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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 2006:
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Gunmen Kill 11 at Iraqi TV Station
The motive for the raid, the deadliest attack against the Iraqi media since the 2003 invasion, was unclear...
New York Times - October 12, 2006
U.S. Meets Resistance on N. Korea Plan
The United States circulated a draft resolution on North Korea to the Security Council today, but both China and Russia immediately signaled their opposition to the measure...
New York Times - October 12, 2006
The Green Room
Fish stocks may face an uncertain future but that does not mean fish is off the menu, says this week's Green Room...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Fed says US economy still growing
As a Fed report says the US economy is continuing to grow, the Dow Jones hits yet another record close...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Divisions over N Korea sanctions
UN Security Council members remain divided on a new US resolution on sanctions against North Korea...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Football: Arsenal triple injury blow
Arsenal trio Freddie Ljungberg, Emmanuel Eboue and Julio Baptista all face spells out through injury...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
McClaren hints at revamping squad
England coach Steve McClaren warns his players to expect changes in personnel...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Turkey condemns 'genocide' vote
Turkey criticises a French bill to make it a crime to deny Turks committed genocide against Armenians in 1915...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Vote on Korea sanctions delayed
China and Russia delay a vote on a new US-drafted UN resolution calling for sanctions on North Korea...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
General seeks UK Iraq withdrawal
The head of the British Army says UK forces in Iraq make security problems worse and wants them to leave soon...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Victims’ Families Criticize Secrecy of Brazil Air Crash Inquiry
Victims’ families and the Brazilian public criticized the investigation’s lack of transparency and questioned whether the full story of the accident will ever be known...
New York Times - October 12, 2006
Northern Ireland’s ‘Dr. No’ Faces New Political Dilemma
The province’s Catholics and Protestants must decide by Nov. 24 whether to share power in a revived local government or revert to direct rule from London...
New York Times - October 12, 2006
Buenos Aires Journal: Perón Is Dead, but Not Resting: Paternity Suit Is Pending
In Argentina, Gen. Juan Domingo Perón’s ideological heirs want his body moved to a mausoleum, but a woman who claims to be his daughter wants a DNA test conducted first...
New York Times - October 12, 2006
U.S. Softens Proposal on North Korea
The new draft would not require inspections of all cargo going into or out of North Korea, or the freezing of assets related to counterfeiting or narcotics...
New York Times - October 12, 2006
Moves to raise boys' attainment
Teaching methods will be reviewed to make boys as successful in exams as girls, Gordon Brown says...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Madonna adoption papers approved
A Malawi judge approves an official application, confirming claims Madonna has adopted a one-year-old boy...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Carphone knocked by Vodafone move
Carphone Warehouse will no longer sell Vodafone's monthly phone contracts, pushing the firm's shares down 12%...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Tagged offenders went on to kill
More than 1,000 violent crimes - including five killings - have been carried out by tagged offenders...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Omagh trial told of bomb warnings
Details of telephone bomb warnings have been given - and a 999 call played - at the Omagh bomb trial...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Nightclub boss shot outside home
Police are searching for a gunman after a leading figure in Scotland's nightclub scene is shot outside his home...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Sri Lanka clashes kill 129 troops
At least 129 Sri Lankan army soldiers were killed in fighting with Tamil Tiger rebels near Jaffna, it emerges...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Bath rape accused is sex offender
A man accused of snatching a girl from her bath and raping her, assaulted another girl, a court hears...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Chavez 'ready to defend Bolivia'
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez vows to defend Bolivia if there is an attempt to topple President Evo Morales...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Gunmen kill 11 in Baghdad TV raid
Eleven people have been killed in an attack on a satellite TV channel in Baghdad, Iraqi officials say...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Cricket: Flintoff fires England win
Captain Andrew Flintoff hits a half-century as England beat the Rajasthan Cricket Association by 144 runs...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Football: Keepers back Robinson
Paul Robinson is backed by fellow keepers following criticism over Croatia's second goal against England...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
London attack on Congo officials
Three top officials from the DR Congo are injured in an attack outside a TV station in London...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Air passengers 'could be tagged'
Electronically tagging passengers at airports could help the fight against terrorism, scientists say...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Ex-Mastermind host has cancer
Former Mastermind presenter and author Magnus Magnusson, 77, is diagnosed with cancer...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
'Ghost ships' scrapping rejected
A controversial plan to scrap former US naval ships at a yard on Teesside is thrown out by council planners...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Jury shown images of Pc's death
A court sees CCTV footage of the moment Pc Sharon Beshenivsky was shot dead outside a travel agency...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Man admits UK-US terror bomb plot
A man pleads guilty to conspiring to murder people in a series of bombings in Britain and the US...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
UK planning climate change law
A climate change bill which could cut UK carbon dioxide emissions is being considered by the government...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Pamuk wins Nobel Literature prize
Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk has won the
2006 Nobel Prize in literature...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Microsoft 's Xbox safety effort
Microsoft launches a campaign to help parents make videogames safer for their children...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Blair heart trouble 'since 1988'
Tony Blair has had heart problems for 18 years, David Blunkett says, contradicting earlier impressions...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Pregnant women 'oily fish alert'
Eating too much oily fish in pregnancy may increase the risk of having a premature birth, scientists believe...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Review of school language lessons
Lord Dearing is to review the strategy on teaching modern foreign languages in England's schools...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
NI bank users 'pay more for less'
Customers in NI pay more for banking and get less interest on savings, the Competition Commission says...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
WH Smith profits up but sales dip
WH Smith reports a strong rise in full-year profits but its sales fall as trading conditions remain tough...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Israeli raid on Gaza kills five
Five Palestinians, including a teenager, are killed during an Israeli attack in the Gaza Strip, reports say...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
'Ghost Ships' scrap decision due
A controversial plan to scrap former US naval ships at a yard on Teesside is considered by councillors...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
NY air crash kills baseball star
US baseball pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor die as their plane hits a Manhattan apartment block...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Torture claims by slain Russian
The last article by murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya exposes abuses in Chechnya...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Bali marks 2002 bomb anniversary
Indonesia's island of Bali holds services for the fourth anniversary of the bombings that killed 202 people...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
House prices 'still accelerating'
The UK's surveyors' institution says house prices in the UK are soaring at their fastest rate for four years...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Football: McClaren accepts blame
England coach Steve McClaren accepts the blame for his side's Euro 2008 qualifying defeat to Croatia...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Guantanamo trio return bid fails
Three UK residents held in Guantanamo Bay fail in their bid to force the government to request their return...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Bath rape accused 'is paedophile'
A man accused of snatching a girl from a bath and raping her is a convicted paedophile, a court hears...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Gunmen raid Baghdad TV channel
Eight people are killed in an attack on a satellite television channel in Baghdad, Iraqi police say...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
French in Armenia 'genocide' row
French MPs pass a bill making it a crime to deny Turks committed genocide against Armenians in 1915...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
US presses for N Korea sanctions
The US circulates a new draft resolution calling for UN sanctions on North Korea after its nuclear test claim...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Woman Pc shot in 'callous' attack
Bradford policewoman Sharon Beshenivsky was shot dead in a "callous and unnecessary" attack, a court hears...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Japanese Back Prime Minister in Handling of Nuclear Crisis
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s mix of soothing diplomacy and tough sanctions is scoring high marks with his nation’s anxious voters...
New York Times - October 12, 2006
In Victory for Shiite Leader, Iraqi Parliament Approves Creating Autonomous Regions
The law allows provinces to hold referendums on whether to merge into larger states, but it imposes an 18-month moratorium on the process...
New York Times - October 12, 2006
High Court in Britain Loosens Strict Libel Law
British journalists now have the right to publish allegations about public figures as long as their reporting is responsible and in the public interest...
New York Times - October 12, 2006
China Makes Commitment to Social Harmony
China’s Communist Party has endorsed a new doctrine that emphasizes tackling the severe side effects of unrestrained growth...
New York Times - October 12, 2006
North Korea Warns of More Nuclear Tests
North Korea said sanctions would be a “declaration of a war” and promised further nuclear tests if the U.S. maintained a “hostile attitude.”...
New York Times - October 12, 2006
For Bush, Many Questions on Iraq and North Korea
President Bush addressed the issue of his administration’s different approaches to North Korea and Iraq...
New York Times - October 12, 2006
Faster TB test 'could save lives'
Scientists say a faster, more accurate tuberculosis tests could potentially save many lives in the developing world...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
'Make cookery compulsory' demand
Health organisations, teachers' unions and children's charities demand compulsory cookery lessons in schools...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Many killed in Sri Lanka clashes
Over 40 Sri Lankan troops die in clashes with Tamil rebels, a day after the two sides finalised talks plans...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Rescuers comb France crash site
Rescue work continues at the scene of a collision between two trains in France which killed at least five people...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Tough sanctions urged over Darfur
Targeted sanctions should be imposed on Sudan unless it agrees to UN peacekeepers in Darfur, a report says...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Security high for Bali ceremonies
Security is tight on the Indonesian island of Bali ahead of the fourth anniversary of the 2002 nightclub bombings...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Judge critical of MI5 testimony
A judge in a secret terrorism hearing has criticised the Home Office over contrary intelligence...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Call for decision on post offices
Postal services watchdog Postcomm urges the government to decide the fate of 14,000 Royal Mail post offices...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Study reveals global child abuse
A landmark UN report into violence against children reveals a shocking picture of worldwide abuse...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
NI devolution talks to resume
Multi-party talks aimed at brokering a deal to restore Northern Ireland devolution are to resume...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
US to introduce new N Korea draft
The US circulates a new draft resolution imposing UN sanctions on North Korea after its nuclear test claim...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
Tagged inmates committed killings
More than 1,000 offences - including five killings - are carried out by tagged prisoners, figures reveal...
BBC News - October 12, 2006
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