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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 April 2005:
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In Talks With Bush, Sharon Vows to Remove Illegal Settlements
President Bush and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel pledged today to work together for peace in the Middle East...
New York Times - April 11, 2005
Bush Nominee for U.N. Envoy Is Pressed Hard at Senate Hearing
Senators challenged the nominee's past blunt criticisms of the U.N., his policy positions, and even his temperament...
New York Times - April 11, 2005
'Suspect immigrants' claim denied
The Home Office denies Tory claims that immigration officers have been told to temporarily admit suspicious arrivals...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Doctors 'learn conflict medicine'
Doctors and nurses heading to war zones and disaster areas are to be helped to face up to the demands which will be placed on them...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Ray burst is extinction suspect
A huge cosmic explosion could have caused a mass extinction on Earth 450 million years ago...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Net users learn to live with spam
Receiving spam is becoming a fact of life like air pollution and traffic congestion, says a report...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
The Streets lead Ivor nominations
The Streets - aka British rapper and songwriter Mike Skinner - are nominated for two Ivor Novello awards...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Estate agent on laundering charge
A leading east Belfast estate agent is remanded in custody over money laundering charges...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Experts probe diet of mums-to-be
Researchers are to study almost 1,000 adults whose mothers adopted an Atkins-style diet during pregnancy...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Guard shot in city bank robbery
A security guard is shot and injured as 'dangerous' armed robbers escape at high speed through a city centre street...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Israelis to disarm some settlers
The Israeli army says it will disarm Jewish settlers in four West Bank settlements ahead of withdrawal...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Dam water kills Indian pilgrims
Police in central India recover the bodies of 54 Hindu pilgrims swept away after dam water was released by mistake...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Teenager accused over party death
A 17-year-old girl is accused over the murder of a teenager who was stabbed to death at a party...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Donors pledge $2bn in Sudan aid
Donors pledge more than $2bn in aid to southern Sudan following an appeal by the UN...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Bush UN choice grilled by Senate
John Bolton tells his Senate critics he will "work with all" if he is approved as US ambassador to the UN...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Victims protest against Rome Mass
Americans abused by priests protest against a Mass celebrated in Rome by a major figure in the scandal...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Poster posers in the weblog
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BBC News - April 11, 2005
Tennis: Rain delays Henman bid
Tim Henman trails Mariano Zabaleta by a set when rain hits the Monte Carlo Masters...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Rugby: Wilkinson out for Lions
Brian O'Driscoll is to captain the cream of British and Irish rugby in New Zealand, but Jonny Wilkinson is left out...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Oily fish 'hope' for Alzheimer's
Scientists are hoping to discover exactly how oily fish can protect against Alzheimer's disease...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Protesters throw eggs at Blair
Fathers 4 Justice campaigners throw eggs at Tony Blair following a rally at Oldham Civic Centre...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Kennedy's wife taken to hospital
The Lib Dems postpone their manifesto launch after Charles Kennedy's pregnant wife goes into hospital...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Bush warns Israel over West Bank
US President George W Bush tells Israeli PM Ariel Sharon to halt the expansion of West Bank settlements...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Jackson 'shared bed with my son'
Michael Jackson begged a mother to let her teenage son sleep in his bed, jurors at the singer's trial are told...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Produce from cloned cattle 'safe'
Meat and milk from cloned cattle is safe for human consumption, say scientists...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Baby death mother freed on appeal
Mother Donna Anthony is "shattered and overwhelmed" after her convictions for killing her two babies is quashed...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
65 Rebel Suspects Seized in Raid by Iraqi and American Forces
Hundreds of Iraqi and U.S. troops raided a number of locations in Baghdad today and rounded up dozens of suspected insurgents...
New York Times - April 11, 2005
Vigilantes May Be Nepal's Secret Weapon Against Rebels
Villagers are wondering whether the government turned to vigilantism as its latest counterinsurgency strategy...
New York Times - April 11, 2005
Some Lebanese Villagers Won't Cheer as Syrians Leave
There is an element of ambivalence toward the occupying force...
New York Times - April 11, 2005
Thousands Run a Race to Invigorate a Battered Beirut
A 5-kilometer run was one activity intended to draw people back to downtown Beirut, which has been almost deserted since former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was killed...
New York Times - April 11, 2005
Bush and Israeli Leader Begin Meeting at Crawford Ranch
The talks are expected to focus on U.S. support for Ariel Sharon's blueprint to evacuate some Jewish settlements...
New York Times - April 11, 2005
Iraq's New President Strongly Backs U.S. Troop Presence
The new president of Iraq said that he strongly supported the U.S. military presence and that he believed Iraqis could yet devise a constitution by the target date of mid-August...
New York Times - April 11, 2005
Training a new breed of hacker
A university in Barcelona is giving lessons in hacking in an effort to spread awareness not viruses...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Chart starts counting downloads
The official UK singles Top 40 begins to count legal downloads alongside singles bought from shops...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Labour attacks 'drop-out culture'
The education secretary promises that all school leavers will have basic literacy and numeracy skills...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Two injured in robbery shooting
Two men are taken to hospital after an armed robbery in the centre of Newport...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Kennedy promises extra teachers
The Lib Dems pledge 21,000 new primary school teachers as they launch their election campaign...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
UUP members back DUP's candidate
Two senior UUP members give their support to the DUP's general election candidate in South Belfast...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Scots trawler deaths trial opens
The trial opens of the man accused of manslaughter over the deaths of seven crewmen on the Solway Harvester...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
New firm due at city spa project
Builders Capita Symonds are due to take control of the Bath Spa development...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Sharon rewarded with ranch talks
Israel's PM prepares to meet President Bush at his Texas home to discuss the plan to oust settlers from Gaza...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Building collapse traps hundreds
At least seven people are killed and hundreds feared trapped in a building collapse in Bangladesh...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
China and India sign border deal
India and China sign an agreement aimed at resolving their long-running dispute over the Himalayan border...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Golf: Woods hails key birdie
Tiger Woods says his stunning birdie at the 16th hole was the turning point in his Masters victory...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Annan calls for urgent Sudan help
The UN Secretary General calls for an immediate $1bn aid package to rebuild southern Sudan after a 21-year war...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Visit the BBC election bus
Find out if the BBC election bus will be stopping at a town near you...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Rugby: Wilkinson left out
England's Jonny Wilkinson is left out of the Lions squad to tour New Zealand this summer...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
UK voters' panel: The manifestos
Our readers' panel of UK voters outline what they expect to see in the political parties' manifestos...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Blair attacks 'flawed' Tory plans
Tony Blair and Gordon Brown go on the offensive as they unveil Labour's six economic pledges...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Coldplay top Glastonbury bill
Coldplay, Kylie Minogue and the White Stripes are the big draws at this summer's Glastonbury music festival...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Life term for killer babysitter
A babysitter is jailed for life for the murder of a Teesside toddler by banging his head off a wooden banister...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Israel to honour 'new Schindler'
A German Army officer who saved hundreds of Jews from the Holocaust is to be honoured in Israel...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Shipman 'did not feel suicidal'
Harold Shipman's widow tells an inquest into his death that he had not given any indication he planned to harm himself...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
MG Rover hopeful of fresh talks
Administrators for stricken UK car maker MG Rover say they are keen to reopen talks with China's Shanghai Automotive...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
U.S. Commanders See Possible Cut in Troops in Iraq
Officials cite progress in fighting insurgents and training Iraqi security forces, allowing for troop reductions by early next year...
New York Times - April 11, 2005
Health Workers Race to Block Deadly Virus in Angolan Town
The workers' effort is organized and swift. But not as swift as the Marburg epidemic, which has claimed at least 193 lives...
New York Times - April 11, 2005
Tokyo Protests Anti-Japan Rallies in China
Japan lodged a formal protest against China after violent, anti-Japanese demonstrations in Beijing widened to southern China...
New York Times - April 11, 2005
North Korea Deals a Blow to Arms Talks
The North Korean government has disavowed an earlier commitment to negotiate the elimination of its nuclear weapons program...
New York Times - April 11, 2005
Quake Hits Indonesia; No Deaths Reported
An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 rattled parts of Indonesia, sending people on Sumatra island rushing toward high ground...
New York Times - April 11, 2005
Pakistani Diplomat, Missing in Iraq, Tells Embassy He Is Captive
A Pakistani diplomat missing in Baghdad has made contact with his embassy to say he was kidnapped, Pakistani officials said...
New York Times - April 11, 2005
TV film to portray royal romance
ITV1 is to make a TV docu-drama on the early romance between Prince Charles and his new wife Camilla...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
China, India discuss border deal
China's prime minister says talks in Delhi will pave the way for solving a long-running border dispute with India...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Lula embarks on new Africa tour
Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva is on a five-nation tour of Africa - the fourth since coming to power...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Pakistan diplomat missing in Iraq
Pakistan appeals for the release of one of its diplomats who has been kidnapped in Baghdad...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Witness call after death at party
Police call for witnesses after a teenage girl is stabbed to death at a party in east London...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Salmond aids Plaid Cymru campaign
SNP leader Alex Salmond changes direction in the election campaign trail to help Plaid Cymru in north Wales...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Flights back to pre-9/11 levels
Increased services by low-cost carriers brings the number of flights back to pre-9/11 levels, a UK report says...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Equitable Life launches £4bn case
Insurer Equitable Life launches a £4bn legal claim against former directors and auditors it claims neglected their duties...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Woods clinches fourth Masters win
Tiger Woods beats Chris DiMarco in a play-off to win his fourth Masters...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Football: England pair inspire Real
Real Madrid close the gap at the top of the Primera Liga to six points after a thrilling win over leaders Barcelona...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
UK visa delay for young Nigerians
Young Nigerians aiming to visit the UK for the first time will be barred until 2006, under new visa rules from Monday...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
N Koreans hold Mass for late Pope
Some 100 North Koreans attend a memorial Mass for Pope John Paul II in the country's capital Pyongyang...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Baby deaths mother 'to be freed'
A mother jailed for life for killing her two babies is expected to cleared and freed by the Court of Appeal...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Sharon seeks backing on US visit
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is in the US to discuss the Gaza pullout with President George W Bush...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Killer Shipman's inquest resumes
The inquest into the death of serial killer Harold Shipman resumes at Leeds Crown Court...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Tories launch election manifesto
The Conservatives are to launch their election manifesto, as Parliament is formally dissolved...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Royal couple show off wedding pics
The Prince of Wales and new wife the Duchess of Cornwall release official photographs from their wedding...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
Brown and Blair advert broadcast
Labour's first election broadcast, showing Tony Blair and Gordon Brown talking politics will be aired later...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
MG Rover workers 'safe for week'
Workers at car maker MG Rover look set to hear their jobs are safe for the moment, during a mass meeting later...
BBC News - April 11, 2005
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