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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 August 2007:
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Names of the Dead
The Department of Defense has identified 3,674 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war. It confirmed the death of the following American last week:...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
Parenting: Dad?s in Iraq, and the Family?s on Edge
For one family whose father is in Iraq, life is full of quiet worry and edginess...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
Moe Fishman Dies at 92; Fought in Lincoln Brigade
Mr. Fishman was severely wounded while fighting Fascists in Spain, but eventually outlived almost all of the 3,000 American veterans of the Spanish Civil War...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
Reporter?s Notebook: A Quiet Weekend in Maine With Family and Presidents
While vacationing in the United States, Nicolas Sarkozy had lunch with the extended Bush clan...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
Democrats Say Leaving Iraq May Take Years
Even as they call for an end to the war, Democratic presidential candidates are setting out positions that could leave the U.S. engaged in Iraq for years...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
Indian Separatist Suspects Kill 11 in Northeast
A group of migrant workers were gunned down as they slept by suspected separatist rebels in India?s northeast Assam State...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
2 Koreans May Be Freed
A Taliban spokesman said Saturday that two sick women among the 21 South Koreans being held hostage would be released ?soon.?...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
Out of Egypt
Lucette Lagnado chronicles her Jewish family?s flight after the rise of Nasser...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
2 Somali Journalists Killed; Campaign Is Seen
In what some are calling a deliberate campaign against the media, two respected Somali journalists were killed Saturday in Mogadishu...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
India?s Whiskey-Drinking Elite Make Room for Wine
Where whiskey was once favored, India?s growing elite is now cultivating a taste for wine...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
Idea Lab: Suffering Differently
We assume that trauma victims everywhere are likely to experience PTSD. But what if we?re wrong?...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
Matador Wins. Bull Dies. The End? Not in Portugal.
A heavy fine on one of Portugal?s most famous matadors has ignited a debate on the country?s 80-year ban on killing the loser in bullfights...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
20 Hurt as Fatah Members Protest Arrests at Wedding
Amid continuing tension between Palestinian factions, at least 20 people were wounded Saturday in northern Gaza as Hamas forces broke up a demonstration by Fatah supporters...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
In City of Ancient Bridges, Dissent Over a New One
A new bridge over Venice?s Grand Canal, the first to be built in 73 years, is stirring dissent for its cost and modern design...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
Road Bomb in Iraq Kills 5, Including a Governor
The governor and police chief of Qadisiya Province were killed in a roadside bomb attack on Saturday afternoon...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
How a ?Good War? in Afghanistan Went Bad
At key moments in the fight for Afghanistan, the Bush administration diverted scarce resources to Iraq...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
Canada bolsters Arctic claim
Canada says it will build new military bases in the Arctic in a bid to assert its sovereignty over the region...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
NHS failings over IVF treatment
IVF patients are not always treated at the best time by the NHS, a BBC investigation finds...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Tributes paid to 'Mr Manchester'
Tributes are paid to Anthony Wilson, the man behind some of Manchester's most successful bands...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Seven hurt as rally car crashes
Seven people are hurt as a rally car crashes off the course into spectators at a rally in Lurgan park...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Russia unveils air defence plan
Russian President Vladimir Putin announces what he calls a vast programme to upgrade missile defences...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Rugby U: England in close defeat
England's World Cup build-up continues with an encouraging display against France despite losing 21-15...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Imperious Woods dominates USPGA
Tiger Woods will take a three-shot lead into the final round of the 89th USPGA at Southern Hills...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Football: Sunderland stun Spurs
Michael Chopra scores in injury time to give Sunderland the win over Tottenham on the opening day of the Premier League season...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Nasa inspects damage to shuttle
Astronauts attach a new section to the International Space Station while Nasa examines damage to the shuttle...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Train line body 'is missing girl'
Police say a body found by a railway line in Essex is believed to be missing teenager Natasha Coombs...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Police investigate death of baby
Child abuse officers are investigating the "suspicious" death of a baby boy, the Metropolitan Police say...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Livestock on 4th British Farm Test Negative for Disease
LONDON (Reuters) - Foot and mouth tests on livestock on a fourth farm in southern England outside an initial containment zone have proved negative, the government said on Saturday, easing fears the disease had spread...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
Elvis Week marks 30th anniversary
A week of special event is to begin in the United States ahead of the 30th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Thai murder mother's justice hope
The mother of a backpacker murdered in Thailand seven years ago still believes the killer will be brought to justice...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Three hurt as rally car crashes
Three people are hurt as a rally car crashes off the course into a group of spectators at a rally in Lurgan Park...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Lone piper's tune for Madeleine
A lone piper plays a specially-composed march to mark 100 days since Madeleine McCann disappeared in Portugal...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Fire at Kashmir army depot
Thousands of Kashmiri villagers are evacuated after a huge fire breaks out at an Indian army depot...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Recruit, 17, third crash victim
The third victim of the RAF Puma helicopter crash in North Yorkshire was a 17-year-old recruit, the Army says...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Thousands flee Philippine clashes
Thousands of civilians leave their homes in the southern Philippine after clashes between troops and militants...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Republicans await Iowa straw poll
Republican US presidential hopefuls are in Iowa for straw polls seen as a prelude to the 2008 primary...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Live - Premier League
Sunderland, Newcastle and Man City enjoy the first day of the season as Liverpool take their bow at Aston Villa...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Landmark election in Sierra Leone
Voters in Sierra Leone turn out in high numbers to elect a new president, five years after the end of civil war...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Taleban 'release two S Koreans'
Afghan Taleban militants say they have freed two of the 21 South Korean hostages they are holding...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Tributes to Helmand death soldier
A British soldier killed when his patrol came under Taleban fire in Afghanistan on Friday is named as Private Tony Rawson...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
'Casual lunch' for Bush, Sarkozy
French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the family home in Maine of his US counterpart, George Bush...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Madeleine may be dead, police say
Police in Portugal acknowledge for the first time that missing Madeleine McCann may be dead...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Bomb kills southern Iraq governor
A powerful roadside bomb kills the governor and police chief of the southern Iraqi province of Diwaniya...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
World Briefing: Kenya: Men Acquitted in Naturalist?s Death
A Kenyan judge acquitted four men accused of killing a British wildlife filmmaker and naturalist in her home, ruling that the investigation was ?poorly done.?...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
World Briefing: South Africa: Fired Official Speaks Out
South Africa?s former deputy health minister, fired this week by President Thabo Mbeki, said her ouster was unjustified...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
World Briefing: Cuba: After 13 Years, Dissident Released
Cuba released its longest-serving political prisoner, Francisco Chaviano González, who spent more than 13 years in jail, the country?s main human rights group said...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
World Briefing: Japan: Nuclear Plant May Be Down for a Year
International nuclear inspectors said it would take up to a year for a nuclear power plant damaged during last month?s earthquake in Niigata Prefecture to restart operations, echoing an assessment by Japanese experts...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
World Briefing: Bangladesh: Snake Bites Kill Flood Victims
At least 35 of the 226 people killed in this year?s monsoon have died of snake bites, the government of Bangladesh said...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
With U.N. Gone, Sierra Leone Votes
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) -- Sierra Leone held its first elections Saturday since U.N. peacekeepers left nearly two years ago, a vote that will test whether the diamond-rich West African country can transfer power peacefully after years of conflict...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
World Briefing: Afghanistan: Meeting on Hostages
Two top Taliban leaders and four South Korean officials met face to face to negotiate over the fate of 21 members of a South Korean church group held hostage for three weeks, Afghan officials said...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
Three men killed in road accident
Three men have been killed in a crash on the B925 Kirkcaldy to Auchtertool Road in Fife, police confirm...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Police appeal following bus crash
Officers appeal for information following a bus collision after which 10 people were taken to hospital in Pembrokeshire...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
New violence in Assam 'kills 12'
At least 12 more people are killed by separatist militants in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam, police say...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Youth charged with Brixton death
A 17-year-old is charged over the killing of youth worker Nathan Foster outside Brixton Tube station...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
20-year-old man dies in home fire
A 20-year-old man dies in what is believed to have been an accidental fire in a house in Ballymoney...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Taleban 'optimistic' over Koreans
Afghan Taleban rebels say they are hopeful a deal can be agreed over the 21 Korean hostages they are holding...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Premier League ready for kick-off
Sunderland and Spurs will kick off the new Premier League season at 1245 BST on Saturday...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Landmark vote begins in S Leone
Voters in Sierra Leone go to the polls to elect a new president, five years after the end of a civil war...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
IMF seeks to calm financial fears
The International Monetary Fund moves to calm nerves in global financial markets after two days of turmoil...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Tributes paid to Tony Wilson
Tributes are paid to Anthony Wilson, the man behind some of Manchester's most successful bands, who died of cancer...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Foot-and-mouth tests 'negative'
A temporary control zone around a farm at the centre of a fourth foot-and-mouth scare is lifted after negative test results...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Prayers to mark missing Madeleine
The parents of missing Madeleine McCann are observing 100 days since her disappearance...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
UK winner holding £35.4m ticket
A ticketholder has won £35.4m in the EuroMillions draw - the biggest single payout in UK lottery history...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Ernesto Alonso, 90, Telenovela Director, Dies
Known as Señor Telenovela for directing and producing dozens of Mexican soap operas, Mr. Alonso helped turn the Televisa network into a global force...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
Army, Shedding a Slump, Met July Recruiting Goal
After falling short of its recruiting goals for two straight months, the Army said Friday that it had met its July quota...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
Pakistan Court Says All Voters Must Be Listed
Pakistan?s Supreme Court on Friday gave the election commission 30 days to register all eligible voters after complaints that millions of people were missing from draft electoral lists...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
Russians Didn?t Pass Guam, U.S. Says
The Pentagon on Friday rejected a claim by the Russian military the day before that the Russians had resumed bomber flyovers in American territory...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
Canada Announces Plans for 2 New Bases in Its Far North
Canada?s move stakes the latest in a series of claims of sovereignty over areas of the Arctic, which is being seen as increasingly valuable as warming trends may reduce ice...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
8 Shiites Say Saudi Religious Police Beat Them
A group of British and American Shiite Muslims of Iraqi descent said they had been beaten on Sunday by the Saudi religious police because of their nationalities and the fact they were holding Shiite-style prayers...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
Concern Rises About Reports of New Fighting in Darfur
More than 100 soldiers may have been killed in fighting between government troops and rebels in Darfur, says an African Union spokesman...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
Pakistani Leader to Attend Afghan Tribal Gathering
On Thursday, Gen. Pervez Musharraf had canceled plans to participate in the so-called Peace Jirga, but he reversed course on Friday and said he would attend the conclusion of the assembly...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
As Envoys Meet, No Budging on a Stalemate Over Kosovo
Politicians and diplomats are skeptical that any agreement can be reached to end the stalemate over Kosovo?s future...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
The Saturday Profile: A Desire to Feed the World and Inspire Self-Sufficiency
Once a major figure in the Rev. Sun Myung Moon?s Unification Church and a Bush administration official, Josette Sheeran is now settling in as executive director of the World Food Program...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
To Curb Illegal Migration, Spain Offers a Legal Route
Hoping to reduce the number of Africans making risky boat trips to reach Europe for jobs, Spain has launched a new plan offering legal passage and work permits...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
Gunman Dies After Fight With Guards in Jerusalem
A gunman was killed and 10 were wounded after the gunman stole a pistol from a guard and tried to flee in Jerusalem?s Old City on Friday...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
With Fixtures of War as Their Canvas, Muralists Add Beauty to Baghdad
The city of Baghdad has hired two dozen artists to paint murals upon the miles of vast concrete blast walls that now snake along roads, rivers and sidewalks throughout the city...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
Security Council Approves a Broader U.N. Mandate in Iraq to Seek Reconciliation
The Security Council voted on Friday to broaden the U.N. mandate in Iraq and raised the allowable ceiling of U.N. international staff in Iraq significantly...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
A Segregated Road in an Already Divided Land
The Israeli side of a divided road being built through the West Bank has various exits; the Palestinian side bypasses Jerusalem...
New York Times - August 11, 2007
Survey looks at life beside sea
A survey reveals which Scottish seaside towns offer the best quality of life and value for money...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Price study looks at seaside life
Britons are prepared to spend an extra £5,000 just to live by the sea, new research suggests...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Cuba frees long-serving dissident
One of Cuba's longest serving political prisoners is released after nearly 15 years, a human rights group says...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Football: Premiership to kick-off
The new Premier League season begins on Saturday - and the anticipation is bigger than ever before...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
S Leone poised for landmark polls
Voters in Sierra Leone go to the polls on Saturday to elect a new president, five years after the end of a civil war...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Majestic Woods claims USPGA lead
Tiger Woods fires a breathtaking round of 63 to lead by two shots at halfway in the 89th USPGA at Southern Hills Country Club...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Body found in Natasha search
Police searching for a girl who went missing after boarding a train on 27 July find a body near a railway line...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Lake water fish stock 'in danger'
Fish stocks in many British lakes are in danger of collapse, according to an angling group...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
US crackdown on illegal workers
US companies employing illegal immigrants face more criminal charges and higher fines, under government plans...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Foot-and-mouth results expected
Farmers are hoping foot-and-mouth tests at a suspected farm outside the exclusion zone will show it was a false alarm...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Nasa detects space shuttle damage
Nasa discovers a gouge on shuttle Endeavour's heatshield as it docks with the International Space Station...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Madeleine search reaches 100 days
Prayers will be said for four-year-old Madeleine McCann, who has now been missing for 100 days...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
Canada to boost Arctic claim
Canada's PM announces plans for military bases in the far north amid competition from rival Arctic claims...
BBC News - August 11, 2007
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