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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 May 2005:
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At Least 79 Are Killed in New Round of Attacks in Iraq
Insurgents struck in northern and central Iraq today as Marines continued their offensive near Syria...
New York Times - May 11, 2005
Afghanistan Sees Worst Anti-U.S. Protests Since Fall of Taliban
It was the second day of demonstrations by students in Jalalabad who were angered at a report that U.S. interrogators at Guantánamo Bay had desecrated the Koran...
New York Times - May 11, 2005
Israeli Debate Continues Over Fate of Settlers' Abandoned Home
Ministers argued about whether to dismantle the homes of the Gaza settlers who will be evacuated from the occupied territory in mid-August and the impact of the withdrawal...
New York Times - May 11, 2005
US robot builds copies of itself
US researchers have devised a simple robot that can make copies of itself from spare parts...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Cannes festival opens with drama
The Cannes film festival opens with a gala red carpet screening of surreal French drama Lemming...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Canada to hold vote on government
Canada's Prime Minister Paul Martin says he will treat next week's budget vote as a motion of confidence...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Bombs cause Iraq carnage
About 70 people are killed and more than 100 injured in Iraq's bloodiest day of violence since February...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Harry's work 'full of mistakes'
Eton's headmaster says Prince Harry's work was full of mistakes and was not done by a teacher...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Football: Arsenal 7-0 Everton
Dennis Bergkamp rolls back the years to inspire Arsenal to a superb win over Everton...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Dead man linked to Abigail probe
Police probing the stabbing of Abigail Witchalls are looking into the movements of a man who has since died...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
New arrests in Mary-Ann case
Two teenagers are arrested over the murder of 16-year-old Mary-Ann Leneghan, found dead in a Reading park...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
North Korea Says It Has Pulled Nuclear Rods From Reactor
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan downplayed Pyongyang's statement, calling it "gamesmanship."...
New York Times - May 11, 2005
At Least 60 Are Killed in New Round of Attacks in Iraq
Suicide bombers struck in Baghdad and in two northern towns as Marines continued their offensive near Syria...
New York Times - May 11, 2005
Canadian Leader Rejects a No-Confidence Vote
Parliament narrowly voted to force Prime Minister Paul Martin to resign but the governing Liberals said they would not accept the no-confidence vote as binding...
New York Times - May 11, 2005
'No politics' at Cannes festival
Cannes festival head Gilles Jacob calls for this year's top prize to be awarded for film-making, not politics...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Working time directive vote: Your views
The European Parliament has voted to scrap an opt-out clause of the Working Time Directive. What is your reaction?...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Lastminute soars on bid approach
Shares in Lastminute.com jump by as much as 43% on news the online retailer has received a takeover approach...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
University 5% pay offer rejected
Higher education employers offer staff a 5% pay rise - which is rejected by all the unions...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Blast hints at black hole birth
Astronomers are excitedly poring over images of a distant galaxy for what may be evidence of the birth of a black hole...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Cars safe from computer viruses
Attempts to make computer viruses leap from phones to cars have failed...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Yemen polio outbreak rises to 60
An epidemic of polio in Yemen leaps to more than 60 cases, making it one of the worst in the world...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Appeal husband jailed for murder
An Old Bailey jury finds a man guilty of murdering his wife before he fled to Spain with his young sons...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Residents evacuated over gas risk
The centre of a County Tyrone town remains cordoned off because of the risk of a gas explosion...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Hit-and-run 'tale of inhumanity'
A man who ran out of taxi fare after a stag night, was hit by four vehicles on separate occasions as he walked along a main road, an inquest hears...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Football: Man U pair to miss tour
Man Utd's Rio Ferdinand and Wayne Rooney pull out of England's summer tour to the United States...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Rugby: Hanley backs Millward axe
Former St Helens coach Ellery Hanley tells BBC Sport the club were within their rights to sack Ian Millward...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Europe stages nuclear crisis test
A nuclear accident is being simulated in Romania to test the response plans of more than 60 nations...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Talks call after BBC strike vote
Unions call for new talks with the BBC after staff voted to strike in protest at plans to cut 3,780 jobs...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Jackson abuse rejected by Culkin
Former child star Macaulay Culkin takes the stand to deny claims that Michael Jackson molested him...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
New witness in Mary-Ann inquiry
Another girl was with murdered girl Mary-Ann Leneghan and her friend before their abduction, police say...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Blair looks to fourth Labour win
Tony Blair brushes off criticism to tell Labour MPs that if they remain united they can win a fourth successive election...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
'Witch' girl told 'today you die'
A jury hears a girl describe how she was told she would die after being accused of being a witch...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Washington hit by security alert
The White House and Congress in Washington are briefly evacuated after a small plane triggers a security alert...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Little Common Ground at Arab-South American Summit Talks
Leaders of South America and the Arab world gathered in Brazil on Tuesday to meet for the first time and to air their list of grievances...
New York Times - May 11, 2005
Spate of burglaries may be linked
Police probe a spate of burglaries in which a woman distracts victims to get into their houses...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Clydesdale to close 60 branches
The owners of the Clydesdale Bank unveil plans to close more than a quarter of its branches across Scotland...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Merger call at three universities
A higher education report calls for three university campuses in south Wales to merge to create a single institution...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Bank to shut down 100 UK branches
National Australia Bank is planning 2,500 jobs cuts in Australia, and has earmarked 100 branches of Britain's Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks for closure...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Call for talks on part-time fees
Universities are seeking an urgent meeting with the new higher education minister about part-time students...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Women experts urged back to labs
Women scientists, engineers and technologists are being urged to return to jobs after taking time away from work...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Taiwan rounds up suspected spies
Taiwan says it has detained 17 military officers and civilians suspected of passing military secrets to China...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Hand grenade found at Bush rally
A hand grenade described as inactive is found near where President Bush spoke to crowds in Georgia...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Rafsanjani joins Iran leader race
Former Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani announces he will stand again for the post of president...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Blast in Kashmir summer capital
At least one person is killed and 34 others injured in an explosion in Srinagar, officials say...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
M6 crash kills workers and driver
A woman and two workmen are killed when a car ploughs into a coned area on the M6 in Cheshire...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Boy barred from school next door
The parents of a boy, aged four, are refused a place for their son at the school next door to their home...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
'Plane bomber' was CIA agent
Declassified US documents show that a man suspected in the bombing of a Cuban plane worked for the CIA...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Football: Bradford victims' tribute
Victims of the Bradford City fire disaster are set to be commemorated on the 20th anniversary of the tragedy...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Call to arrest Kenya's first lady
The Kenyan cameraman slapped by the president's wife records a police statement and urges them to arrest Lucy Kibaki...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Suicide bombs cause Iraq carnage
Scores of people are killed in a series of suicide bomb attacks in at least three towns and cities across Iraq...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Blair to face backbench critics
Tony Blair will shortly meet Labour's MPs for the first time since his re-election with a reduced majority...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Howard sets out deadline to quit
Michael Howard intends to stand aside as Tory leader in time for his successor to be in place by Christmas...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
North Korea raises nuclear stakes
N Korea says it has removed fuel rods from a nuclear reactor, allowing it to produce weapons-grade plutonium...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Riots over US Koran 'desecration'
Three die in Afghanistan in protests sparked by reports the Koran was desecrated in Guantanamo Bay...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Euro-MPs vote to tighten work hours
The European Parliament votes to scrap the opt-out from rules limiting the working week to 48 hours...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Holocaust Memorial Opens in Berlin
Germany's much debated and long-awaited Holocaust memorial opened Tuesday in the city where the genocide against the Jews was conceived, planned and administered...
New York Times - May 11, 2005
Egypt Limits Challenges to Mubarak, His Foes Say
Opposition figures protested that a constitutional amendment would make the September election a one-man referendum for President Hosni Mubarak...
New York Times - May 11, 2005
China Rules Out Using Sanctions to Pressure North Korea
The announcement appeared to undercut the Bush administration's strategy to pressure North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program...
New York Times - May 11, 2005
Iraq Legislators Set Up Panel to Draft a Constitution
Iraq's national assembly named a committee to draft the country's permanent constitution, setting the stage for a struggle over Iraq's future...
New York Times - May 11, 2005
Bush Encourages Georgia With a Warning to Russia
President Bush warned President Vladimir Putin of Russia that the sovereignty of Georgia "must be respected by all nations."...
New York Times - May 11, 2005
U.N. Relief Director Appeals for Help in Crises Throughout Africa
The United Nations emergency relief coordinator, Jan Egeland, said Tuesday that relief crises in Africa were outpacing efforts to contain them...
New York Times - May 11, 2005
Pretty 'refused aid-to-die offer'
Right-to-die campaigner Diane Pretty refused an offer to die at a Swiss euthanasia clinic, her family says...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Watchdog targeting workplace porn
The UK's child porn watchdog takes aim at people who download illegal images at work...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Crusades movie is UK cinema hit
Historical blockbuster Kingdom of Heaven goes straight to the top of the UK and Ireland box office chart...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Canada government loses key vote
Canada's Liberal minority government says it will not resign despite losing a key motion in parliament...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Tennis: British duo squaring up
Tim Henman will take on Greg Rusedski at the Hamburg Masters on Wednesday...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Bank to close 100 UK branches
National Australia Bank is planning 2,500 jobs cuts at home and has earmarked 100 UK branches for closure...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Film stars arriving for Cannes
The Cannes Film Festival, one of the highlights of the international cinema calendar, opens on Wednesday...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
US investigates Georgia 'grenade'
The US looks into reports that a device - possibly a hand grenade - landed close to President Bush in Georgia...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
UK remembers tsunami dead
A national memorial service for victims of December's tsunami will be attended by survivors, relatives and royalty...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
PM to address backbench critics
Tony Blair is meeting Labour's MPs for the first time since his re-election with a reduced majority...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Legal aid plan to speed up trials
Plans to reform legal aid to stop trials over-running in England and Wales will be unveiled by Lord Falconer...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Bed sharing 'puts babies at risk'
Parents who smoke are urged not to share a bed with their baby after a survey finds many are confused about the risk of cot death...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
Tikrit bomb blast 'kills dozens'
At least 24 people are killed in a suicide bombing near an Iraqi police station in Tikrit, north of Baghdad...
BBC News - May 11, 2005
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