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Global News Archive for February 2005:
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Mexico Opens Files Related to '71 Killings
Mexico released 691 pages of the indictment of a former president, relating to the killings of students in the 1970's, in a victory for lawyers seeking greater scrutiny of government activity...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
Iraqi Exile Sees His Prospects on Rise Again
Ahmed Chalabi, vilified as the man who fed exaggerated reports of Saddam Hussein's weaponry to intelligence agencies, is all but assured a seat in Iraq’s national assembly...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
Chinese News Media Critical of North Korea
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has said little about North Korea's declaration that it has nuclear weapons, but the state-controlled news media have been uncommonly critical...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
Petrol threat gang rob jeweller
Robbers tie up members of a family and threaten to set them alight as part of a jewellery raid...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Europe's super-rocket rides high
Europe's most powerful rocket to date, the Ariane 5-ECA, blasts off from a spaceport in French Guiana...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Aviator and Vera take Bafta glory
The Aviator wins best movie at the 2005 Bafta film awards, while Vera Drake wins best director and actress...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Palestinian groups maintain truce
Hamas and Islamic Jihad reserve judgement on peace with Israel but agree to refrain from violence...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Football: Chelsea march on
Eidur Gudjohnsen's strike gives Chelsea victory after Everton's James Beattie is sent off...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
West Africa leaders warn Togolese
West African leaders tell Togolese officials to respect the constitution after the installation of a new president...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Serbian president to visit Kosovo
Serbian President Boris Tadic begins a two-day visit to Kosovo ahead of talks on the future status of the province...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Iraqi poll results due on Sunday
The results of the Iraqi election are to be announced on Sunday, amid a fresh wave of insurgent attacks...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Manson: 'Don't blame me for Jodi'
Rock star Marilyn Manson rejects suggestion his work influenced the killer of 14-year-old schoolgirl Jodi Jones...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Iraqi Insurgents Step Up Attacks After Elections
A suicide car bomber killed at least 17 Iraqis at the entrance gates of a hospital, and a judge was gunned down outside his home today...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
Sinn Fein is 'damaging' Agreement
Sinn Fein has damaged the 1998 Agreement and played into the hands of the DUP, the SDLP leader says...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Confusion for deportation family
A family living in Swansea seek clarification over whether they will be deported to Brazil...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Howard family's 'illegal migrant'
Tory leader Michael Howard says his grandfather may have come to Britain as an illegal immigrant...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Togo at West African crisis talks
Togo officials begin talks with west African leaders who condemned as a coup the installation of a new president...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Dean elected as Democrat leader
The US Democratic Party elects former presidential contender Howard Dean as its new chairman...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Rival rallies over Russian reform
Hundreds of thousands take to the streets across Russia in rallies for and against controversial welfare reform...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Abbas in talks with Hamas leaders
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas begins talks with leaders of the Islamic militant group Hamas in Gaza...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Pakistani flood deaths increase
Officials in Pakistan say 278 people have died as a result of a week of torrential rains and snowstorms...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Bafta to hand out movie honours
Film stars including Imelda Staunton and Leonardo DiCaprio are at this year's Bafta film award ceremony...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Protests target US over Kyoto
Protesters in the UK march to highlight the Kyoto Protocol, the international agreement on emissions...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Iran adamant over Rushdie fatwa
Iran's Revolutionary Guards say the death sentence against British author Salman Rushdie remains valid...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Nineteen killed in Iraq violence
Two car bombs kill at least 18 people and a judge is shot dead in attacks at the end of a week of violence in Iraq...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Airport man held on explosives charge
A man who was arrested at Heathrow Airport has been charged with plotting to cause an explosion...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Brothers on woman murder charge
Two brothers are remanded in custody accused of murdering a woman found a week ago in a Cardiff lane...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Howard requests release of papers
Tory leader Michael Howard asks for papers relating to his time in office to be released...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Expectations ride on super-rocket
The satellite industry will hold its breath on Saturday as Europe tries for the second time to fly its beefed-up Ariane 5-ECA rocket...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
A wireless world on the horizon
Wireless technologies should mean a more clutter-free future, says Click Online's Ian Hardy...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Sienna Miller in 'no rush' to wed
Actress Sienna Miller says she and fiancé Jude Law have no plans to marry in the near future...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Rumsfeld urges terror fight unity
The US Defence Secretary urges Europe to put aside differences with the US on Iraq to aid the war on terror...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
PM 'wanted voluntary coalition'
Tony Blair tried to persuade the SDLP to enter a voluntary coalition without Sinn Fein, its leader says...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Two women die after blaze in flat
A blaze in a ground floor flat on the south side of Glasgow claims the lives of two women...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Pakistan dam-burst kills 70
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf tours flood-stricken areas and pledges aid to help thousands of people...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Ferry passengers face delays
No day trippers are being taken on ferries from Dover to Calais to ease disruption caused by a damaged berth...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
First-time buyers may 'gazunder'
A third of first-time home buyers may cut their offer for a property at the last minute, a survey finds...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Football: Fergie questions Chelsea
Man Utd's Sir Alex Ferguson questions Chelsea's staying power for the Premiership title run-in...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Rugby: Wales seek win
Wales seek to avoid a repeat of their last trip to Rome when they face Italy...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Iraq violence kills at least 18
A car bomb kills at least 17 people and a top Iraqi judge is shot in fresh attacks at the end of a week of violence...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Marchers highlight Kyoto Protocol
Protesters across the UK march to highlight the Kyoto Protocol, the international agreement on emissions...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Chancellor rallies Labour voters
Gordon Brown tells supporters the "stakes are too high" not to vote in the forthcoming general election...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Germany Seeks Tighter Curbs on Protests by Neo-Nazi Party
Government ministers announced plans to ban far-right demonstrations during commemorations this year of the end of World War II...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
Image Offensive: Rebels Undercut Colombian President
A new wave of leftist rebel attacks have dealt serious setbacks to President Álvaro Uribe even as he has been touting his success in bringing order to this conflict-riven country...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
Flood Kills 60 in Pakistan After Dam Bursts
At least 60 people were reported dead and more than 500 missing in southwestern Pakistan after a dam burst as a result of torrential rains...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
Japan Urges North Korea to Rejoin Disarmament Talks
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan urged North Korea to re-engage in disarmament talks, a day after North Korea said it had nuclear arms...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
Too Angry or Fearful to Vote, Sunni Iraqis Are Marginalized
As a result of their meager turnout at the polls, Sunni Arabs will have almost no representation in the government...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
Mounting Discontent in Russia Spills Into the Streets
The protests unfolding in cities across 11 time zones is raising questions about public support for the country's course under President Vladimir Putin...
New York Times - February 12, 2005
Tsunami woman found after 45 days
An 18-year-old woman is rescued from India's Andaman islands after surviving for 45 days on fruit...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Rare pregnancy diseases studied
Specialists are to study rare disorders in pregnancy, some of which can prove fatal...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Schooling beyond the curriculum
Is the state trying to take over the role of the parent asks the BBC's Mike Baker?...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Togo summoned for talks on 'coup'
Togo's neighbours threaten sanctions if its "coup" leaders fail to attend talks in Niger on Saturday...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Arrests in Malaysia migrant probe
Malaysian police arrest a number of officials on suspicion of selling residency permits to people-traffickers...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Abbas moves to shore up ceasefire
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is expected to meet militant factions in a bid to shore up a truce with Israel...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
'Ecstasy find' on Royal Navy ship
A substance found in a Navy ship's mess room is being tested, amid suspicions it could be ecstasy...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
US grounding Hercules planes
The US Air Force grounds 30 of its C-130 aircraft over cracks in the wings, days after a British plane crashed in Iraq...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Brown plans 'no let-up' on reform
Britain will be a world leader in education, business and science under Labour, Gordon Brown is to pledge...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Union calls for Royal Mail debate
The UK's biggest postal union calls for an 'honest debate' about the future of 'under threat' Royal Mail...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Queen 'should not' abdicate yet
Two-thirds of the public do not want the Queen to make way for Prince Charles in the next few years, a survey suggests...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
Broadway lights go out for Miller
US theatres go dark to mark the passing of Arthur Miller, the playwright who gave the world Death of a Salesman...
BBC News - February 12, 2005
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