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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 Octomber 2005:
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Liberians Line Up to Vote, Saying Long Wait Is Worth It
More than 1.3 million people registered to vote in Liberia's first election since 14 years of civil war...
New York Times - October 12, 2005
Call for male primary teachers
More men are needed to enter primary school teaching, the Teacher Development Agency says...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Oldest noodles unearthed in China
The remains of a 4,000-year-old noodle meal are discovered in an upturned pot next to China's Yellow River...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Race to save earthquake survivors
Earthquake relief efforts increase but those in remote areas say help is failing to arrive and there is no food...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Second tornado strikes Birmingham
A tornado strikes an area of Birmingham, just miles from the scene of this summer's disaster...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Witness likens unionists to Nazis
The priest who witnessed decommissioning says unionists treated Catholics "like animals" in the past...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Shipyard wins ferry firm lifeline
A shipyard hit hard by losing a CalMac order to Poland wins breathing space from a rival ferry company...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Positive E.coli results at school
A number of children are found to have E.coli at the first south Wales school closed during the outbreak...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Football: England top group
England finish top of their World Cup qualifying group with an impressive 2-1 win over Poland at Old Trafford...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Football: Ireland crash out
The Republic of Ireland are out of the World Cup as Switzerland clinch a place in the play-offs...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Liberian poll results trickle in
Early results announced by poll officials in Liberia put George Weah ahead following Tuesday's presidential vote...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Romania bird flu tests negative
The EU says it has so far no evidence of bird flu in Romania, after a scare led to a cull of thousands of birds...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
India aids Pakistan quake effort
Indian soldiers cross the Kashmir frontier to help Pakistani forces as quake aid efforts ease traditional rivalry...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Apple unveils video-playing iPod
A new top-of-the-range iPod which will play video will soon be available, Apple announces...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
MoD 'letting down armed forces'
The Armed Forces may go without vital equipment because of Ministry of Defence failings, MPs say...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Shutdown on safety row Tube line
Services on one of London's busiest tube lines are suspended amid safety concerns...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Warnings of further UK flooding
Eight flood warnings are in place following torrential rain in northern and western Britain...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
5 Aid Workers Killed by Taliban Insurgents in Afghanistan
Amid a resurgence in violence, five medical aid workers were shot dead today and two rockets exploded in the capital Kabul...
New York Times - October 12, 2005
Ramadan Ritual: Fast Daily, Pray, Head to the Mall
Once an ascetic month of prayer, Ramadan has taken on the commercial trappings of Christmas and Hanukkah...
New York Times - October 12, 2005
20 Iraqis Killed in Campaign of Violence Ahead of Vote
The attack came as lawmakers prepared to vote today on a change to the constitution that won the backing of some Sunni leaders...
New York Times - October 12, 2005
Break in Weather Aids Stream of Aid Into Pakistan Quake Zone
The U.N. estimated that one million people remained homeless, hungry and threatened by disease in shattered mountain hamlets...
New York Times - October 12, 2005
Syria Says Minister in Lebanon Inquiry Committed Suicide
The death added a dramatic new twist to the ongoing investigation into the assassination of Lebanon's ex-leader, Rafik Hariri...
New York Times - October 12, 2005
George home 'had 13 cocaine bags'
Thirteen bags of drugs were allegedly found in Boy George's home when he was arrested, legal papers show...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Rumours fly over Apple unveiling
A video iPod is top of the list of rumoured gadgets Apple will unveil on 12 October...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Women's health fuelling poverty
Tackling female health would not only save millions of lives but reduce global poverty, experts say...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Blair says quality key to choice
The prime minister says increasing school choice depends on having more good quality schools...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Heavy rain warning follows floods
More downpours are predicted in areas of north and west Wales still cleaning up after overnight flooding...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Instant message providers hook up
Microsoft and Yahoo link up their instant messaging services, giving them extra muscle to challenge AOL...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
'1 in 3' want troops out of Iraq
Almost a third of people think British troops should leave Iraq immediately, a poll carried out for the BBC suggests...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Police probe after contract court
The police are to begin an inquiry following legal action over a cancelled contract for vehicle armour-plating...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Airgun sales 'to be restricted'
The UK Government is to impose tighter controls on airgun sales, BBC Scotland understands...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Kashmir quake victims seek access
Survivors in quake-hit Kashmir demand the right to cross the line which divides the territory to find loved ones...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Diary: S Asia quake aid worker
Shaista Aziz, a UK-based Oxfam aid worker, keeps a diary for the BBC News website after flying to Pakistan's quake-hit capital...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Football: England team named
Shaun Wright-Phillips, Wayne Rooney, Ledley King and Rio Ferdinand start for England against Poland...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Football: Keane rallying cry
Injured Roy Keane may give a pre-match team talk ahead of the Republic of Ireland's World Cup tie against Switzerland...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Romania bird flu tests 'negative'
The EU says it has so far no evidence of bird flu in Romania, after a scare led to a cull of thousands of birds...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Nurse charged with patient deaths
A male nurse is charged with four murders and an attempted murder at two Leeds hospitals...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Rival soccer rights bid 'planned'
Broadcaster ITV and cable firm NTL are reportedly planning to team up to bid for the rights to half the live Premier League matches...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Acts to play in John Peel tribute
Big names and lesser known acts will perform on the eve of John Peel Day, in memory of the BBC Radio 1 DJ...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Charity fears for Pakistan pupils
A UK charity fears many of the 900 pupils at its schools in Pakistan may have been killed or orphaned in the earthquake...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Race to save quake survivors
Earthquake relief efforts increase but those in remote areas say help is failing to arrive and food is running out...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Anti-terror laws face opposition
Tony Blair says there is a "compelling" case for his new anti-terror law proposals - but critics turn on them...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Talafar suicide attack 'kills 30'
At least 30 people are killed in the second major attack on the Iraqi town of Talafar in two days, police say...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Fox gets backing of 15 more MPs
Liam Fox is poised to double to 30 the number of MPs who have publicly backed him to be next Tory leader...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Two guilty of killing Danielle Beccan
Two men are jailed for life for killing schoolgirl Danielle Beccan in a random drive-by shooting in Nottingham...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
C4 and Sky deny More4 confusion
Channel 4 and Sky deny responsibility for confusing viewers over the availability of digital channel More4...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
May throws weight behind Cameron
Theresa May backs David Cameron to be next Tory leader, as contenders seek to win over undecided MPs...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
'Cut school holidays for economy'
To compete with China and India, US schools need longer hours, says Chicago's mayor...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
A-bomb system can warn of tsunami
A system of stations set up to monitor atomic bomb tests could help to detect a developing tsunami...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Rocky road for Xbox 360 launch
Microsoft is struggling to meet the deadline for the launch of its new Xbox 360 games console...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Aid workers killed near Kandahar
Five Afghan aid workers and six policemen die in separate attacks as the US secretary of state flies in for talks...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Father's appeal over model killer
The father of Sally Anne Bowman appeals for help to catch her killer to stop any more attacks taking place...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Appeal in hunt for abducted girl
Police appeal for help in their search for a County Antrim teenager who they believe has been abducted...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Heavy rain causes flooding misery
Homes and roads around Scotland are flooded as torrential rain sweeps across parts of the country...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Clean up begins following floods
Parts of north and west Wales affected by flooding begin a clean-up operation as flood warnings remain in place...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Cricket to aid earthquake victims
Cricket's governing body will donate revenue from the Super Series Test to help the victims of the India and Pakistan earthquake...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Liberians await election results
Preliminary results are expected soon from Liberia's first national elections since the end of the civil war...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Schapelle Corby's jail term cut
Australian Schapelle Corby's sentence for drug smuggling into Bali has been cut by five years, her lawyers say...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Draining of New Orleans completed
Engineers finish draining New Orleans of floodwater as President Bush visits the area hit by Hurricane Katrina...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Genoa police on 'brutality' trial
Italian police officers accused of attacking protesters at the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa are due to go on trial...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Iraq in last-minute charter push
Iraq's parliament is to meet to consider last-minute changes to the constitution to win Sunni support...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Protesters try to storm Bali jail
A crowd tries to storm a jail holding several Bali bombers and demand executions, on the attack's anniversary...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
China astronauts blast into space
China successfully launches its second manned space craft into orbit, carrying two Chinese astronauts...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Fury over BBC's licence fee plans
Critics condemn the BBC's proposals for an above-inflation rise to cover digital increases...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
UK pledges £10m to quake appeal
Tony Blair promises an extra £10 million in aid to help survivors of the South Asia quake...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Family lost 60 relatives in quake
A Bedfordshire family mourn the loss of 60 relatives in the devastating south Asia earthquake...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Football: Eriksson vows to stay
Sven-Goran Eriksson says he will not be driven out of the England job by mounting criticism of his regime...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Aid floods into earthquake region
Aid pours into regions hit by the South Asia quake, amid concerns that efforts are not being properly co-ordinated...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Iran 'is training Basra killers'
Iran's elite fighting force is training bomb-makers to kill British troops in Iraq, defence sources claim...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Syrian minister 'commits suicide'
Syria's interior minister Ghazi Kanaan has committed suicide, the official news agency in Damascus says...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Right-to-life case faces review
The case of Charlotte Wyatt, whose parents lost an appeal to have her resuscitated if she stops breathing, is to be reviewed...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Flooding chaos after heavy rains
Northern and western Britain is lashed by torrential rain, causing floods and road closures...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Only Marginal Reforms Are Expected in Germany
With Germany's presumptive new chancellor being forced into a coalition with her political rivals, many feel that sweeping reforms will be impossible...
New York Times - October 12, 2005
A Big Debate on Little People: Ancient Species or Modern Dwarfs?
New discoveries in Indonesia give additional support to the idea that a separate species of little people now extinct lived there...
New York Times - October 12, 2005
African Food for Africa's Starving Is Roadblocked in Congress
A seemingly sensible proposal is near death in Congress: to allow the federal government to buy food in Africa for Africans facing starvation instead of paying to ship it from the U.S...
New York Times - October 12, 2005
Leaders in Iraq Agree to Change in Constitution
The change would create a panel in Iraq's next parliament with the power to propose revisions to the constitution...
New York Times - October 12, 2005
Aid Fails to Reach Thousands in Pakistan Quake Zone
Hail, rain and a shortage of helicopters prevented rescuers from reaching thousands of survivors still trapped in isolated villages...
New York Times - October 12, 2005
Rice Reaches Pact on Keeping Central Asia Base
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reached agreement with Kyrgyzstan on maintaining an air base there for military aircraft on missions to Afghanistan...
New York Times - October 12, 2005
Plea over elite hospitals drive
Hospitals in England need more help if they are to all apply for foundation status by 2008, health managers say...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Gas blast family seeks law change
Relatives of the family which died in the Larkhall gas explosion back demands for a new corporate killing law...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Counting begins in Liberia poll
Counting is under way across Liberia in the first national elections since the end of the civil war...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Memory loss link to early stress
Stress early in life may lead to memory loss and mental decline in middle age, research suggests...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
UK aid flight leaves for Pakistan
A government-funded flight leaves the East Midlands with aid for survivors of the South Asian quake...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Iran 'is training Basra killers'
Iran is training bomb-makers to kill British troops in Iraq, according to new claims by defence sources...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Tory contenders set for hustings
The remaining Tory leadership contenders prepare to address a meeting of around 80 right-wing MPs...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
Ministers to publish terror plans
Ministerial concessions look likely as the government publishes its controversial Terrorism Bill in full...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
China launches rocket into space
China successfully launches a rocket carrying two Chinese astronauts into space, for the second time...
BBC News - October 12, 2005
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