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Global News Archive for May 2008:
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The Kooks round off Big Weekend
Radio 1's Big Weekend in Maidstone ends with an energetic headline set by Brighton band The Kooks...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Peter, 12, becomes the youngest Young Musician of the Year
A trombonist becomes the youngest winner in the history of the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Clue to early pre-eclampsia test
A gene found to be linked with pre-eclampsia may lead to diagnostic test and early treatment, say US researchers...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Hezbollah rocks eastern villages
A Hezbollah assault forces several villages loyal to a pro-government leader to hand control to Lebanon's army...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Giant panda hope for Scottish zoo
Edinburgh Zoo enters into negotiations to bring a pair of giant pandas from China to Scotland...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Crossing the pond
Solo sailors embark on 2,800-mile racing odyssey...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Call for focus on ethnic tensions
Councils must work harder to target "hot spots" caused by rising migration and diversity, the government will say...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Sudan 'drives Darfur rebels back'
Sudan says Darfur rebels have retreated from Omdurman, Khartoum's twin city, after a surprise attack...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Mentally ill 'go without food'
People with mental health problems are struggling to make ends meet, the charity Mind finds...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
MPs to debate embryology changes
MPs are to debate controversial proposals to change the law on the use of human embryos...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Serbian reformers claim victory
Serbian President Boris Tadic's pro-EU alliance declares victory in elections but falls short of a majority...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Gaza blackouts as fuel runs low
Electricity blackouts hit Gaza as the territory's only power station shuts down, with officials citing lack of fuel...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Ruling Party Wins Polls in Eastern Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka?s ruling party won control of the country?s tense Eastern Province on Sunday after an election that monitors said was marred by voter intimidation and fraud...
New York Times - May 11, 2008
Chinese Man Held for Threatening on Internet to Grab Torch
A Chinese man was arrested for saying on the Internet that he planned to grab the Olympic torch during its relay through eastern China, police said Sunday...
New York Times - May 11, 2008
600 Tibetan Protesters Detained in Nepal
Police detained more than 600 female Tibetan protesters on Sunday after breaking up several demonstrations in Nepal?s capital against China?s recent crackdown in Tibet...
New York Times - May 11, 2008
Late Murphy header secures Fulham survival
Danny Murphy's goal secures Fulham's Premier League status as they beat Portsmouth, despite a nervy display...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Massa holds off Hamilton for win
Felipe Massa wins the Turkish Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton's McLaren holds off Kimi Raikkonen for second...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Zimbabwe police arrest activists
Nearly 60 opposition activists are arrested in Zimbabwe as their leader Morgan Tsvangirai is set to return for elections...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Fighting spreads east of Beirut
Clashes flare outside Beirut as Lebanon's army struggles to contain fighting between Shia and pro-government groups...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Burma eases restrictions on aid
Increased amounts of aid reach cyclone-hit Burma amid signs the government is easing restrictions on access...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
T5 foreign flyers 'unchecked'
Security errors at Heathrow Airport allowed passengers to enter the UK without proper checks, BA admits...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
'United' Labour suffers bad week
A UK Government minister says the referendum row has caused a bad week for his party - but vows to fight on...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Wales 'is leaving Labour behind'
Peter Hain warns Labour it will continue to lose unless it becomes the "party of aspiration" in modern Wales...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Arson attack in village 'racist'
Two cars are burned out in what police believe was a racist attack in a County Antrim village...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Labour loans
How hard will Lord Levy's comments hit the PM?...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Olympic climb
Your questions about taking torch up Mount Everest...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Nepal arrests 560 Tibetan women
Nepalese police arrest more than 500 Tibetan women demonstrating against China's crackdown in Tibet...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Lebanese army sends troops north
Lebanese troops deploy in Tripoli to end fierce fighting between Hezbollah allies and government supporters...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
In pictures
Aid starts reaching victims of Burma's devastating cyclone...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Ministers attack Burma response
UK ministers condemn Burma's military rulers for not allowing aid to flow more freely into the cyclone-hit country...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Murdered boy 'turned down fight'
A murdered teenager, described as a "gentle giant" by his parents, had tried to avoid a fight minutes before his death...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Man Utd win Premier League title
Manchester United win 2-0 at Wigan to pip Chelsea to the Premier League crown, securing the club's 17th title...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Brown not prickly, says Miliband
Foreign Secretary David Miliband denies claims by John Prescott that Gordon Brown is "annoying and prickly"...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Gunfire in Beirut, and 2 Mourners Become the Mourned
Two mourners were killed and six others wounded when they were caught up in yet another sectarian battle...
New York Times - May 11, 2008
Sadrists and Iraqi Government Reach Truce Deal
Shiites in Parliament and in the Sadrist movement agreed to a truce that would end fighting in the vast, crowded Sadr City section of Baghdad...
New York Times - May 11, 2008
Nobel Prize win a disaster, says author Doris Lessing
Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing says winning the award has stopped her being able to write...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
President Bush's daughter Jenna marries at the family ranch
President Bush's daughter Jenna marries at the family ranch...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Live - Premier League & Championship
Watford face Hull in the first leg of their Championship semi-final play-off ahead of the Premier League finale...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Live - Turkish Grand Prix
Ferrari's Felipe Massa and McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen start from the front row in Istanbul, with Lewis Hamilton third...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
No jabs, no school says Labour MP
Children who have not received all their vaccinations should not be allowed to start school, a Labour MP suggests...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Sri Lankan government wins vote
Sri Lanka's ruling coalition wins a provincial election seen as key to its strategy against the Tamil Tigers...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
UK economic outlook 'worsening'
Economic prospects for the next 18 months have got worse, the British Chambers of Commerce warns...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Parties united on abortion laws
The four main NI party leaders ask MPs to state their opposition to plans to extend the Abortion Act...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Pc hurt in stolen vehicle pursuit
A man is arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a police officer is injured trying to stop a stolen vehicle...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Tornado wrecks central US towns
Tornadoes and severe storms sweep the central US, severely damaging two towns and killing at least 18 people...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
In pictures
Tornadoes trail of destruction across US Midwest states...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
In pictures
Madonna wows Radio 1 crowds...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Sudan cuts Chad ties over attack
Sudan accuses Chad of helping Darfur rebels to attack Khartoum and says it is breaking diplomatic ties...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Levy 'not bitter' towards Blair
Tony Blair's ex-fund-raiser Lord Levy says he is "not bitter" over the cash-for-honours row...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Burma's survivors 'facing crisis'
Burmese cyclone survivors face a massive crisis unless they are urgently delivered aid, leading agencies warn...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Mass for bakery murder altar boy
The family of a teenager killed during an attack at a bakery in south-east London attend a Mass in his honour...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Mugabe?s Opponent Says He?ll Return for Runoff
The opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai called for closer oversight of the count and peacekeepers to halt the violence...
New York Times - May 11, 2008
Tornado flattens Oklahoma town
Tornadoes and severe storms sweep the central US, levelling a town and killing at least 16 people...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Enduring love
Cardinal's fears for the institution of marriage...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Crewe within Tories' grasp - poll
The first opinion poll ahead of the Crewe by-election puts the Conservatives four points ahead of Labour...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Warning over care system's future
Ministers will warn that England's care system is heading towards a £6bn shortfall unless there is radical reform, the BBC learns...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Inside Zimbabwe
Orla Guerin on the people determined to survive Mugabe...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Blind hatred
How one disabled man escaped the Holocaust...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Hunt for killer of boy in bakery
Police hunt the killer of a teenage boy who was attacked in a south-east London bakery...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
3,000 more post offices 'at risk'
Thousands more post offices may be forced to close, the National Federation of Sub-Postmasters warns...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Serbs voting in watershed ballot
Serbs are voting in a snap election seen as the most important since the overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
Lebanese violence spreading
Clashes erupt in the Lebanese city of Tripoli between Hezbollah sympathisers and government supporters...
BBC News - May 11, 2008
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