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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 May 2006:
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Wheels turn on Mars rover project
British engineers head to Tenerife to test systems they hope will keep a European rover trundling across the rocky landscape of Mars...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
BBC starts to rock online world
The BBC has rented an island in an online world to host a virtual version of Radio 1s Big Weekend pop concert...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Brown 'will face PM challengers'
John Reid could be among those to challenge Gordon Brown for the prime minister's job, a Labour MP says...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Exercise 'cuts skin cancer risk'
Exercise might protect against skin cancer, a US study suggests...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Boy, 9, killed as wall collapses
A nine-year-old boy dies as a wall he was climbing on partially collapses at his west Belfast home...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Fans flock to Dundee music event
Major acts including Pink, Primal Scream and Keane gear up to play Radio 1's Big Weekend...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Weaker dollar hits world markets
European and Asian stock markets close sharply lower on Friday, hit by the weaker dollar and fresh inflation fears...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
EU and Americas agree closer ties
European Union and Latin American leaders agree to build closer ties after a summit dogged by energy concerns...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Rugby L: Saints see off Wolves
St Helens leave it late to see off Warrington...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
US, UN call for Somalia ceasefire
The US and UN call for a truce in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, after six days of fighting between militias...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
US calls for Uzbek killings probe
The US says Uzbekistan still owes an explanation for the killing of 187 people in Andijan one year ago...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Afghan hijackers 'not spongers'
Nine Afghan hijackers who won a bid to stay in the UK say they want to contribute to UK society and not "sponge"...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Lecturers vote for all-out strike
Academics vote for an indefinite strike over a university's decision to stop paying staff in a pay dispute...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Charge over grandmother's death
A man is charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a grandmother is killed during a police pursuit...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
ITV swings axe to revive channel
A string of popular shows on ITV1, including Today With Des And Mel, are to be axed in a bid to revive the channel...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Warning on search engine safety
A research report reveals the riskiest phrases to use on net search sites...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Parties fight for green supremacy
Labour plots new green moves as Tories and Lib Dems urge the environment secretary to sign up to a cross-party pact...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Students condemn boycott of exams
The National Union of Students says the refusal of some lecturers to set exams is "extremely worrying"...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Beatson centre gave 39 overdoses
Almost 40 cancer patients received radiation overdoses at a Glasgow hospital over 20 years, it emerges...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Thousands in hepatitis C screen
Thousands of patients are to be screened for hepatitis C after a health care worker was diagnosed with the virus...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Tamil Tigers warn truce monitors
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels condemn a statement by ceasefire monitors over rights at sea...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
'Bullying' Iraq hero fined £1,000
A soldier awarded one of the highest military honours for bravery in Iraq is fined £1,000 for assaulting recruits...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
CCTV link in teenage murder probe
CCTV footage could hold vital clues for police investigating the murder of a schoolboy, a court hears...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Palestinian PM makes plea for aid
Palestinian PM Ismail Haniya appeals for a concerted regional effort to ensure that funds get to the Palestinians...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Far-right ties in Belgian murders
A Belgian teenager accused of shooting dead a woman and a toddler has far-right links, police say...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Cricket: England excels at Lords
Sajid Mahmood takes three wickets on debut as Sri Lanka slump to 91-6 replying to England's 551-6 at Lord's...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Football: Striker may quit Milan
AC Milan striker Andriy Shevchenko reveals he may leave the club this summer, amid reports Chelsea want to sign him...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Sir Menzies 'must learn to relax'
A senior aide advises Sir Menzies Campbell to 'be himself' as his performance comes under scrutiny...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Boy charged over child pregnancy
A 15-year-old is being prosecuted in connection with the case of a girl who fell pregnant at the age of 11...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
US lambasted on secret detainees
The Red Cross strongly criticises the US for refusing to allow it access to detainees in secret locations...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Prince Naseem jailed for crash
Former world boxing champion Naseem Hamed is jailed for dangerous driving after a car crash in Sheffield...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Woman hit by sister's stolen car
A Tyneside grandmother is hit and killed by a stolen car which had been hijacked from her own sister...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Special constable fatally stabbed
A woman who worked as a police officer in her spare time is stabbed to death while off duty in Wembley, London...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Scores die in Nigeria fuel blast
More than 150 people have died in an explosion at a petrol pipeline near Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Lords block assisted dying bill
A controversial bill which would have allowed terminally ill people to be helped to die is blocked by peers...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Panels Say Britain Underrated Threat Before July Attacks
The report said that counterterrorism agencies had failed to understand the home-grown threat...
New York Times - May 12, 2006
Colombian Court Legalizes Some Abortions
The decision is expected to embolden women's rights groups across Latin America to use courts to try to roll back some of the world's most stringent abortion laws...
New York Times - May 12, 2006
Tanzanian monkey goes up a notch
A monkey, first described from photographs last year, was originally thought to be a new species but tests reveal it is even more special...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
US actors reignite custody fight
Hollywood stars Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger are back in court over custody of their 10-year-old daughter...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Gloves come off in console fight
Sony and Microsoft have been trading verbal blows in their fight to dominate the video games business...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Jobs row strike ends at Vauxhall
Workers at Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant return to work after a wildcat walkout over possible job cuts...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Fraser freed ahead of appeal case
Nat Fraser, who was jailed for murdering his wife Arlene, is released from prison pending an appeal...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
A&E shuts for chemical burns man
A hospital accident and emergency unit shuts as a precaution after a man suffering severe chemical burns is brought in...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Guantanamo four win right to sue
Three Midlands men and one from Manchester can sue the US over their treatment at Guantanamo Bay...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Checkpoint death 'self defence'
A policeman who shot dead a man in a stolen car believed his own life was in danger, the police ombudsman is told...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
New leader for Tamil Nadu state
Veteran leader K Karunanidhi is to be the new Tamil Nadu chief minister after India's state elections...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Belarus opposition chief released
Alexander Milinkevich, the main opposition leader in Belarus, is released after 15 days in jail...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Charges over Israel assassination
An Israeli court charges four Palestinians militants with the killing of an Israeli minister five years ago...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
EU calls for unity from Americas
European leaders urge Latin American countries to adopt a united approach to trade, at a summit in Austria...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Suharto corruption case dropped
Indonesian prosecutors move to close the corruption case against ex-President Suharto on health grounds...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Hanks reacts to Da Vinci critics
The Da Vinci Code actor Tom Hanks says his film is "a good story" that should not be taken too seriously...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Key battle for Mogadishu resumes
Fighting between Somali warlords and Islamist militias for Mogadishu resumes for a sixth day after a brief lull...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Miliband 'open minded on nuclear'
New Environment Secretary David Miliband has said he is "open-minded" on the issue of nuclear power...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Child's pregnancy raises concerns
The case of a Scottish girl who fell pregnant at the age of 11 prompts calls for a better sexual health strategy...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Reid: Bombers never blamed Iraq
John Reid hits back at claims the 7 July London bombers were motivated by the Iraq war...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Lords divided over assisted dying
Peers are deeply divided over a controversial bill which would allow terminally ill people to be helped to die...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Brown and Blair in pensions deal
The link between pensions and earnings will be restored in 2012 after Tony Blair and Gordon Brown reach a deal...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
From Prison, a Palestinian Plan to Form a State
Imprisoned Palestinians have drafted a joint platform that calls for a Palestinian state within the 1967 boundaries alongside Israel...
New York Times - May 12, 2006
Kin of Rebel in Chechnya Seek Asylum in Finland
The request rekindles questions about the state of the war in Chechnya and about the reputations and prospects of separatists who have survived it...
New York Times - May 12, 2006
AIDS Groups in India Sue to Halt Patent for U.S. Drug
If the generic drug tenofovir is allowed to be patented, say patients-rights groups, it will become too expensive for patients in developing countries...
New York Times - May 12, 2006
Islamic Leaders Call for Aid to Palestinians
The high-profile entry of religious leaders fuels rising popular pressure on Arab governments to break the American and European boycott on the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority...
New York Times - May 12, 2006
Higher Learning in France Clings to Its Old Ways
France's archaic state-owned university system is overcrowded, underfinanced and disorganized...
New York Times - May 12, 2006
Police Beat Crowds Backing Egypt's Judges
The demonstrators were intent on showing support for judges demanding independence from President Hosni Mubarak...
New York Times - May 12, 2006
Young 'should get flu jab first'
US researchers argue the young should be prioritised for bird flu jabs over the sick in the event of a pandemic...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Tories warn of 'credit card' UK
Britain is becoming a "credit card" nation where personal debt threatens millions of families and the economy, say the Tories...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
EU-Americas leaders set for talks
Latin American, Caribbean and EU leaders are to talk in Vienna, with energy disputes high on the agenda...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Four jailed in grave-theft case
Four animal rights activists are jailed for a campaign of terror against a family-run guinea pig breeding farm...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Ex-Fijian PM faces mutiny charge
Ex-Fijian PM Sitiveni Rabuka appears in court charged with inciting a mutiny in 2000, as a general election continues...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
US immigration bill impasse eases
The US Senate reaches a deal that may break the deadlock on a controversial immigration reform bill...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
S Korea scientist on fraud charge
Hwang Woo-suk, the South Korean cloning expert whose research was faked, is charged with fraud...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Crisis talks after Sri Lanka raid
Sri Lankan truce monitors are to hold crisis talks with Tamil Tiger rebels after a deadly sea battle left dozens dead...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Privacy traders 'must be jailed'
Prison sentences are needed to combat the trade in details about people's private lives, says a watchdog...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Inquiry as stolen car kills woman
An independent inquiry begins after a car being pursued by police crashes, killing one person and injuring three...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Families 'hamper organ donation'
The UK has one of Europe's lowest organ donation rates because relatives are reluctant to consent, a study says...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
Lords debate assisted dying bill
A bill which would allow terminally ill people to be helped to die by physicians is to be debated by peers...
BBC News - May 12, 2006
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