|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Review Just say I dont to Bride Wars
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
|
Audiovox to expand availability of TV on the road
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
|
How big Jurassic flying reptiles got off ground
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
|
Congo rebel faction denounces Nkunda as leader
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
|
Arabs put Hamas in UN draft, West offers own text
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
|
New US-led naval force to battle Somali pirates
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
|
How many scorpions? London Zoo does critter count
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
|
Pope Benedict jokes about hoarse voice
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
|
Handlers on phone ordered Mumbai gunmen to kill
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Global News Archive for August 2005:
|
 |
Americans Raise $14 Million to Aid Uprooted Gaza Settlers
Jewish settlers will be compensated for their greenhouses and the facilities will be handed over to the Palestinians...
New York Times - August 12, 2005
U.S. and Venezuela in Diplomatic Tiff Over Drug Accusations
The U.S. said that it had revoked the visas for three Venezuelan military officers suspected of drug trafficking. Venezuela retaliated...
New York Times - August 12, 2005
Brazil's President Denies Role in Corruption Scandal
The president's media adviser said at least $3.25 million was used to illegally finance the ruling party's 2002 campaign...
New York Times - August 12, 2005
Gadget to help paralysed exercise
A gadget that produces electrical signals could help the paralysed to exercise and keep fit...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Gaza boats mass to mark pullout
Palestinian fishermen hold a rally in the harbour of Gaza City to celebrate the approaching Israeli withdrawal...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Youth is charged with aiding rape
A teenager is charged in connection with the rape of a
15-year-old girl in west Belfast last weekend...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Emma police to check DNA samples
Police and scientists investigating the murder of Emma Caldwell analyse DNA evidence...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Police chief's '£7 a pint' call
A leading policeman calls for the cost of alcoholic drinks to be trebled, amid fears about the problems of binge drinking...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Qatada deportation 'next week'
Radical cleric Abu Qatada will be deported next week, the Jordanian government says...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Anthony triumphs in Big Brother
Anthony Hutton has won the sixth series of Big Brother, beating Eugene Sully into second place...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Football: Premiership preview
The new Premiership season begins on Saturday, kicking off a nine-month festival of football...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Jailed ex-Klansman granted bail
A former Ku Klux Klansman jailed in June over the killing of three civil rights workers in 1964, is granted bail...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
BA resumes flights from Heathrow
BA resumes flights out of Heathrow, as staff battle to clear a massive backlog after wildcat strikes...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Senior Sri Lanka minister killed
Sri Lankan FM Lakshman Kadirgamar is assassinated in an attack blamed on Tamil Tiger separatist rebels...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Britain Bars Militant Cleric From Returning
Britain barred a militant Islamic cleric, Sheik Omar Bakri Mohammed from returning to the country that was his home for 20 years...
New York Times - August 12, 2005
Heathrow Airport Workers End Strike, British Airways Says
The disruption caused by more than 500 canceled flights would continue for many hours, the airline warned...
New York Times - August 12, 2005
President Tries to Resolve Mixed Signals After Pentagon Remarks
Despite Pentagon planning for troop cuts in Iraq as early as next spring, the president did not see U.S. forces leaving anytime soon...
New York Times - August 12, 2005
Google pauses online books plan
Google suspends the scanning of copyrighted books due to criticisms of its plans to put university libraries online...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Festival nod for Muslim bomb film
A film about British Muslim bombers in London is to be shown in competition at the Montreal World Film Festival...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
'Sick people' set boy, 11, alight
A child found badly burnt on a canal bridge was set on fire and abandoned, his mother believes...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Man is shot in stomach and legs
A man is in hospital after he was shot in the stomach and legs at playing fields in Lurgan, County Armagh...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Life term for widow's tormenter
An armed robber who targeted a 90-year-old widow in Fife for a second time is sentenced to life...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Ticket 'glitch' for Wales match
Some football fans are sent twice the number of tickets they ordered for Wales' match at Swansea's new stadium...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Oil tops $67 as US demand soars
Pressure on oil stocks from soaring US demand is driving oil prices to unprecedented levels of $67 a barrel...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
'No tears shed' on Bakri UK ban
The whole country will welcome the ban on Omar Bakri Mohammed coming to the UK, predict the Tories...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Siestas 'needed to beat heatwave'
Continental-style siestas should become a part of British life to help cope with hotter summers, experts say...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Eugene now Big Brother favourite
Bookmakers make Eugene Sully narrow favourite to win Big Brother in the show's closest final ever...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
England leave Australia reeling
Australia struggle to 210-7 at stumps on the second day of the third Test at Old Trafford, 234 behind England's 444...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Uganda's radio closure condemned
The closure of a Ugandan radio station is condemned by opposition politicians and media groups...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
US trade gap widens as oil soars
The US trade deficit widens by 6.1% in June to $58.8bn, as the soaring oil costs boost imports to the world's biggest economy...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Sadr group 'frees Iraq hostages'
Followers of radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr say they have freed four hostages from Iraqi kidnappers in Baghdad...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Brazil's Lula 'sorry' for scandal
Brazil's President Lula apologises to the nation for a corruption scandal that threatens his government...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Mars probe launches at third try
Nasa's new Mars probe blasts off after two days of delays, on a mission to map and find water on the Red Planet...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Mo Mowlam transferred to hospice
Critically ill ex-Cabinet minister Mo Mowlam is moved from hospital to a hospice in Kent...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
NY releases 9/11 documents
New York's fire department releases its 9/11 records, amid reports that some deaths were avoidable...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
BA Heathrow staff return to work
BA employees taking part in a strike at chaos-hit Heathrow Airport have returned to work, the airline says...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Britain Bars Cleric From Returning
Britain said the presence of radical Muslim cleric Omar Bakri was no longer "conducive to the public good."...
New York Times - August 12, 2005
Thousands Stranded at Heathrow Airport in London
At least 70,000 travelers were stranded Friday after British Airways canceled all flights to and from Heathrow Airport because of an industrial dispute...
New York Times - August 12, 2005
'Most schoolgirls' wear trousers
Sales of schoolgirls' trousers have overtaken those of skirts for the first time, figures suggest...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
CCTV video mixes maps and images
Smart software takes CCTV into the domain of 3D gaming by combining graphics, maps, and video...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Big Brother 6 'too close to call'
Bookmakers say Big Brother is heading for its closest final ever between Eugene Sully and Anthony Hutton...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Are you affected by BA dispute?
British Airways has grounded all flights from Heathrow as a row over catering staff escalates. Send us your experiences...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Police in 'Muslim' ribbon gesture
Police officers in Nottinghamshire are urged to wear green ribbons in support of the Muslim community...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Man arrested over teenager's rape
A man is arrested in connection with the rape of a 15-year-old girl in west Belfast at the weekend...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
BA dispute hits Scots passengers
Passengers at Scottish airports who were due to travel to and from Heathrow are affected by a dispute...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Schools repairs bill 'tops £785m'
A study finds schools would need three-quarters of a billion pounds to make their buildings 'fit for purpose'...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Easyjet bid rumours played down
Shares in Easyjet dip as the boss of Icelandic flag carrier Icelandair denies he is lining up a bid approach...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Gulf War 'provoked more terror'
The 1990 Gulf War was more important in provoking terror than the recent conflict, says UK's defence secretary...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Lesbian couple's high court test
A lesbian couple launch a High Court test case to get their Canadian marriage legally recognised in Britain...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Live: England v Australia
Latest from the third Test at Old Trafford...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Niger leader 'ignorant' of hunger
The opposition says Niger's president is "ignorant" after he said people were "well-fed" in the midst of a food crisis...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Australians 'turned to al-Qaeda'
Australia's foreign minister says a "small number" of Australians have joined the al-Qaeda network...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
BA halts Heathrow flights all day
Thousands of passengers face further chaos after BA cancels all Heathrow flights until Friday evening...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
India state battles flood disease
At least 70 people die of water-borne diseases in the western Indian state of Maharashtra which was badly hit by floods two weeks ago...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Cleric Bakri barred from Britain
British-based radical preacher Omar Bakri Mohammed is excluded from the UK after being arrested in Lebanon...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Mourners' final tribute to Cook
Politicians from all parties and hundreds of mourners attend the funeral of former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Judges face rights shake-up
Ministers plan changes to human rights law to make it easier to deport undesirable foreigners...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Hooligan laws tightening unveiled
Plans to tighten up laws dealing with football hooliganism, aimed at reducing minor offences, are announced...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Qatada deportation 'next week'
Radical cleric Abu Qatada will be deported next week, the Jordanian government has said...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Russia remembers Kursk disaster
Services are held and flags fly at half mast to mark the fifth anniversary of Russia's Kursk submarine tragedy...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
New launch try for Mars probe
Nasa's new spacecraft to Mars is set to launch after being delayed for two days running...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Malaysians told to pray for rain
Malaysia's prime minister asks its Muslim community to pray for rain to clear haze blamed on Indonesian fires...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Heathrow chaos as BA flights halted
Up to 70,000 passengers face further chaos after BA cancels all Heathrow flights until Friday evening...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Turkey Charges Syrian in a Plot to Blow Up Israeli Cruise Ships
A Syrian was accused of plotting to attack Israeli cruise ships docking on Turkey's Mediterranean coast...
New York Times - August 12, 2005
Bush Cites Gains but Sees No Cuts in Troops in Iraq
The Pentagon and the Bush administration have struggled to calibrate their message on future troop reductions in Iraq...
New York Times - August 12, 2005
U.N. Agency Urges Iran to Halt Its Nuclear Activity
A U.N. agency expressed "serious concern" about Tehran's nuclear program; Iran responded that it would not curtail it...
New York Times - August 12, 2005
Britain Plans to Deport 10 Foreigners as Security Threat
The British home secretary announced that 10 foreigners seen as a "threat to national security" had been seized and would be deported...
New York Times - August 12, 2005
Afghans Say 4 Died When American Plane Bombed Their Village
Villagers in southern Afghanistan said that U.S. airstrikes this week killed four civilians and wounded at least four others...
New York Times - August 12, 2005
Panel Clears 9 Candidates to Run Against Mubarak in Egypt
The race for the presidency in September has been both hailed as a first step toward democracy and vilified as hoax and a sham...
New York Times - August 12, 2005
Iran leader to be granted US visa
President Bush says Iran's new president will be allowed into the US to attend a UN meeting next month...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Funeral of water bike victim held
The funeral is being held of a teenager killed when she was hit by a jet water bike driven by her boyfriend...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Muslims 'right about decadent UK'
Muslims who criticise 'decadent Britain' are right, say a group of newly-elected Tory MPs...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Wash capsules 'risk to children '
Children may be at risk from washing machine capsules containing liquid
detergent that can squirt in their eyes, doctors warn...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Peru president sacks government
Peru's President Alejandro Toledo asks his cabinet to step down after a row over his appointment of a coca growth backer...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Golf: Mickelson in six-way tie
Crowd favourite Phil Mickelson birdies the last to reach three under alongside five others at Baltusrol...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Kiir 'wants to keep united Sudan'
Salva Kiir, the new vice-president of Sudan, tells the BBC he is firmly opposed to independence for the south...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Nasa scraps shuttle launch date
The US space shuttle fleet will remain grounded at least until November due to lift-off problems, Nasa says...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Russia marks Kursk five years on
Remembrance services are to be held across Russia to mark the fifth anniversary of the Kursk submarine tragedy...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Judges urged to consider security
New laws instructing judges to weigh up security when looking at deportations are under consideration...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Africa hunger 'likely to worsen'
Slashing the number of hungry children in Africa requires immediate policy changes, an international institute warns...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Hooligan laws set to be tightened
Plans to tighten up laws dealing with football hooliganism are set to be announced...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
Edinburgh funeral for Robin Cook
The funeral of former Cabinet minister Robin Cook takes place in Edinburgh on Friday...
BBC News - August 12, 2005
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
 |
| Keep up with Steve, join our G-Mail List to receive Gill Show updates and Steve's weekly column... |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
