figures suggest...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Tories attack Brown on economy
Gordon Brown's running of the economy has damaged the UK's ability to cope with a downturn, say the Tories...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Rolls-Royce set to cut 2,300 jobs
Engineering firm Rolls-Royce says its plans to cut up to 2,300 jobs to reduce costs and improve efficiency...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Missing bank details found on M4
Bank details relating to investments worth millions of pounds are found near a motorway slip road in Berkshire...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Pensioner killed in two-car crash
An elderly man dies and another man is injured after two cars crash in County Londonderry...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Nepal sets new date for elections
Nepal's government sets 10 April as the date for delayed elections to decide the country's future...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
EU Chad mission set for go-ahead
Military officials are to make a final decision on the European Union force for the region bordering Darfur...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Everest hero Edmund Hillary dies
Sir Edmund Hillary, who made a historic first ascent of the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, dies aged 88...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Family reunions for Farc hostages
Two hostages freed by Colombian rebels are reunited with their families, bringing an end to years of captivity...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Football: Hughes cool on Magpies
Blackburn manager Mark Hughes distances himself from reports linking him with the vacant Newcastle job...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Tennis: Mafia threat warning
The head of women's tennis suspects organised criminals, including the Russian mafia, are trying to fix matches...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Life sentence for jogger's killer
A "loner" who killed a young woman and buried her body in a shallow grave is sentenced to life in prison...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Kenya election protests to resume
Kenya's main opposition party says it will resume mass protests after last month's disputed elections...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Tributes to Everest conqueror
Gordon Brown and explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes pay tribute to Everest mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary, who has died...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Marriage fear teen 'murdered'
The coroner in the inquest of teenager Shafilea Ahmed says he believes she was murdered...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Divided-at-birth twins 'married'
Twins who were separated at birth have married without knowing they were brother and sister, a peer says...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Hain faces sleaze watchdog probe
Peter Hain is reported to the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner after failing to declare donations...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: France: Sarkozy?s Ex Seeks to Block Book
President Nicolas Sarkozy?s ex-wife Cécilia asked a Paris court to block release of a book that quotes her describing the president as a philanderer, a skinflint and ?a man who loves no one, not even his children.?...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Lethal Bird Flu at Famed Swan Reserve
The deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu has reached one of England?s most famous swan breeding grounds, the Abbotsbury Swannery on the Dorset coast...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Bosnia: Police Take Passports of Karadzic Family
At the request of the international war crimes court in The Hague, Bosnian Serb police seized the passports of the wife, son, daughter and son-in-law of Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb leader during the country?s war...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
In Life?s Web, Aiding Trees Can Kill Them
When elephants were removed from a research site in Kenya, a mysterious decline in the colonies of good ants and a growth in the colonies of bad ants emerged...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Study Says Glaciers Formed During a Very Warm Period
Giant glaciers formed about 90 million years ago during a warm period when alligators thrived in the Arctic, researchers said, calling into question the belief that all ice melts in a ?super greenhouse? climate...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Many Palestinians Offer a Bleak Opinion of Bush
As President Bush arrived in the region, many ordinary Palestinians say his support for Israel is at their expense...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Poland and Czech Republic Team Up in Missile Defense Talks With U.S.
Poland?s new government intends to press the United States to pay for positioning 10 interceptors in Polish territory, expecting negotiations to continue until after the U.S. presidential elections...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
General Clears Army Officer of Crime in Abu Ghraib Case
The only United States Army officer to face a court-martial over the scandal at Iraq?s Abu Ghraib prison has been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing in the case...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Rival to Georgia?s President Is Charged With Terrorism
Badri Patarkatsishvili, a bitter rival of President Mikheil Saakashvili and a losing presidential candidate in the election last Saturday, was also charged with conspiring to overthrow the government...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Edmund Hillary, First on Everest, Dies at 88
Sir Edmund Hillary was the mountaineer who, with Tenzing Norgay, his Sherpa guide, was the first to scale the 29,035-foot summit of Mount Everest...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
U.S. and Germany Plan to Recognize Kosovo
The United States and Germany have agreed to recognize Kosovo after it declares independence and to urge the rest of Europe to follow suit, say senior European Union diplomats...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Iran Shows Its Own Video of Vessels? Encounter in Gulf
The new video, broadcast by Iran?s English-language satellite channel, Press TV, showed a member of Iran?s Revolutionary Guard sending a radio message to the American vessels...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
U.S. Bombs Iraqi Insurgent Hideouts
American aircraft attacked an area known as a haven for militants linked to Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia...
New York Times - January 11, 2008
Teachers' Oxbridge misconceptions
State school pupils could be put off Oxbridge because of teachers' misconceptions, an educational charity says...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Winter snow boost to ski centres
Scotland's ski centres report the "best snow for years" as a result of the country's recent wintry weather...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Baby death blamed on government
A girl's death could have been prevented if authorities had warned of the dangers of a hot water tank, a jury says...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Blair optimism on Mid-East peace
Middle East envoy Tony Blair says a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians by 2009 is possible...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Japan PM forces navy bill through
Japan's ruling party forces through a bill reviving a support mission for US-led forces in Afghanistan...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Concern over rare duck's decline
One of the UK's rarest breeding ducks almost halves in the past decade, a new survey reveals...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Removed patient 'can't get care'
A terminally-ill Ghanaian woman sent home after her UK visa expired is struggling to get medical treatment...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Tests after bird flu hits swans
Tests on birds in Dorset will continue as vets try to contain the virulent form of bird flu found at a bird sanctuary...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Hain to face donation questions
Peter Hain is set for more questions after failing to register £103,000 of donations to his Labour deputy campaign...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
Middle East deal possible - Blair
Tony Blair says a peace deal between the Israelis and Palestinians could be struck by the end of the year...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
City prepares for culture party
A cast of more than 600 performers will officially launch Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture...
BBC News - January 11, 2008
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