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Global News Archive for August 2006:
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Suspect in Pakistan Said to Have Qaeda Ties
The assertion of an Al Qaeda link was the first since Britain said it had thwarted a major plot to attack America-bound airliners...
New York Times - August 11, 2006
Foreign nurse clampdown comes in
Restrictions on international nurse recruitment are set to come into force in the NHS in England on Monday...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Anti-war march set for Edinburgh
A march protesting about the conflict in Lebanon is to take place in Edinburgh on Saturday...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
GMC strikes off 'groping' doctor
A consultant neurologist from Swansea is struck off after the General Medical Council finds him guilty of indecency...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Gerrard fiancee in 'attack' quiz
The partner of Steven Gerrard is arrested over an alleged assault at a restaurant in Liverpool...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Indonesia executions put on hold
The execution of three Indonesian Christians for attacking Muslims is delayed until after independence day...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
US hunt for UK terror plot links
Investigators in the US are following leads from the UK to check for domestic links to a plot to blow up airplanes...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Murray gets milestone Masters win
Andy Murray reaches his first Masters semi-final with a 6-4 6-7 (0-7) 6-3 win over Jarkko Nieminen in Toronto...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Athletics: Kallur strikes 100m gold
Home favourite Susanna Kallur wins 100m hurdle at the European Championships in Gothenburg...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Terror fears in Walthamstow
Walthamstow is tense after terror raids in the area saw a number of local men arrested...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Mornings 'best time for surgery'
Patients who undergo surgery in the late afternoon are more likely to experience adverse events, scientists find...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Wal-Mart boss sentenced for theft
Ex-Wal-Mart vice-chairman Tom Coughlin is sentenced to 27 months of home confinement for stealing from the group...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Bridge-fall son unlawfully killed
A boy who fell to his death from the Humber Bridge with his mother was unlawfully killed, a coroner rules...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Imogen voted out of Big Brother
Former Miss Wales Imogen Thomas is the latest contestant to be voted out of the Big Brother house...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
UN to vote on Lebanon ceasefire
The UN Security Council is due to vote on a resolution seeking an end to fighting between Israel and Hezbollah...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Mood: Liquid as Weapon? For Many, a Scary Thought
With so many foiled plots fading into a blur of alarms, this one penetrated, people said in interviews across the United States...
New York Times - August 11, 2006
The Political Effects: Arrests Bolster G.O.P. Bid To Claim Security as Issue
Republicans said it could be a turning point in a year in which they have been on the defensive over the war in Iraq...
New York Times - August 11, 2006
19 Suspects Are Identified in Britain
The Bank of England, which moved to shut down the bank accounts at the government’s direction, also released the names of 19 suspects, who ranged in age from 17 to 35...
New York Times - August 11, 2006
Brother housemates await eviction
Big Brother housemates await eviction verdict, while Channel 4 is being investigated by the premium rate phone watchdog...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
BBC plans clip-on digital radio
The BBC is drawing up plans for a gadget that turns MP3 players into digital radios...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Greenland melt 'speeding up'
Greenland's ice sheet is melting three times faster than two years ago, according to satellite data...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Terror alert disruption 'minimal'
Disruption to flights at Cardiff airport is now minimal following a UK-wide terror alert, say police...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
EU to hold talks on UK jet 'plot'
EU to hold a meeting of aviation and security experts next week on the suspected UK planes terror plot...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
UN rights body backs Israel probe
The UN Human Rights Council votes to launch an inquiry into alleged Israeli abuses in Lebanon...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Sri Lanka military 'in new front'
Tamil Tiger rebels say many of their fighters have been killed as the Sri Lanka military opens a "new front" against them...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Suicide bids of jump woman
A mother who fell from the Humber Bridge with her son made three previous suicide attempts, an inquest hears...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
DR Congo poll officials arrested
Six election officials are arrested for allegedly trying to rig vote counting after last month's election in DR Congo...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Q&A: UK aircraft bomb plot
What is known so far about the plot to blow up multiple airliners flying from the UK...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Neighbours' shock at terror raids
The arrests related to the terror threat to UK flights stretched across London, Buckinghamshire and the West Midlands...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Afghan bomb kills Nato soldier
Nato says a suicide bomber has killed one of its soldiers in an attack on a convoy in southern Afghanistan...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Real IRA admits city attacks
The dissident republican Real IRA says it was behind firebomb attacks on stores in Newry this week...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Israel 'set to widen offensive'
Israeli PM Ehud Olmert tells the army to prepare to expand its ground campaign in Lebanon, Israeli officials say...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
McClaren ends Beckham era
David Beckham's England career appears to be over after Steve McClaren leaves him out of his first squad...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
UK seeks role in Moon missions
UK scientists are vying to play a key role in China's plans to explore the Moon with robotic spacecraft...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Bond film stage to be demolished
The studio housing the James Bond stage destroyed by fire will be demolished, Pinewood Studios confirms...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Twenty five years of the IBM PC
Computer firm IBM made history on 12 August 1981 with the announcement of a personal computer...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Markets steady after bomb alert
World markets steady in the aftermath of UK police disrupting a plot to blow up transatlantic jets...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Actor arrested over drug claims
Coronation Street actor Craig Charles is arrested on suspicion of possession of a class A drug...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
NI airports work to clear backlog
Flights leaving Northern Ireland's airports are getting back to normal after increased security caused delays...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Airports face further disruption
Air passengers are being warned they face further disruption as airports remain on high-security alert...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Cardiff flights 'back to normal'
Cardiff International Airport says flights should operate as "normally as possible" amid increased security measures...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Assets of UK 'plane plotters' frozen
Nineteen suspects' assets are frozen as police probe an alleged plot to blow up planes flying from the UK to the US...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
E Guinea ministers resign en bloc
Equatorial Guinea's entire government resigns after months of criticism by President Nguema...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Indonesia 'to execute Christians'
Three Indonesian Christians convicted over attacks on Muslims in 2000 will be shot on Saturday, officials say...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Reid says Prescott not sidelined
Home Secretary John Reid moves to scotch claims that John Prescott has been sidelined in anti-terror talks...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Football: Beckham facing drop
David Beckham's name is expected to be missing when Steve McClaren names his first England squad on Friday at 1500 BST...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Newspaper suspends royal editor
A journalist accused of intercepting phone calls belonging to royal staff has been suspended by the News Of The World...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
MP sorry for 'inbreeding' remarks
A Labour MP apologises after saying inbreeding may be partly to blame for a rise in cases of diabetes in Norfolk...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Watchdog checks Brother vote
A watchdog is to investigate after Big Brother viewers were asked to vote again for evicted housemates...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
China typhoon's death toll rises
More than 100 people are killed as Typhoon Saomai batters coastal regions in south-eastern China...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
UK troops to head Afghan combat
UK soldiers will lead an offensive against the Taleban in southern Afghanistan, the head of Nato forces says...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
UK threat level remains critical
The alert level in the UK is to remain at "critical" following a suspected plot to blow up planes, John Reid says...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
UN steps up push for Lebanon deal
Efforts intensify at the UN to try to end the Lebanon conflict, as violence between Israel and Hezbollah goes on...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Official warning on Windows bugs
The US Department of Homeland security has issued a warning about a flaw found in Microsoft's Windows...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Manila Plotters: Echoes of Early Design to Use Chemicals to Blow Up Airliners
A top lieutenant to Osama bin Laden hatched a plot 12 years ago to simultaneously blow up a dozen airliners over the Pacific...
New York Times - August 11, 2006
The Overview: Plan Was to Sneak Liquid Explosives on Planes
British officials arrested 24 men, but said they believed that some plotters were probably still at large, requiring increased airport security...
New York Times - August 11, 2006
Technology: Liquid Threat Is Hard to Detect
Security agencies have made little progress in deploying technology that could help defend against liquid explosives...
New York Times - August 11, 2006
The Jihadists: Officials Cite Scale and Sophistication of Plane Plot
Officials said the sophistication of the scheme could mean that Al Qaeda was behind it and was still able to direct attacks...
New York Times - August 11, 2006
Blair upbeat about UN resolution
Tony Blair believes there could be an agreement on a UN resolution over the Middle East crisis in 24 hours...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Cancer drugs get draft approval
A new class of breast cancer drugs have been given final draft approval by NHS drugs advisers...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
'Buy local food' call to schools
Scotland's schools are encouraged to give pupils more locally-produced food in their dinners...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Sri Lanka operation 'to go on'
The Sri Lankan army says it will continue an operation to secure a disputed waterway in the north-east...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Australia asylum bill passes test
Australia's lower house passes a controversial bill to process asylum seekers arriving by boat in off-shore camps...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Second day of flight delays
Air passengers can expect more delays as new security measures remain in place at UK airports...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Setting 'makes pupils feel thick'
Secondary school pupils placed in low-ability sets often feel stigmatised as "thick", a report suggests...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
At-a-glance travel information
Latest travel and security advice at UK airports...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Q&A: UK terror alert response
The UK's massive security measures reflect fears there are other terror cells, BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera says...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Passenger patience tested
People waiting to board flights at Heathrow airport on Thursday were left waiting for hours because of the terror alert...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Eighty dead as typhoon hits China
More than 80 die as Typhoon Saomai batters coastal regions in south-eastern China...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Lib Dems plan exemptions on tax
The Lib Dems unveil plans which they say would make two million low-paid workers exempt from income tax...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Warning of online drugs 'danger'
People who buy medicines over the internet could be unwittingly putting their health at risk, warn doctors...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Assets of 'plane plotters' frozen
Nineteen suspects have their assets frozen as police investigate a suspected plot to blow up passenger planes...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
Push for Lebanon agreement at UN
Key powers step up efforts to reach a deal on a UN draft aimed at ending violence in Lebanon and Israel...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
NHS drug error 'crackdown' urged
Hospitals have been told to do more to cut out medication errors after figures showed 40,000 are made each year...
BBC News - August 11, 2006
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