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A-Rod in Mexico City on same weekend as Madonna
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Madonna, Alex Rodriguez in Mexico City
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Space shuttle Endeavour lands in California
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Space shuttle lands in Calif. after 16-day mission
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Space shuttle Endeavour finishes 16-day mission
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Space shuttle glides to safe landing in California
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Orphan of slain rabbi in Mumbai lands in Israel
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Raul Castro attends first beatification in Cuba
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Refugees from Bhutan settle in Pittsburgh
Southern Ledger - December 1, 2008
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Global News Archive for March 2008:
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Iraq Attacks Lower, but Steady, New Figures Show
Newly declassified statistics suggest that after major security gains last fall in the wake of an American troop increase the conflict has drifted into at least a temporary stalemate...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
Rocket Endangers Palestinian-Israeli Respite
Gaza militants fired a rocket at the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon on Tuesday, fracturing a tenuous lull in Palestinian-Israeli tensions...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
Cassini to make audacious flyby
Nasa directs its Cassini spacecraft to make an ultra-close pass of the Saturnian moon Enceladus...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Bishop given leave over rumours
The Bishop of St David agrees to take a leave of absence after rumours about his marriage break up...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Boss of internet bank Egg resigns
The boss of Egg quits, although the internet bank says it is unrelated to a row over credit card cancellations...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
London 2012 to shelve ship idea
The organisers of the London Olympics scrap plans to have a ship sail the world promoting Britain's cultural riches...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Gale force winds set to batter NI
A severe weather warning is issued for Northern Ireland, as the UK braces itself for further storms...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Football: Liverpool sink Inter
Fernando Torres strikes to sink Inter Milan and send Liverpool into the Champions League quarter-finals...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Central banks fight credit crisis
US stocks see the biggest gains in five years after the world's largest central banks act to calm credit markets...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Fears over forced marriages
A committee of MPs looking into the issue of forced marriages suggests more than 2,000 children are missing...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Darling 'to delay' fuel duty rise
Alistair Darling will postpone a 2p rise in fuel duty for six months, in Wednesday's Budget, the BBC learns...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
US Mid-East chief steps down
The head of US forces in the Middle East, Adm William Fallon, resigns amid reported differences over Iran...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
EU treaty bill clears the Commons
MPs vote to approve the controversial bill which will ratify the Lisbon Treaty - by 346 votes to 206...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
China Reorganizes Government Ministries
The plan is intended to streamline an overlapping array of government agencies, commissions and ministries...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
Tibetan Protest Marchers Vow to Reach Homeland
About a hundred Tibetan exiles on a six-month protest march to their homeland defied orders from the Indian government to halt on Tuesday...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
50 councils may run post offices
Up to 50 councils are looking at taking over post offices scheduled for closure, it is claimed...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Cosmic 'treasure trove' revealed
A space probe measuring the oldest light in the Universe has found that cosmic neutrinos made up 10% of matter shortly after the Big Bang...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Serial killer main murder suspect
A French serial killer is to be questioned over the kidnap, rape and murder of a Gloucestershire woman in 1990...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Man guilty of raping schoolgirls
Schoolgirls as young as 12 were raped and abused by a Newtownards man, Belfast Crown Court has heard...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
'Challenging' local tax unveiled
Scottish ministers unveil plans to replace the "unfair" council tax with a local income tax...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Radio 'could have saved SAS man'
A radio link may have saved an SAS soldier, killed on his first day parachute training, an inquest hears...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Home loans tumble to record low
The mortgage market is shrinking under the impact of the continuing problems in the banking system, say lenders...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Mississippi voters head to polls
Mississippi holds its primaries as the Democratic battle continues between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Iraq road bomb 'kills 16 people'
A roadside bomb kills at least 16 people and injures 22 as they travel on a bus in southern Iraq, reports say...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Afghan shops join doctors' strike
Shops and factories in the Afghan province of Herat join a doctors' strike to demand better security...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Shannon hunt 'near Ripper scale'
Police searching for schoolgirl Shannon Matthews say the case is their biggest since the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Goa mother faces 'neglect' probe
The mother of a British girl found dead in Goa says police may question her about possible neglect...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Cipriani takes Wilkinson's place
Jonny Wilkinson is dropped from the England team to face Ireland on Saturday and replaced at fly-half by rising star Danny Cipriani...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
'Shabby' lab blamed for disease
A review of last year's foot-and-mouth outbreak has criticised the laboratory at the source of the disease...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Deadline to quit for NY's Spitzer
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has 48 hours to quit or face impeachment over sex allegations, opponents say...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Central banks try to ease crunch
Stock markets rise after central banks, announce more co-ordinated action to ease the credit crunch...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Top UK police chief is found dead
Michael Todd, the head of one of the biggest police forces in Britain, is found dead...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Shock over schools 'breaking law'
A government probe finds a "significant minority" of schools are breaking new rules on admissions...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
At Least 24 Killed as Two Bombs Strike Pakistan
Two powerful explosions rocked the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, killing at least 24 people and wounding 170...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
Armed, State-Backed Ex-Rebels Win Sri Lanka Poll
Government-backed former Tamil Tiger rebels accused of abductions and killings have won a landslide in a Sri Lankan local election that critics say was unfair because they remain armed...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
8 U.S. Soldiers Killed in 2 Iraq Bomb Attacks
The attacks underscored how fragile security in Iraq remains despite a recent drop in violence...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
Laurie 'snubbed' after US success
Actor Hugh Laurie says Britain has turned its back on him since he became a success on US TV...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Chemical brain controls nanobots
A tiny chemical brain which could one day act as a remote control for swarms of nano-machines is demonstrated...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Oil hovers near $108 record level
Crude oil remains close to its record of $108 a barrel, as traders buy commodities to offset the weak dollar...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Being rich 'should be celebrated'
The UK should "celebrate the fact that people can be enormously wealthy", Business Secretary John Hutton says...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Endeavour launched from Florida
The US shuttle Endeavour lifts off, carrying astronauts and equipment to the International Space Station...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Ex-Tamil Tigers win local polls
A group of former Tamil Tiger rebels wins the first elections to be held in eastern Sri Lanka for more than 10 years...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Increased reward in Shannon hunt
A newspaper more than doubles a reward offered in the search for missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
PSNI help in Jersey abuse probe
Officers from the PSNI arrive in Jersey to help with an investigation into suspected child abuse...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Local tax plans to be published
The Scottish Government is to unveil plans to scrap the council tax and replace it with a local income tax...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Workers win pension compensation
Around 200 workers who lost savings in a company pension scheme are among the first to qualify for compensation...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
China inflation hits fresh high
High food prices drove Chinese consumer inflation to an 11-year high of 8.7% in February, figures show...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Croats in Hague war crimes trial
Three Croatian ex-generals go on trial at the UN war crimes tribunal in one of its most high-profile cases...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
BBC launches Arabic TV channel
The BBC launches an Arabic language TV channel, broadcasting across North Africa and the Middle East...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Mascarenhas joins Indian league
Dimitri Mascarenhas becomes the first England player to be signed by the Indian Premier League...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
F1: Grids 'should be reversed'
Formula One races should start with the fastest cars at the back to make overtaking easier, says Williams co-owner Patrick Head...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Zuma challenges evidence seizures
The leader of South Africa's ruling party tries to stop documents gathered in raids being used in his graft trial...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Fears over forced marriage levels
Figures showing hundreds of pupils are being removed from school sparks concerns over levels of forced marriages...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
BAA to raise airport landing fees
Air passengers will face a rise in ticket prices after higher charges for Heathrow and Gatwick are approved...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Court cases fail due to paperwork
More than 2,000 cases are dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service because prosecutors are not ready for court...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Deadly blasts hit Pakistani city
At least 22 people die in two bomb attacks - one at a key police building - in Pakistan's city of Lahore, officials say...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
MPs face tougher receipts rules
The amount MPs can claim on expenses without a receipt is to be reduced from £250 to £25 from next month...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Restaurant Libel Quashed
An appeals court in Northern Ireland overturned an award of about $50,000 to the owner of a popular restaurant who had sued a Belfast newspaper for libel over a critical review...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: U.S. Will Aid Polish Military
President Bush pledged to help modernize Poland?s military as part of the administration?s plans to base missile interceptors in the country...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
World Briefing | Americas: Canada: Seal Kill Increased
Hunters will be allowed to kill 275,000 young harp seals on the ice floes off eastern Canada this year, the government said, 5,000 more than last year...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: The Vatican: Modern Sins Are Condemned
To its ancient list of sins like lust, gluttony and greed, the Roman Catholic Church has added pollution, mind-altering drugs and genetic experiments...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
World Briefing | Middle East: Iran: First-Class Stamp Honors Militant
The face of a Hezbollah commander who was killed in Syria last month will be on a new postage stamp, the official IRNA news agency reported...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
Cases Without Borders: Psychotherapy for All: An Experiment
A new program in Goa, India, trains laypeople to identify and treat depression and anxiety and send them to community health clinics...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: Japan: Heparin Recalled as Precaution
Three Japanese companies have recalled heparin products made with raw materials from China that were processed by Scientific Protein Laboratories...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: India: Tibetan Protesters Stopped
Hundreds of Tibetan exiles beginning a six-month march to Tibet to protest China?s holding the Olympics were blocked by the police near Dharmsala...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
World Briefing | Africa: Tunisia: Islamists Claim Kidnapping
Two Austrian tourists who disappeared in Tunisia last month were kidnapped by an Islamic militant group in retribution for Western cooperation with Israel...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
China?s Rate of Inflation Is Highest in 11 Years
Food prices were the biggest contributor, up 1.6 percent from the previous month and 23.3 percent higher than the rate in February 2007...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
Pearl Cornioley, Resistance Fighter Who Opposed the Nazis, Is Dead at 93
Ms. Cornioley was a courier between the British and the French resistance against the Nazis and rose to command 3,000 underground fighters...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
Workers Sue Gulf Coast Company That Imported Them
A group of 500 foreign welders and pipefitters claimed they were lured with false promises of permanent-resident status and forced to live in inhumane conditions...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
Global Update: Uganda: Vaccine Program Vanquishes a Dangerous Type of Childhood Meningitis
Thousands of lives were saved in Uganda shortly after the introduction of a new vaccine...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
Samsun Journal: A Patchwork Land Confronts a Lie of Whole Cloth
A traveling exhibit attempts to show that Turkey is a constantly changing kaleidoscope of different cultures, a view that stands in opposition to what the Turkish state says...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
Discovery Challenges Finding of a Separate Human Species
Some scientists say the finding calls into question claims that the first such specimens, from Indonesia, represent a separate human species...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
Pace of Change Too Slow to Keep Entrepreneurs in France
Economists say France will have to make much deeper changes to its culture?s attitude toward capitalism if it intends to keep young entrepreneurs at home...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
Talks, but No Truce, Accompany Lull in Gaza Violence
A senior Israeli official and leaders of Gaza militant groups have held talks with Egyptian officials in recent days...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
Proposal Would Let U.S. Troops in South Korea Have Families With Them
The proposal by the commander of American forces in South Korea is a recognition that the military must do more to improve the quality of life for troops and their families...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
For Britain, Fewer Troops in Iraq, but Costs Continue to Rise for the Taxpayers
A parliamentary committee warned that Britain?s military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq were likely to cost $6.7 billion this year...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
Arms Ruling Overturned by Dutch
A Dutch appeals court overturned the conviction of a lumber trader who had been found guilty of smuggling weapons for the former president of Liberia...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
Bomber Kills 5 U.S. Soldiers in Iraq?s Capital
The attack was the deadliest on American soldiers in Baghdad since the height of the troop buildup...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
From Prison to Zenith of Politics in Pakistan
The widower of Benazir Bhutto now sits at the pinnacle of Pakistani politics, a startling comeback for a man was once one of Pakistan?s most ostracized figures...
New York Times - March 11, 2008
Retailers hit by slower spending
UK retailers saw consumers cut their spending "in earnest" in February, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) says...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
UK to receive £120m EU flood aid
The UK is expected to receive about £120m from the EU to help pay for damage caused by floods last summer...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Prostate cancer services 'vary'
Prostate cancer services must be improved to help tackle the wide variations in care across England, health experts say...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
China inflation hits fresh high
High food prices drove Chinese consumer inflation to an 11-year high of 8.7% in February, figures show...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Deadly blast hits Pakistan city
At least 12 people die in a powerful explosion in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, police say...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Surveyor gloom close to a record
The proportion of surveyors reporting house price falls is rising as stockpiles reach levels not seen for a decade...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
BBC to launch Arabic TV channel
The BBC is set to launch an Arabic TV channel, broadcasting across North Africa and the Middle East...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Cheltenham clears up ready for start
Cheltenham staff repair storm damage ahead of jump racing's top meeting which starts on Tuesday...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Football: Inter-Liverpool preview
Team news ahead of Tuesday's first knockout round second leg Champions League tie...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Airports landing fees 'to rise'
Higher air fares are expected following increased charges being levied on airlines at Heathrow and Gatwick...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
2007 floods 'no link to climate'
The exceptional floods of 2007 were not related to global warming as has been suggested, a report says...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Fears over DIY health tests boom
The public are being warned by leading health experts about the boom in tests and scans for the "worried well"...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Obama spurns double ticket hints
Barack Obama dismisses the idea of becoming Hillary Clinton's running mate in the US presidential election...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Pupils 'to take allegiance oath'
Pupils should be encouraged to swear allegiance to the Queen, a review of British citizenship suggests...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
Gulf War illness 'chemical link'
US research links health problems suffered by Gulf War veterans to exposure to a particular group of chemicals...
BBC News - March 11, 2008
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