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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 June 2006:
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Violence Grows in Palestinian Dispute
Security personnel of the Fatah faction went on a rampage tonight in Ramallah after Hamas gunmen attacked a Fatah building in Gaza...
New York Times - June 12, 2006
Zarqawi Killed by Blast, Autopsy Says
A military spokesman said there was no evidence of beating or gunshot wounds. Also, a Web site said the Qaeda organization in Iraq had picked a new leader...
New York Times - June 12, 2006
Bush Sees Oil as Key to Restoring Stability in Iraq
The president proposed that Iraq create a fund to use its oil revenues for projects to build loyalty to the government...
New York Times - June 12, 2006
Coroner raising hospital concerns
A coroner is to report concerns over training and hospital equipment after the death of a Portstewart boy...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
US budget deficit higher in May
The US federal deficit exceeds forecasts in May but the shortfall for the current year is well below last year...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Guantanamo suicides 'not PR move'
The US distances itself from remarks by a top official that the suicides at Guantanamo were "a good PR move"...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
EU opens formal talks with Turkey
Turkey begins detailed talks on EU membership, overcoming last-minute Cypriot objections...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Palestinian PM office set on fire
Palestinian gunmen loyal to Mahmoud Abbas set fire to the offices of the Hamas PM and parliament in Ramallah...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Italy beat Ghana 2-0
Andrea Pirlo and Vincenzo Iaquinta score to give Italy a deserved victory over Ghana in Hanover...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
World Cup screenings scrapped
Live football matches will no longer be broadcast on the BBC big screens in Liverpool and London...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Economy 'facing bumpier times'
The economy faces risks but inflation is not a "serious concern" yet, the Bank of England's Mervyn King says...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Reid attacks child sex sentence
Home Secretary John Reid criticises the sentence on a paedophile who abducted a three-year-old girl...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Al-Qaeda in Iraq names new head
Al-Qaeda in Iraq names Abu Hamza al-Muhajir to succeed Zarqawi, who was killed last week in a US air strike...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Mexico's Enforcers Take On Election-Year Mudslingers
Courts have given Mexico's Federal Election Institute the authority to ban any speech that besmirches a candidate's reputation...
New York Times - June 12, 2006
Hussein's Witnesses Admit Lying in Their Testimony
Four witnesses for the defense say they had been bribed or threatened, according to statements read in court today...
New York Times - June 12, 2006
Zarqawi Was Killed by Blast, Autopsy Says
In a briefing aimed at "misinformation," a military spokesman said there was no evidence of beating or gunshot wounds...
New York Times - June 12, 2006
Tennis: Henman outguns Agassi
Tim Henman beats Andre Agassi at the Stella Artois Championships in the pair's first meeting on grass...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Radio 1 to fine DJs for swearing
BBC Radio 1 says it will fine presenters who break rules on swearing after Ofcom upholds complaints...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Churches push for school worship
Church leaders urge the government to enforce the law requiring daily collective worship in England's schools...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Ex-Home Office mandarin 'sorry'
The ex-top civil servant at the Home Office apologises for not realising the scale of the foreign prisoner problem...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Human rights query over car ban
A planning inspector says a summer traffic ban in Tenby's walled town could break human rights laws...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Education plan's devolution delay
Assembly members will have the final say on academic selection if devolution is in place, the government says...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Troops 'kill 37 Afghan Taleban'
UP to 37 Taleban fighters are killed in three clashes with Afghan and US-led troops, a top Afghan general says...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Life sentence for Mollie's murderer
A man is jailed for life after admitting the hammer murder of nine-year-old Mollie Haynes in Eastbourne...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
US air strike kills nine in Iraq
A US air strike in Iraq kills seven adults, described by the military as "terrorists", and two children near Baquba...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Czechs study Cold War murder plot
A Czech court begins hearing a Cold War-era murder case in which the wife of a senior French politician was killed...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Fears over DR Congo campaigning
UN Security Council envoys tell Congolese President Kabila they are worried about nationalist poll campaigning...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Australia stun Japan
Late goals from Tim Cahill and John Aloisi give Australia an historic victory over Japan...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Mars chip to test for life signs
A UK-led consortium of universities and companies is developing a chip technology that would test Martian soil samples for "life molecules"...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Live: USA 0-2 Czech Republic
Jan Koller and Tomas Rosicky's goals give the Czech Republic a 2-0 lead against the USA...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
US lethal injection appeal agreed
The US Supreme Court rules death row inmates can file challenges to lethal injection as a means of execution...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Israel puts border plan to Blair
Israeli PM Ehud Olmert discusses his plan to set Israel's permanent borders in talks with Tony Blair...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Rail signallers vote for strike
Thousands of rail workers vote to strike over pay later in June, threatening chaos on the network...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
EU agrees to start Turkey talks
EU ministers reach a joint stance to start membership talks with Turkey, overcoming Cypriot objections...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Child sex attack sentence 'an insult'
The family of a child abused by a convicted paedophile on early release calls his sentence "an insult"...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Cricket: Flintoff 'too nice' to lead
Mike Atherton says Andrew Flintoff's "matey" captaincy was partly to blame for the Test series draw with Sri Lanka...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Tennis: Henman ready for Agassi
Tim Henman takes on Andre Agassi at the Stella Artois Championships on Monday...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Pupil food pill plan 'considered'
Food supplements could be given to pupils in an effort to improve performance, reports suggest...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
History Boys star at Tony Awards
Alan Bennett's The History Boys takes six Tony Awards, including best play, in New York...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
No 10 denies 'vigilante' campaign
No 10 rejects reports it had been planning to urge people to take vigilante action to stop anti-social behaviour...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
UK firms 'target older workers'
More employers are trying to recruit older people to overcome a shortage of skilled workers, a survey suggests...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Life for paedophile abduction
A convicted child abuser, on early release from jail, gets life for abducting and sexually abusing a three-year-old girl...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
M8 motorists face roadwork delays
Drivers on the M8 face up to two months of disruption caused by major roadworks on the south side of Glasgow...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Teenager remanded over fatal crash
An 18-year-old is remanded in custody accused of causing the deaths of three friends in a road crash...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Firm 'stalling' on end to dispute
Management at a Londonderry firm which sacked 75 workers are "stalling" over a resolution of the dispute, a union claims...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
'Five' die in Pakistan explosion
At least five people are killed in a suspected bomb attack in the Pakistani city of Quetta, police say...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Tehran calls for nuclear debate
Iran calls for "constructive debate" as the UN nuclear watchdog opens talks in Vienna...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Mittal will not raise Arcelor bid
Mittal Steel says it has no plans to improve the financial terms of its offer for its smaller rival Arcelor...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
John issues warning to England
Stern John says Trinidad and Tobago could shock England when they meet on Thursday...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Islamist threat to Somali talks
The head of Somalia's Islamists in Mogadishu threatens to end talks with the government if it seeks foreign peacekeepers...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Top Microsoft blogger to resign
A Microsoft blogger who made the software giant more human is leaving for a technology start-up...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Rooney may play against Trinidad
Wayne Rooney may make a shock return to action when England face Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
MMR doctor 'to face GMC charges'
The doctor who mooted a link between the MMR vaccine and autism is to be charged with serious professional misconduct, it is reported...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Afghan rebels 'must be defeated'
Defence Secretary Des Browne says Afghanistan should not be allowed to return to a "terrorism haven"...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Cyprus row hits EU-Turkey talks
A long-running dispute over Cyprus jeopardises the first step in Turkey's tough EU accession talks...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Passenger train derails in Israel
A passenger train derails in Israel, injuring about 150 people - several are feared trapped in the wreckage...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Legend Keane quits football
Former Manchester United and Republic of Ireland captain Roy Keane retires from football after injury problems...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Dead detainee 'was to be freed'
One of three Guantanamo detainees who killed themselves was due to be freed, a US lawyer says...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Met chief defended amid raid row
Senior figures defend Met chief Sir Ian Blair amid calls for him to resign after an anti-terror raid...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Prisoners' Ruse Is Inquiry Focus at Guantánamo
Three detainees tried to conceal themselves in their cells to prevent guards from seeing them commit suicide, an official said...
New York Times - June 12, 2006
Iran Seeks Talks But Rejects Nuclear Freeze
Iran's chief nuclear negotiator rejected any preconditions for opening talks over the fate of its nuclear program...
New York Times - June 12, 2006
U.S. General Rebuts Account on Zarqawi Beating
Gen. George W. Casey Jr. rejected a claim that a dying man resembling Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had been beaten...
New York Times - June 12, 2006
Hamas Vows to Block Vote on Proposed State
The militant faction has accused Mahmoud Abbas of trying to undermine its authority with the referendum...
New York Times - June 12, 2006
Over Tea, Sheik Denies Stirring Darfur's Torment
How do you disarm the janjaweed, the fearsome Arab militias whose sponsors and leaders deny their existence?...
New York Times - June 12, 2006
Arcelor to make Mittal decision
The board of steelmaker Arcleor is set to announce a decision on a hostile takeover bid from larger rival Mittal...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Health risk from bad food hygiene
Britons risk food poisoning because of their bad hygiene habits in the kitchen, a survey suggests...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Deadly grenade attack in Kashmir
One person dies and 15 others are hurt in a grenade attack on a bus stand in Indian-administered Kashmir...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Teenager charged over fatal crash
A man is charged with causing death by careless driving while drunk after three friends die in a crash...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Quake strikes south-west Japan
A strong earthquake hits south-western Japan, shaking the city of Hiroshima and injuring five people...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
EU-Turkey talks off to slow start
EU foreign ministers prepare to meet in Luxembourg to try to diffuse a crisis over membership talks with Turkey...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Israeli PM due at No 10 for talks
Israeli PM Ehud Olmert is to seek support at a meeting with Tony Blair for a proposal to redraft Israeli borders...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
UK soldier dies in Taleban clash
The defence secretary offers sympathy to the family of a British soldier killed in a gun battle in Afghanistan...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Rural poverty 'hits one-in-five'
The government and private sector should address poverty in rural areas of England, a report suggests...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
Iran urges 'constructive' debate
Iran calls for restraint as the UN's nuclear watchdog is set to debate its controversial atomic programme...
BBC News - June 12, 2006
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