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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 June 2005:
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After a 2,000-Year Rest, a Seed Sprouts
Israeli doctors and scientists have succeeded in germinating a date seed nearly 2,000 years old...
New York Times - June 11, 2005
U.S. Asks Others to Pressure Iraq to Be Inclusive
The White House is enlisting Europe, the Arab world and the U.N. to pressure Iraq to include minorities in the political process...
New York Times - June 11, 2005
Lebanese Rivals, in a Tangled Web of Alliances, Face Off in a Crucial Stage in Elections
Parliamentary elections enter a crucial stage as rival anti-Syrian candidates face off for the first time...
New York Times - June 11, 2005
Palestinian Security Forces Clash With Militant Group in Gaza
Palestinian militants and security forces exchanged fire for five hours early Saturday in Gaza, the second day in a row of armed clashes...
New York Times - June 11, 2005
Italy prepares for fertility vote
Italians prepare for a vote on changes to the fertility law, but the Catholic Church urges them to boycott the vote...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
House arrest for Ethiopia rivals
Ethiopia's main opposition party demands the release of two senior figures who it says are under house arrest...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Mumbai bus bomb accused released
A court in India's western city of Mumbai frees the final eight defendants accused of a fatal bus bombing in 2002...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Gay marchers ignore Warsaw ban
About 2,500 gay rights campaigners rally in the Polish capital, Warsaw, defying a ban by the city's mayor...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Lions ready to field big guns
England stars Jonny Wilkinson and Jason Robinson will make their Lions tour bow in the next match...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
F1: Button grabs Canada pole
BAR's Jenson Button takes a shock pole position at the Canadian Grand Prix ahead of Michael Schumacher's Ferrari...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Football: England out of Euro '05
England are knocked out of Euro 2005 after losing to Sweden at Ewood Park...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Darfur peace talks stall in Abuja
Peace talks on the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur fail to begin for a second day running...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Iraq raids 'kill 40 insurgents'
US air strikes leave about 40 insurgents dead in western Iraq, the American military says...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
More Than 30 Killed in Attacks Across Iraq
At least 32 Iraqis and two American marines were killed in violence in central and western Iraq on Friday night and Saturday...
New York Times - June 11, 2005
Canal car resembles missing man's
A car, similar to a vehicle owned by missing Armagh man Gareth O'Connor, is recovered from Newry Canal...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Credit card scrapped for 70,000
Internet bank IF is closing down its unique 'offset' credit card as it has become too expensive to run...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Girl dies following gang incident
A teenager dies after she was involved in a disturbance with a gang of youths in the Falkirk area...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Camilla in Palace balcony debut
The Duchess of Cornwall stood on the Buckingham Palace balcony for the first time after the Trooping the Colour ceremony...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
G8 reaches deal for world's poor
The world's eight richest countries reach a deal on relieving the debt of some of the poorest nations...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
EU budget rebate plan 'too slow'
A senior Tory says the government has been too slow at making the case for Britain's EU budget rebate...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Hard drives for 'terabyte lives'
Hard drive makers such as Seagate are squeezing more and more onto drives aimed at the "terabyte lifestyle"...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Kabul denies Afghan kidnap deal
Kabul denies making a deal with an Italian hostage's kidnappers as Clementina Cantoni speaks of her ordeal...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Lads' mag policewoman quits force
A policewoman who was being investigated after she posed for a men's magazine quits the force...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
'Serious crime' inquiry at canal
Police launch a major security operation at Newry Canal on the outskirts of the County Down city...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Knighthood for arts centre donor
The tycoon who gave £10m to the Wales Millennium Centre becomes a knight in the Queen's Birthday Honours...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Human rights activists 'childish'
Human rights campaigners in Britain have been branded childish by a former general secretary of Liberty...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Maori too strong for poor Lions
The Lions slump to their first-ever defeat to the New Zealand Maori in their third tour match in Hamilton...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Cricket: D'Oliveira heads honours
Former England cricketer Basil D'Oliveira heads the Queen's Birthday Honours list...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Football: Liverpool ruling backed
Uefa says it has not been embarrassed by allowing Liverpool to play in the Champions League...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Bomber hits elite Iraqi police HQ
A suicide bomber kills a member of an elite Iraqi police unit after walking into their Baghdad headquarters...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Irish ops off as blood stocks dip
Irish hospitals cancel non-emergency operations as blood donors fall after new controls over vCJD were introduced...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Clothes recalled in needles scare
Thousands of items of clothing are recalled after parents find sewing needles still attached...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Pressure for Africa poverty deal
Ministers from the world's richest countries discuss plans to alleviate global poverty at talks in London...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Democrats List More Names in Inquiry on Bolton's Access
Democrats have asked for assurances that the nominee for U.N. ambassador did not misuse access to intelligence to seek information about three dozen people...
New York Times - June 11, 2005
Bolivia Installs New Leader With Very Long 'To Do' List
Eduardo Rodríguez began his first day in office pledging to convene early elections while working to address the demands of angry citizens...
New York Times - June 11, 2005
Roadside Bomb in Iraq Kills 5 Marines
Five members of the Second Marine Expeditionary Force were killed when their vehicle struck a bomb in western Iraq...
New York Times - June 11, 2005
Mexican Appeals Court Voids Conviction of Ex-President's Brother
The court ruled that the brother of former President Carlos Salinas was convicted on insufficient proof that he had ordered the killing of a powerful politician in 1994...
New York Times - June 11, 2005
U.S. and Seoul Try to Ease Rift on Talks With the North
President Bush and the president of South Korea did not seem to agree on the next step in reopening talks with North Korea about its nuclear program...
New York Times - June 11, 2005
Turks, Nervous About European Prospects, Turn to U.S.
With the European Union in political disarray, many Turks are beginning to wonder whether their European dreams are worth the effort...
New York Times - June 11, 2005
Female medics receive top honours
Two leading female medical experts have been made Dames in the Queen's birthday honours list...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Turning point for special needs?
The BBC's Mike Baker detects signs of a change in the approach to children's learning difficulties...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Police chief honoured for NI role
NI chief constable receives a knighthood as 54 people from NI are named in the Queen's Birthday honours...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Queen honours poverty campaigners
Three Scottish members of the Make Poverty History campaign are honoured by the Queen...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
UN to send inspectors to Lebanon
The UN will go to Lebanon to investigate reports that Syrian intelligence remain after an official withdrawal...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Rugby: Lions poised for Maoris
The Lions take on New Zealand Maori on Saturday fully expecting a tough contest...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Ethiopia head defends crackdown
Ethiopia's PM defends a security operation that left 26 dead, as opposition parties agree to an election probe...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Bolivia activists ready for truce
Calm returns to Bolivia as a new president takes over, but protesters continue to press reform demands...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Camilla and William at Trooping
The Duchess of Cornwall and Prince William are to share a carriage in the Trooping the Colour procession...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Portugal youths in beach rampage
Hundreds of youths storm a crowded beach near the capital, forcing police in riot gear to intervene...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
Rural asylum plans dropped
The Home Office drops plans to house about 3,000 asylum seekers in accommodation centres in rural areas...
BBC News - June 11, 2005
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