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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 2006:
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AIDS Drug Provokes Legal Fight in India
If the generic drug tenofovir is allowed to be patented, say patient rights groups, it will become too expensive...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Intiative Forces Palestinian Debate on Recognizing Israel
Imprisoned Palestinians have drafted a joint platform that calls for a Palestinian state within the 1967 boundaries alongside Israel...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
67 Dead in Sri Lankan Naval Battle With Rebels
The clash today was the deadliest and most serious violation of the 2002 ceasefire accord...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
New genus of African monkey found
An international team of scientists describes a new genus of monkey - the first for 83 years...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Boy hurt in city pit bull attack
A 12-year-old boy has part of an ear bitten off by a pit bull terrier in the Markets area of east Belfast...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Birth control call for methadone
A Labour MSP calls for contraceptives to be added to methadone being given to drug addicts...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Mass Vauxhall walkout continues
Workers at Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant are continuing to stage a walkout over 1,000 possible job cuts...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Ruling backs Greek abduction case
A Greek prosecutor backs claims by Pakistani men they were abducted by intelligence agents last July...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Tennis: Henman falls to Nadal
Tim Henman becomes Rafael Nadal's 50th consecutive victim on clay courts at the Rome Masters...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Reid rejects public inquiry calls
John Reid rules out a public inquiry into the London bombings as Tories and Lib Dems call for wider probes...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Bombs probe findings so far
What is known so far...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Blair-Brown pension deal 'close'
Tony Blair and Gordon Brown are said to be close to a deal on restoring the link between pensions and earnings...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Woman killed in stolen car crash
A woman is killed and three others, including two children, are hurt when a stolen car ploughs into a group of pedestrians...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Reports Fault Intelligence for London Blasts
The reports concluded that British agencies failed to understand the "development of the home-grown threat" before last July's bombing...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Site launches 'Chinese Wikipedia'
A Chinese search engine launches an online encyclopedia like Wikipedia, which is banned in Beijing...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Award for Peru's wildlife pioneer
A conservationist trying to safeguard Peru's marine wildlife wins a leading UK environment award...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
BBC staff asked to form audiences
The BBC asks staff to fill studio audiences after finding it was breaking the law hosting shows at TV Centre...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
1,000 NHS workers protest at cuts
Hundreds of health workers lobby MPs over the thousands of planned job losses in the NHS...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
No watering down Bill - Johnson
The government's flagship Education Bill will not be "watered down", new Education Secretary Alan Johnson promises...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Output rises for UK manufacturing
The UK's manufacturing sector has seen its biggest output rise in almost a year, says the Office for National Statistics...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Lib Dems and Tories in green spat
A row erupts over a planned meeting between David Cameron and Sir Menzies Campbell to discuss green policy...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
MP's widow to fight assembly seat
The widow of late MP and AM Peter Law confirms she will stand in the 29 June Welsh assembly by-election...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Boy loses ear in pit bull attack
A 12-year-old boy is taken to hospital after having his ear bitten off by a pit bull terrier in east Belfast...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Mother given 10 years for killing
A woman who killed her seven-month-old daughter nearly a quarter of a century ago is jailed for 10 years...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Van Hoogstraten loses appeal bid
The tycoon is told he cannot appeal against a court ruling that he was involved in a business rival's murder...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Violence at Cairo trial protest
Police and protesters clash in Cairo as two top judges face disciplinary action for criticising recent elections...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
US spy agency 'monitoring calls'
President Bush declines to confirm or deny a US phone data collection programme exists after press allegations...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Boxing: Legend Patterson dies
Floyd Patterson, the first boxer to regain the world heavyweight title, dies aged 71...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Tennis: Rusedski crashes out
Andy Roddick edges a tight match to beat Greg Rusedski at the Rome Masters...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Somalis flee as city battle rages
Hundreds of residents flee their homes, as warlords and Islamist militias battle for control of Mogadishu...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Trescothick puts England on top
England dominate at Lord's as a Marcus Trescothick century takes them to 318-3 after day one against Sri Lanka...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Palestinian petrol crisis 'over'
A Palestinian official says the fuel crisis in the occupied territories is over and supplies will resume on Friday...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Apprentice banks record ratings
Some 5.7m viewers see Michelle Dewberry win The Apprentice, the show's highest-ever ratings...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
More child E.coli cases suspected
More cases of suspected E.coli O157 infection come to light among children who attend a Fife nursery...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
'Sting' reporter defends methods
One of the UK's most famous journalists defends his methods at the trial of three men he allegedly trapped in a 'sting'...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Mass walkout at Vauxhall factory
Workers at Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant stage a "spontaneous" walkout over 1,000 possible job cuts...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
'Dozens dead' in Sri Lanka clash
Tamil Tiger rebels sink a Sri Lanka navy gunboat in a sea battle that left at least 45 people dead, the navy says...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Actor charged over net porn
Award-winning comedian Chris Langham is charged with 15 counts of making indecent images of children...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Four jailed in grave theft case
Four animal rights activists are jailed for waging a campaign of terror against a family-run guinea pig breeding farm...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Bush Says Iran Leader's Letter Fails to Address Nuclear Issue
President Bush said President Ahmadinejad's letter failed to say when Iran would "get rid of" its nuclear program...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
BBC revamps website search system
Users should find it easier to seek out programmes as the BBC revamps its search system...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Neptune's kidnap puzzle 'cracked'
Scientists put forward the idea that Neptune's moon Triton was torn from a companion during capture by the eighth planet's gravitational field...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Baby E.coli case closes nursery
Nursery pupils at a south Wales primary are told to stay home after a pupil's baby brother is confirmed as having E.coli...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Tories urge independent inquiry
The Conservatives say there is still a need for an independent inquiry into the 7 July bombings in London...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Communist boost in Indian polls
Communist parties record victories in two of four Indian states in elections for local state assemblies...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Yellow dust cloud hits east coast
Weather experts blame a cloud of yellow dust covering parts of eastern England on pollen from Europe...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Five in court over youth's murder
Five teenagers appear in court charged with the murder of 15-year-old Ballymena schoolboy Michael McIlveen...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Violence at Cairo trial protests
Police and protesters clash in Cairo as two senior judges go on trial for criticising the conduct of recent elections...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Merkel says EU needs constitution
German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes a strong defence of the controversial EU constitution...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Football: Spurs close on ace
Tottenham are reportedly set to sign Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Libya retrial of Bulgaria medics
A Libyan court begins the retrial of five Bulgarian medics accused of infecting children with HIV...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Sony defends PS3 models
Sony has said it is giving consumers a choice by offering two versions of its PlayStation 3 console...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Live: England v Sri Lanka
England bat first against Sri Lanka at Lord's and get off to a solid start...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Football: McClaren proud
Middlesbrough manager Steve McClaren says his players should not be distraught after their Uefa Cup humbling...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
More deaths in Mogadishu battle
At least 20 more people die overnight in Somalia's capital as heavy fighting continues between rival warlords...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Drug reactions 'must be reported'
A quarter of a million patients yearly are admitted to hospital with reactions to drugs, a report says...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Stolen body found after tip-off
An animal rights activist guilty of blackmail told police where to find remains stolen from a grave, a court hears...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Court victory for Chagos families
Chagos islanders evicted decades ago to make way for a US airbase win a fresh victory at the UK High Court...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Afghan hijacker ruling 'inexplicable'
Home Secretary John Reid says he will appeal against the decision to let Afghan hijackers stay in Britain...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Resourcing blamed over London attacks
A lack of resources stopped security services from uncovering the 7 July London bomb plot, a report says...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Migrating Birds Didn't Carry Flu
Migratory birds that flew to Africa last fall, then back over Europe in recent weeks did not carry the deadly flu virus...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Ethnic Divisions in Sri Lanka Seem Wider Than Ever
April was the bloodiest month since the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam signed a cease-fire in February 2002...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Iraq Set to Unify Security Forces to Battle Chaos
Iraqi leaders are preparing a major restructuring of the capital's security brigades in hopes of curtailing sectarian tensions...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Putin Urges Plan to Reverse Slide in the Birth Rate
The Russian president directed Parliament to adopt a 10-year program that would extend maternity leave and subsidize day care...
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Universities 'worth £45bn a year'
Higher education earns the UK £45bn a year - more than the pharmaceutical industry - a report says...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
India Catholics target Da Vinci
Roman Catholics in the Indian city of Mumbai join worldwide protests against the release of The Da Vinci Code movie...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Mixed report on teacher agreement
A deal to modernise Scotland's teaching sector has improved industrial relations but is hard to judge, a report says...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Pensioners 'face mortgage burden'
One in six UK pensioners are still burdened by a mortgage in retirement, a Scottish Widows bank survey suggests...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
How HIV can sabotage cells
Scientists uncover the secrets of the process which turns human cells into factories for viruses like HIV...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Vote count for Indian state polls
Counting begins after month-long elections in four Indian states as well as the constituency of Sonia Gandhi...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Flood powers 'need to be tougher'
A group of MPs has criticised planning authorities for allowing homes to be built in flood risk areas...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
UN agency to resume N Korean aid
WFP agrees to resume food aid to North Korea, after reaching an agreement with the Pyongyang authorities...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Loan deal for Puerto Rico crisis
Puerto Rican politicians agree a deal on ending a budget crisis that has shut offices and sparked huge protests...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Jail term for Italy TV saleswoman
A woman famed for selling "miraculous" cosmetics and trinkets on Italian TV is jailed for 10 years for fraud...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Rugby: Catt in line for recall
Veteran Mike Catt is set to be included in England's squad for their tour to Australia in June...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Blasts hit Pakistan police school
At least six people die and nine are hurt in a series of blasts at a police school in the Pakistani city of Quetta...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Workers lobby MPs over NHS cuts
Hundreds of health workers are to lobby MPs over the thousands of planned job losses in the NHS...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
'Meltdown' threat to universities
Universities face "meltdown" unless the dispute over lecturers' pay is resolved, a union leader will warn...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
July bombings 'not preventable'
The 7 July bombings could not have been prevented by security services, two reports are expected to say...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
UK told US won't shut Guantanamo
The US rejects UK government calls for closing the Guantanamo Bay prison camp for terror suspects...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
Chad refugee crisis 'overlooked'
The plight of refugees in eastern Chad, many from Sudan's Darfur region, is being ignored, the UN says...
BBC News - May 11, 2006
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