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Global News Archive for March 2006:
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U.S. Rethinks Its Cutoff of Military Aid to Latin American Nations
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice indicated that the U.S. would look to resume military assistance to nations cut off for refusing to shield Americans in international court...
New York Times - March 11, 2006
Captors Tortured American, Then Killed Him, Iraq Says
Tom Fox, the kidnapped American peace advocate whose body was found this week, had apparently been tortured by his captors...
New York Times - March 11, 2006
Lacking Mandate on Hamas Policy, Mideast Envoy May Quit
James. D. Wolfensohn told his staff that without a clear mandate on a policy toward Hamas, he would leave his job at the end of April, a staff member said...
New York Times - March 11, 2006
Milosevic Is Found Dead in Cell, U.N. Officials Say
Slobodan Milosevic, the former president of Yugoslavia and architect of a decade of war, apparently died of natural causes...
New York Times - March 11, 2006
Cebit rings mobile phone changes
The future of the mobile phone in all its hi-tech glory is on full display at the Cebit technology fair...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Minister admits Iraq is 'a mess'
Foreign office minister Kim Howells admits Iraq is "a mess" but says the country's prospects are still bright...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Probes ordered into Fraser case
Investigations are launched after it emerged that evidence was not made available to a murder trial...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
France defends raid on Sorbonne
The French education minister defends the use of force to clear protesting students from Paris' Sorbonne university...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Progress at Horn of Africa talks
Talks to end a border dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea end with what diplomats say is a measure of progress...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Girl dies after house set alight
Police are treating the death of a five-year-old girl whose home was set on fire by two men as murder...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Jowell out of cabinet Iran talks
Tessa Jowell has been barred from some cabinet talks since 2003 due to her husband's dealings, it emerges...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Sharp Debate Erupts in China Over Socialism and Capitalism
China's rising income gap has raised doubts about what some see as the country's headlong pursuit of private wealth...
New York Times - March 11, 2006
Chile Celebrates Inaugural of Its First Woman as President
Michelle Bachelet pledged a program of economic reform, respect for human rights and sexual equality in government...
New York Times - March 11, 2006
Milosevic Found Dead in His Cell, U.N. Tribunal Says
Slobodan Milosevic, the former president of Yugoslavia and architect of a decade of war, was found dead in his prison cell...
New York Times - March 11, 2006
Milosevic a bad influence - Straw
Slobodan Milosevic had a 'malign influence' on Serbian people, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Three officers hurt in 999 crash
Three police officers are taken to hospital after their car crashed and flipped over in central London...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Crown orders Fraser case inquiry
An investigation is launched after it emerged that evidence was not made available to a murder trial...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Queues to sign at private dentist
Hundreds queue to re-register at their dentist in south Wales after the practice says it is to end NHS adult treatment...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Churchill sculpture sparks uproar
A mental health charity has defended a statue it commissioned of Sir Winston Churchill in a straitjacket...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Football: Gallas goal stuns Spurs
William Gallas' spectacular late winner earns Chelsea victory against a dogged Tottenham...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Rugby: O'Gara lifts Ireland
Ireland retain hopes of a first Six Nations title and a Triple Crown after overcoming Scotland for a hard-earned win in Dublin...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Rugby: Wales held to draw
Italy win their first ever Championship point away from home in a dogged, scrappy draw...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Fears for hostage after killing
Concern grows for kidnapped peace activist Norman Kember, after a fellow Iraq hostage is found dead...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Chile inaugurates female leader
Former torture victim Michelle Bachelet is sworn in as Chile's first woman president, watched by regional leaders...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Bush adviser charged with thefts
US President Bush says he is "shocked" as his former political adviser Claude Allen is charged with alleged theft...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Milosevic found dead in his cell
Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic is found dead in his cell in The Hague, where he has been on trial on war crimes charges since 2001...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Alaska hit by 'massive' oil spill
An oil spill at Prudhoe Bay field is confirmed by US officials as the largest ever on Alaska's North Slope region...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
US cinema suffers year of slump
Final figures reveal that box office takings in the US fell by 6% in 2005 compared with the previous year...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Ferry crash probe under way
Investigators are looking at why an Isle of Wight ferry smashed into a car ramp, injuring nine people...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Pensioner dies in blaze at house
An elderly man dies in a house fire in County Armagh, despite the efforts of a neighbour to try to save him...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Murder move in missing woman case
A man is detained in connection with the murder of a Lockerbie woman who went missing in 1984...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Teen gang 'caught by own website'
A teenage gang were caught by police after they boasted of their offences on their own website, a youth court is told...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Malaysia 'apartheid' row deepens
The daughter of Malaysia's ex-PM is criticised for comparing Muslim women to black South Africans under apartheid...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Chile to inaugurate female leader
Former torture victim Michelle Bachelet is preparing to be sworn in as Chile's first woman president...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Jordan hangs US diplomat killers
Jordan executes two militants for the 2002 killing of US diplomat Laurence Foley, officials say...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Rugby: Wales seek redemption
Wales seek to bounce back from their Ireland loss while Italy seek their first ever away win in the Six Nations...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
House inferno treated as murder
A fire at a house in Staffordshire which killed four people was started deliberately, police say...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Madrid remembers terror victims
Spaniards mark the second anniversary of the Madrid train attacks, which killed 191 people...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Milosevic 'found dead in prison'
Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has been found dead in his cell in The Hague, his lawyer says...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Dutch Court Convicts 9 Under Tougher Antiterror Law
It was the first time that a Dutch court convicted suspects for being members of a criminal terrorist group...
New York Times - March 11, 2006
Palestinian Authority Faces Budget Crisis, Official Says
The Palestinian Authority will have only 95 percent of the money needed to pay February's overdue salaries...
New York Times - March 11, 2006
U.S. Pushes for Broad Coalition as Iraqi Parliament Prepares to Open
The U.S. ambassador has urged Iraq's political leaders to hold a conference to settle on a multiparty coalition government...
New York Times - March 11, 2006
Muslims Express Anger and Hope at Danish Conference
A conference produced calls for dialogue but also protests over Denmark's refusal to apologize for cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad...
New York Times - March 11, 2006
New Hurdles for Premier as Election Nears in Italy
Prosecutors asked that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi be put on trial for corruption and his health minister resigned...
New York Times - March 11, 2006
John Profumo, 91, Dies; Focus of Scandal
John Profumo's career ended in a Cold War scandal of sex and espionage that gave way to a lifetime of atonement...
New York Times - March 11, 2006
Transplants of two kidneys 'effective'
Transplanting two kidneys of limited quality can be as effective as one high-function organ, a study finds...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
City shooting police quiz locals
Police investigating the murder of a Glasgow man shot in Drumchapel last weekend have been carrying out fresh inquiries...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Union leader to criticise Labour
The leader of Britain's biggest private sector union is to say Labour policies are failing and skilled jobs are in decline...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Paramilitaries disarm in Colombia
Some 2,000 rightwing paramilitaries disarm in Colombia in their last big move in the peace process...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Gujarat perjurer surrenders
Zahira Sheikh, found guilty of perjury over the Gujarat riots, surrenders to the authorities in Mumbai...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Police battle Sorbonne protesters
French riot police drive protesters from the Sorbonne after a night of protests over a new youth labour law...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Inferno house inquiry continues
Police continue to investigate an explosion at a house in Staffordshire which killed three children and a man...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Wine 'can help treat gum disease'
Chemicals in red wine can help prevent and treat gum disease, Canadian research suggests...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Tennis: Murray wins opener
Andy Murray strolls past Greece's Vasilis Mazarakis 6-2 6-1 in the first round of the Indian Wells Masters Series event...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Tanzania suspends street clean-up
The Tanzanian prime minister halts a police crackdown on street vendors after two people die in clashes...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
US hostage in Iraq confirmed dead
Tom Fox, one of three peace activists held hostage with Briton Norman Kember in Iraq, has been killed, the US says...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Africa pledges 'not materialised'
Improvements on trade and conflict in Africa have yet to materialise, a year after they were promised, Oxfam says...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Pakistani clash 'leaves 25 dead'
New fighting on Pakistan's border with Afghanistan leaves at least 25 suspected rebels dead, the army reports...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
Germany holds last football drill
German police in Berlin will stage their final big anti-terror drill before this summer's World Cup...
BBC News - March 11, 2006
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