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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 April 2005:
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Senate Panel Hears Criticism of Bush's Pick for U.N. Envoy
A former State Department official described John Bolton as someone who had bullied and verbally abused lower-ranking analysts over disagreements on intelligence...
New York Times - April 12, 2005
Cardinals Lobby for Swift Sainthood for John Paul II
The cardinals electing a successor to Pope John Paul II are facing unusual popular pressure to declare him a saint...
New York Times - April 12, 2005
Suicide Bomber Kills 4 Iraqis and Wounds at Least 7
Also today, Iraqi officials announced the capture of a former Baathist accused of helping to fund and direct the insurgency...
New York Times - April 12, 2005
Bush Thanks Soldiers and Lauds Iraqi Independence
While President Bush said Iraq had made much progress on the road to self-government, he did not say when U.S. troops would be withdrawing...
New York Times - April 12, 2005
Lib Dems pledge fairer NHS bills
Dental charges and eye tests should be free for everyone, the Lib Dems will say as they highlight health plans...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Smart lenses to halt short sight
Scientists have designed special contact lenses that could help make short-sightedness a thing of the past...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Man jailed for 'brutal' cockfight
A man who organised a cockfight in which a bird was killed is jailed for 90 days...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Drugs addict plan to reduce crime
A project which reduced drug- related crime in an English seaside town is being tried out in Scotland...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Aid for Rover suppliers in Wales
Welsh firms which supply MG Rover will be eligible for aid on offer, industry representatives confirm...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Football: Milan game abandoned
The game between Inter Milan and AC Milan is abandoned after crowd violence by Inter fans...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Football: Chelsea reach semis
Chelsea reach the Champions League semi-finals despite losing 3-2 against Bayern Munich...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Official blasts Bush UN nominee
A former official tells the Senate President Bush's choice for UN ambassador John Bolton is unsuitable...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Jackson accuser family 'harassed'
The stepfather of Michael Jackson's accuser says his family was offered bribes to rebut a damaging film...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
BBC unions call for strike ballot
Unions at the BBC are to ballot members for strike action over planned job cuts at the corporation...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Blair bid to secure Labour legacy
Tony Blair will ask voters to make Labour's changes irreversible as he launches the party's manifesto...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
UK trio face US terrorism charges
Three British men are indicted by American authorities over alleged plots to attack major public buildings in the US...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Rumsfeld, in Talks in Iraq, Warns About Corruption
In his surprise visit, the defense secretary urged Iraqi leaders to avoid missteps that could delay a constitution and elections...
New York Times - April 12, 2005
In Angola's Teeming Capital, a Suspected Virus Carrier Dies Alone
The first patient admitted into a unit for patients suspected of being infected with the Marburg virus died Monday, never seeing his family again...
New York Times - April 12, 2005
Your Mercedes Is Not Armor-Plated? How Declassé!
The luxury bombproof car has become a booming new status symbol...
New York Times - April 12, 2005
Teenager accused of party murder
A 17-year-old girl appears in court charged with murdering a 15-year-old who was stabbed to death at a party...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Six arrested over dumping probe
Six people are arrested by police in connection with money laundering linked to illegal dumping...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Police reveal murder gun origins
The handgun used to murder the banker, Alistair Wilson, was a semi-automatic German model made about 80 years ago...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
UK 'may extend loan to MG Rover'
The UK government may extend its emergency loan to MG Rover to keep the firm going while a potential buyer is found, administrators say...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Many fail to get chosen schools
A third of children moving up to secondary school in Birmingham have not got their first choice places...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Tennis: Henman out in Monaco
Tim Henman loses in three sets to Mariano Zabaleta at the Monte Carlo Masters...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
South Sudan passes donor target
A donor conference to raise money to rebuild southern Sudan after years of war raises almost twice its target...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Bush UN nominee faces tough day
President Bush's choice for UN ambassador, John Bolton, faces a hard second day of his Senate hearing...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Poland confirms Iraq withdrawal
Poland says its troops will leave Iraq at the end of 2005, when the UN mandate for the force expires...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Israel 'to keep some settlements'
Israel's prime minister says Israel will keep some West Bank land, after the US urges an end to settlement building...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Rescue hopes fade in Bangladesh
Workers pull many bodies from a collapsed factory in Bangladesh - but say time is running out for hundreds feared missing...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Jackson to face more allegations
The singer's trial continues in California with the prosecution wrapping up presentation of past abuse allegations...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Tax fears on the BBC bus
BBC News website reports from Rochdale on the concerns of tax payers, small business owners and those liable to pay inheritance tax...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Football: Chelsea euro preview
Team news ahead of the Champions League quarter-final second leg on Tuesday...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Hostage held in £1m robbery
A woman is held hostage as more than £1.2m in cash is stolen from a security firm in Belfast...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
'Morale crisis' brings CSA delays
Poor morale among staff and failures in training cause further delays to payments from the Child Support Agency...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Iraqi forces 'taking control'
President Bush says Iraq is entering a new phase, with its own security forces outnumbering US troops...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
German police free girl hostages
Police storm a cellar and free four girls who were held at knife-point by a man in north-west Germany...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Kennedys show off new-born baby
A "exceptionally happy" Charles Kennedy and wife Sarah leave hospital with their new-born son, Donald James...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Test to spot if cancer has spread
A test that measures how stretchy cells are could revolutionise the way doctors spot whether cancers have spread...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Parents braced for shake-up plans
Parents and teachers in North East Lincolnshire wait to hear plans of a shake-up of primary education in the county...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Produce from cloned cattle 'safe'
Meat and dairy products from cloned cattle are safe for human consumption, say scientists...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Apple bloggers get press support
Eight US newspapers throw their support behind three bloggers sued by Apple for releasing new product details...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Singles chart security attacked
Indie record labels may try to fix the UK singles chart to prove it is not secure, a label boss predicts...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Has Tesco become too powerful?
Tesco have announced record profits of over £2bn. Why is Tesco so successful? Send us your views...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Gang threatens family at gunpoint
A family is recovering after being confronted by an armed gang during an attempted robbery at their home...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Appeal for bank raid phone photos
Police investigating the shooting of a guard during a robbery appeal for any images shoppers may have go on mobile phone cameras...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
More gloom for M&S as sales slip
High Street retailer Marks & Spencer sees sales fall and its chief executive says trading remains "difficult"...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Sacking call over doctored photo
A Conservative candidate apologises for "doctoring" a photo showing him campaigning for an asylum seeker...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Turks spark German passport row
German-Turkish ties are strained amid reports that many German Turks have reapplied for Turkish citizenship...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
China PM lauds India agreements
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao describes his visit to India as historic, saying it produced "rich results"...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Shipman told to 'go hang himself'
A prison officer told Harold Shipman to "go and hang himself," a fellow inmate tells an inquest jury...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Visit election bus in Rochdale
Find out if the BBC election bus will be stopping at a town near you...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Football: Uefa anger at Mourinho
Chelsea's Jose Mourinho incurs Uefa's wrath by missing the Champions League pre-match media conference...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
South Sudan reaches donor target
The US pledges some $850m (£449) to help rebuild southern Sudan after years of war, at a donor conference in Norway...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
China premier hits back at Japan
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao tells Japan to "face up to history" after protests against its controversial textbooks...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Labour attack Tory plans
Tory economic plans come under fire from Labour and Lib Dems but Oliver Letwin insists his proposals are workable...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Greens reveal 'radical' manifesto
The Greens vow to work for a fairer society with "the planet at its heart", at the launch of their election manifesto...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Cracking the e-Election
In his weekly column, The Daily Politics' Alan Connor takes a look at Labour's cyber-squatting plans and votes for sale on the net...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Animal group's court review win
Anti-vivisection campaigners win the right to challenge the legality of current lab practices...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Music industry extends piracy war
More than 30 illegal file-sharers face legal action in the UK as the music industry steps up its anti-piracy war...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Rumsfeld warning to Iraq leaders
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld uses a surprise visit to Iraq to warn against political purges...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Lib Dem Kennedy becomes father
Charles Kennedy and his wife Sarah say they are "delighted" after the birth of their son Donald James...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Tesco profits break through £2bn
Supermarket chain Tesco becomes the first UK retailer to unveil annual profits of more than £2bn...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Nominee to U.N. Defends Record at Senate Panel
John Bolton, rebutting attacks on his fitness to serve as U.N. ambassador, pledged to bring about a "close partnership" with the organization...
New York Times - April 12, 2005
India and China Agree to Resolve Decades of Border Disputes
China and India agreed to resolve a decades-old border dispute and let trade flourish between the countries...
New York Times - April 12, 2005
Bush Supports Plan by Sharon for a Withdrawal From Gaza
President Bush and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon differed openly over Israel's intention to expand a West Bank settlement...
New York Times - April 12, 2005
A Daunting Search: Tracking a Deadly Virus in Angola
International health experts said they could not pinpoint exactly when the largest outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus began...
New York Times - April 12, 2005
Rumsfeld, in Iraq, Warns of Pitfalls for Leaders
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned the country's new leaders of government corruption and civil turbulence that could delay a constitution and national elections...
New York Times - April 12, 2005
Military Raid in Baghdad Captures 65, Officials Say
Iraqi troops and commandos backed by U.S. soldiers swept through central and southern Baghdad in one of the largest raids in the capital since the fall of Saddam Hussein...
New York Times - April 12, 2005
Greens to reveal manifesto plans
The Greens will vow to work for a fairer society with "the planet at its heart", at the launch of their election manifesto...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Gran's smoking 'can cause asthma'
A woman who smokes during pregnancy could increase her grandchild's risk of developing asthma, researchers suggest...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
China 'crushing Muslim Uighurs'
Two US-based human rights groups accuse China of a "crushing campaign" against Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Blair's election tour heads north
Tony Blair is due in Scotland to discuss the economy as the SNP claims his visit will boost its electoral fortunes...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Rugby: Wilkinson Lions hope
Lions captain Brian O'Driscoll believes Jonny Wilkinson can make the squad...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Mobile phones 'safe for brains'
Using a mobile phone does not increase the risk of developing a brain tumour, the latest research suggests...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Teenager accused over killing
A girl aged 17 is accused over the murder of a 15-year-old who was stabbed to death at a party...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Labour to refuel Tory budget row
The spat over Conservative tax and spending plans will continue as Labour launches a new attack on the Tory sums...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
Racial tension warning to parties
Britain's party leaders have been warned to "reduce the temperature" on race issues in the election run-up...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
West Bank demand 'must be heeded'
Palestinian officials urge Israel to follow a US call for a halt to the building of Jewish settlements in the West Bank...
BBC News - April 12, 2005
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