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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 March 2007:
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New Twist for ?Idol?: Time Out for Charity
Simon Cowell, the star attraction of ?American Idol,? is in the middle of that show?s first charity extravaganza: raising cash for the poor of Africa and the United States...
New York Times - March 12, 2007
Tripoli Journal: Social Issues Clown Their Way to Center Stage in Libya
Talking about the shortcomings of Muammar el-Qaddafi?s rule is increasingly permitted, with Libya?s theater community leading the charge...
New York Times - March 12, 2007
Deal gives rice diversity a boost
Crop research groups agree to ensure long-term funding of the world's largest repository of rice samples...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Pair tortured woman in city flat
A 19-year-old with learning difficulties was stripped and tortured after being kidnapped in Aberdeen, a court hears...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Baby died from an MRSA infection
A baby died 36 hours after his birth as a result of contracting the super bug MRSA, a coroner concludes...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Top US Army doctor out in scandal
The US Army's surgeon general retires in the wake of a scandal over the treatment of wounded veterans...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Sarkozy signals break with Chirac
French presidential frontrunner Nicolas Sarkozy distances himself from President Chirac's legacy...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Cricket: World Cup countdown
The ninth Cricket World Cup begins on Tuesday - with holders Australia favourites once again...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Somalia MPs back Mogadishu move
Parliament votes for Somalia's cabinet to relocate to the capital, as AU troops take control of the airport...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Brown calls for greener homes
Gordon Brown urges households to do more to cut greenhouse gases by making homes more efficient...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Tsvangirai lawyer access ordered
Detained Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai must have access to lawyers, a judge orders...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Aide alleged Levy 'lie' request
One of the PM's closest aides wrote in a document of her concerns that "Lord Levy had asked her to lie for him"...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Net copes with key character test
Tests are carried out to see how the net's addressing system copes with international character sets such as Chinese and Arabic...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Soap torture complaints rejected
Coronation Street is cleared by TV watchdog Ofcom after 31 viewers complained about a violent storyline...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Major space missions move ahead
Scientists discuss their preferred targets for the next "flagship" mission to another world...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Merck loses key US Vioxx lawsuit
US drugs giant Merck is to be fined an initial $20m in after losing a case brought by a user of its Vioxx painkiller...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Postgrad checks worry scientists
Security checks on foreign students in "proliferation-risk" science subjects could deter them, scientists warn...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Boots rejects £9.7bn bid approach
Alliance Boots rejects a proposed £9.7bn offer from a private equity group, saying that the suggested price is too low...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Rail strike suspended after talks
Strikes planned for Scotland's rail network are suspended following a meeting between unions and management...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Man denies murdering teenage boys
A man with an "unhealthy obsession" with violence stabbed his two friends to death, a court hears...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Police hunt follows city murders
Police launch two separate murder inquiries after two bodies are found, one in north and the other in west Belfast...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Nepal's PM says king should quit
Nepal's Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala says it would be good if King Gyanendra were to abdicate...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Dubai airport shut after accident
Dubai airport is shut for more than seven hours after a Bangladesh Airlines flight aborts its take-off...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Bush tour makes stop in Guatemala
Security, immigration and trade are on the agenda as George Bush visits Guatemala as part of his L America tour...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Tennis: Federer loss surprises
Andy Murray says the men's tennis world was watching avidly as Roger Federer lost to Guillermo Canas in Indian Wells on Sunday...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Rugby U: Vickery, Tindall out
England captain Phil Vickery and centre Mike Tindall are ruled out of Saturday's Six Nations clash with Wales in Cardiff...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Big two kept apart in FA Cup draw
Blackburn will play Chelsea or Tottenham, while Watford face Middlesbrough or Man Utd in the FA Cup semi-finals...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Beatles download claim quashed
An announcement that Beatles tracks will be available for download is denied by the band's record label...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Ski deaths teen a 'wonderful boy'
A father survives as his teenage son and another man dies in a cross-country skiing accident in Norway...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Lawyers protest over Musharraf
Lawyers and police clash amid protests over President Musharraf's suspension of Pakistan's top judge...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Aston Martin sold to UK-led group
Luxury car business Aston Martin returns to UK hands as Ford sells it to a British-led consortium in a £479m deal...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Minister quits over Trident plans
Deputy leader of the Commons Nigel Griffiths quits over plans to renew the UK's nuclear weapon system...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
21 July jurors see mock-up blasts
Jurors see scientists demonstrating the potential power of devices used in the alleged 21 July attacks...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
BBC correspondent 'missing'
The BBC says it is concerned for the safety of its correspondent Alan Johnston, who is missing in Gaza...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Soul band Drifters in car crash
Police say members of soul band The Drifters are "lucky to be alive" after a serious car crash on the M1...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Supplement 'boosts' brain power
A supplement containing fatty acids may help children do better at school, suggests a UK researcher...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Miliband should run, says Clarke
David Miliband should challenge Gordon Brown for the Labour leadership, ex-minister Charles Clarke says...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
House prices show sharp increase
The average price of a home in the UK surged in January, according to official figures...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Diver missing in notorious quarry
A woman is feared dead after diving in a disused quarry where more than 20 have died since 1994...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Murder inquiry after body found
Police begin a murder investigation after the body of a man is found in the Falls Road area of west Belfast...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
'Friendly fire' video to be shown
A video of a "friendly fire" incident that killed a UK soldier will be shown at an inquest which is resuming...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
EU's Solana begins Mid-East tour
Javier Solana, the EU's foreign policy chief, is due to start a Middle East tour, travelling first to Lebanon...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Lawyers protest against Musharraf
Lawyers boycott courts in Pakistan after President Musharraf suspends the country's chief justice...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Nuclear chief warns over N Korea
The UN's nuclear chief says the dismantling of North Korea's nuclear programme will be a "complex process"...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Football: Mourinho swearing row
The FA will await referee Mike Riley's report before deciding whether to act over alleged comments by Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Uganda lawyers in protest strike
Ugandan lawyers begin a strike in protest at the storming of the High Court by security agents...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Cricket: World Cup opens
West Indies legend Sir Garfield Sobers officially opens the ninth Cricket World Cup in Jamaica...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Man admits Thai king insult
A Swiss man who drunkenly spray-painted portraits of the Thai king faces jail for insulting the monarch...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Boots considers £9.7bn approach
Boots bosses meet to decide whether to open up its books to a private equity firm which has made an approach for it...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai 'beaten'
Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has been badly beaten in police custody, his lawyer says...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Seven-year-olds to take languages
Modern foreign language lessons are to be compulsory for the first time in England's primary schools...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Report condemns Sudan over Darfur
A UN team accuses Sudan of directing atrocities in Darfur, and condemns the world for a "pathetic" response...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Parties battle over green agenda
Chancellor Gordon Brown and Tory leader David Cameron outline rival visions to tackle climate change...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Israeli and Palestinian Leaders Meet, Producing Scant Results but a Pledge to Talk Again
Mahmoud Abbas and Ehud Olmert held their second meeting in a month, but aides said that there was little progress to report...
New York Times - March 12, 2007
Police Quash Meeting Held by Opposition in Zimbabwe
Riot police crushed an attempt by protesters to hold a prayer meeting to express opposition to President Robert G. Mugabe?s rule...
New York Times - March 12, 2007
Bush Visits Colombia Amid Security and Protests
President Bush came to Colombia to pledge support for President Álvaro Uribe as leftist leaders in the region seek to counter U.S. influence...
New York Times - March 12, 2007
After 40 Years in French Politics, Chirac to Retire
In a deeply personal address to the nation, Jacques Chirac said he would not seek a third term as president of France...
New York Times - March 12, 2007
In New Tactic, Militants Burn Houses in Iraq
Sunni militants burned homes in a mixed city northeast of Baghdad, raising the specter of a new intimidation tactic...
New York Times - March 12, 2007
Years of Strife and Lost Hope Scar Young Palestinians
The current generation of young Palestinians, many say, is the most radical, the most accepting of violence and the most despairing...
New York Times - March 12, 2007
Teenage mood hormone found
Scientists say they have identified the specific hormone that makes teenagers so volatile...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Review to back party funding cap
An independent review into party funding will recommend a cap on individual donations, the BBC has learned...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Mauritania vote 'free and fair'
Mauritania's presidential poll, the final stage of transition to civilian rule after a coup, is free and fair, observers say...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Thai trial over 'insults' to king
A Swiss man goes on trial, charged with insulting the Thai king, under the country's strict lese-majeste laws...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Primary school languages 'a must'
Modern foreign language lessons could become compulsory for the first time in England's primary schools...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Cricket: World Cup opened
West Indies legend Sir Garfield Sobers officially opens the Cricket World Cup on Sunday...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Bush thanks Colombia for support
US President George W Bush thanks Colombia's leader for his help in the fight against drug trafficking...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Services resume after train crash
Train services resume along a stretch of the West Coast Main Line in Cumbria after a fatal train crash...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Casablanca bomber wounds three
An attack on a cafe in Casablanca leaves three injured and a suicide bomber dead, Moroccan police say...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Brown to target climate change
Gordon Brown will try to seize back the green agenda from the Tories by urging action to tackle climate change...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
Learning disability deaths probe
An inquiry is to be launched after a charity highlighted six deaths of people with learning disabilities in NHS care...
BBC News - March 12, 2007
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