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Obama, McCain bury campaign pain, vow cooperation
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Obama, McCain bury sour campaign, vow cooperation
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Saks posts bigger-than-expected 3Q loss
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Obama, McCain pledge to work together for reform
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Astronauts end spacewalk marred by lost tool bag
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Astronauts end space walk marred by lost tool bag
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Ballmer dismisses Yahoo buyout but open on search
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Indian navy sinks suspected pirate mother ship
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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UN Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health
Southern Ledger - November 19, 2008
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Global News Archive for September 2006:
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Iraqi Leader Asks Iran for Help With Security
In his first state visit to Iran, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki today asked for support in quelling violence...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Big Brother contest 'broke rules'
A "golden ticket" contest to find a housemate for Channel 4's Big Brother broke advertising rules, a watchdog says...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Ofgem warns gas firms over bills
The energy regulator says it will "go after" gas companies who fail to pass falling prices on to customers...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Meningitis link to poor housing
Children in overcrowded housing are up to 10 times more likely to contract meningitis, a report from charity Shelter reveals...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Two more charged over Pc death
Detectives investigating the murder of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky charge two men with assisting an offender...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
McKie experts 'offered job deal'
Fingerprint officials at the centre of the Shirley McKie case are offered a deal to leave their jobs...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Iran offers Iraq 'full support'
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad promises Iraq complete co-operation in stabilising security...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Football: Chelsea beat Bremen
Michael Essien and Michael Ballack are on target as Chelsea beat Werder Bremen in the Champions League...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
US grateful over embassy raid
The US thanks Syria for preventing an attack on its embassy in Damascus in which at least three gunmen die...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Apple targets TV and film market
Apple announces plans it hopes will put it at the heart of consumers' home entertainment systems...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Explosion rocks SE Turkish city
At least seven people are killed in an explosion in the south-eastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Falconer to condemn Guantanamo
Lord Falconer is to denounce Guantanamo Bay as a "shocking affront to the principles of democracy"...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Syrian Forces Repel Attack on U.S. Embassy
Islamic militants attempted to storm the embassy in a brazen attack using automatic rifles, hand grenades and at least one van rigged with explosives...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Marine Report Sees Grim Outlook in West Iraq
Anbar Province will continue to deteriorate without reinforcements, according to the senior Marine intelligence officer in Iraq...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Arm woman leaves hospital
A woman who lost part of her arm when she was thrown from a car has discharged herself from hospital...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Passenger, 73, dies in air crash
A passenger dies in a light aircraft crash in Snowdonia and the pilot, 60, is in a poor condition in hospital...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Deadly stampede at Yemeni rally
A stampede at a presidential election campaign rally in Yemen kills and injures dozens of people, reports say...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
RIR soldiers take tribunal cases
More than 1,000 part-time RIR members are taking their Army bosses to an industrial tribunal over redundancy rights...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Court upholds Rock voting rights
The EU's top court upholds the right of Commonwealth citizens in Gibraltar to vote in European elections...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Flintoff handed Ashes captaincy
Andrew Flintoff will captain England in Australia this winter - Ashley Giles makes the squad despite injury...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Football: Thatcher banned
Man City's Ben Thatcher is suspended for eight games by the FA for elbowing Portsmouth's Pedro Mendes...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Witness mocks 'caged' Saddam
A Kurdish man tells Saddam Hussein's trial how his family were found in a mass grave, and mocks Iraq's ex-leader...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Farage elected new UKIP leader
Nigel Farage has been elected leader of the UK Independence Party to replace Roger Knapman...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
First spacewalk for Atlantis crew
Two astronauts complete a six-and-a-half hour space walk to fit vital equipment outside the International Space Station...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Menezes police officer promoted
The senior officer in charge on the day Jean Charles de Menezes was shot dead by police is to be promoted...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Blair's 'brutal truth' to unions
Tony Blair defends his record, telling the TUC the "brutal truth" is that government is a "hard and difficult business"...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Protesters in Lebanon Drown Out Blair’s Offers of Aid and Support
The British prime minister, encountering protests and diplomatic snubs, vowed to renew efforts to bring peace to the Middle East...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Led Zeppelin make UK Hall of Fame
Led Zeppelin are to be inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame, with a special honour for Sir George Martin...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Euro debut for iTunes challenger
A major US music download service launches a European store selling tracks without digital restrictions...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
UK universities 'face bottleneck'
Universities face a "serious bottleneck" in finding enough students, an international study warns...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Nationwide and Portman to merge
Nationwide, the UK's biggest building society, is to merge with smaller rival Portman, a move that may cost jobs...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Big rise in Legionnaires' cases
Experts investigate a surge in the number of reported cases of Legionnaires' disease in England and Wales...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Severed arm ordeal woman recovers
A woman who lost part of her arm when she was thrown from a car is continuing to recover in hospital...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Hain runs as deputy Labour leader
Wales and Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain confirms he hopes to become Labour's next deputy leader...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
M42 hard shoulder open to drivers
Motorists are able to drive on the hard shoulder of a West Midlands motorway in a bid to ease congestion...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Paint bombs thrown at town church
Two paint bombs are thrown at a Catholic church in a mainly Protestant area of Ballymena...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Israel soldier dies in Gaza clash
Palestinian militants say they have killed an Israeli soldier and injured others in an ambush in the Gaza Strip...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Four guilty of 1993 Mumbai bombs
A court in India finds four members of a family guilty for their roles in the bomb blasts that rocked Mumbai in 1993...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Bush urges Americans to back war
President Bush urges Americans to unite behind the "war on terror" in a speech marking five years since 9/11...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Uganda drops peace talks deadline
Uganda drops its deadline for the conclusion of peace talks, while rebels continue to gather in assembly points...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
New China media curbs condemned
Press freedom groups voice dismay at moves by China to increase restrictions on foreign news agencies...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Flintoff set for Ashes captaincy
Andrew Flintoff has been chosen ahead of Andrew Strauss as England skipper for the tour to Australia, according to reports...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Football: Euro games preview
BBC Sport previews the world's premier club competition...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Modern life 'poisoning' childhood
A group of teachers, authors and psychologists warn junk food, targets and marketing are harming children...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Stabbed Pc murder weapon found
The knife used to murder special constable Nisha Patel-Nasri outside her home four months ago is found...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Rail firms fined over derailment
Network Rail and rail services firm Amey are fined £500,000 for the partial derailment of a high-speed train...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Atlantis crew begins spacewalk
Two US astronauts begin a six-and-a-half hour space walk outside the International Space Station to fit vital equipment...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Labour deputy race gathers pace
David Miliband says he will not run to be Labour leader or deputy - as Peter Hain says he wants the deputy post...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Syria 'foils' US embassy attack
Syrian security forces kill at least three gunmen trying to blow up the US embassy in Damascus, officials say...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
RAF bodies return home to Kinloss
The bodies of 14 servicemen killed in a Nimrod crash in Afghanistan are flown back to their Moray base...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Iran Shuts Top Reformist Paper, Citing Cartoon Seen as an Insult
A press monitoring agency said it had issued 70 warnings to a popular newspaper that has a circulation of 100,000...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Protesters in Lebanon Drown Out Blair’s Offers of Aid and Support
The prime minister, encountering protests and diplomatic snubs, vowed to renew efforts to bring peace to the Middle East...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Bomber Attacks Afghan Governor’s Funeral
At the funeral of a governor who was assassinated the day before, a suicide bomber killed at least seven people...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Rice Indicates Slight Shift in Stance on Iran Sanctions
The secretary of state said the United States might suspend efforts to impose sanctions if Iran suspended uranium enrichment...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Grim Outlook Seen in West Iraq Without More Troops and Aid
An assessment by the senior Marine intelligence officer in Iraq says Anbar Province will continue to deteriorate without reinforcements...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Palestinian Reports Unity Deal With Hamas
A tentative agreement between the Fatah faction and Hamas is an attempt to end a cutoff in Western assistance...
New York Times - September 12, 2006
Policy 'threatens adult learning'
MPs say a government focus on "skills and employability" in England's colleges puts at risk some courses for adults...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Two more missing from open prison
Police reveal two more inmates are missing from Prescoed open prison, one for five years...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
UKIP to announce new leader
The UK Independence Party is set to unveil its next leader following Roger Knapman's decision to step down...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
DNA blood test 'could save lives'
A new genetic blood test allowing a closer match between donors and recipients is being developed...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Livingstone shrugs off scab jibe
London Mayor Ken Livingstone laughs off railway workers protesting over changes to the Tube...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
McKie probe reaches final stages
The inquiry over the Shirley McKie fingerprint scandal reaches the stage of final evidence being heard...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Hurricane thunders across Bermuda
Hurricane Florence pummels the archipelago of Bermuda, before heading out towards the ocean...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Mumbai bomb attack verdicts due
A court in India is expected to deliver verdicts over a series of bomb blasts that rocked Mumbai in 1993...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Football: Fifa plea to Zidane
Fifa president Sepp Blatter wants Zinedine Zidane and Marco Materazzi to meet to reconcile their World Cup final differences...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Wars 'robbing youths of school'
At least 43m children around the world are unable to go to school because of armed conflicts, a new report says...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Hain to confirm deputy PM hope
Wales and Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain is due to confirm he wants to become Labour's deputy leader...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Sisters in inheritance tax battle
Lawyers for two elderly sisters begin a fight to get the same inheritance tax rights as married, gay and lesbian couples...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Flintoff 'handed Ashes captaincy'
Andrew Flintoff is chosen over Andrew Strauss to captain England in their defence of the Ashes, a report says...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Blair faces unions for last time
Tony Blair is set to give his final speech to the Trades Union Congress - urging people to face up globalisation and terrorism...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
RAF bodies returning to Kinloss
The bodies of 14 servicemen killed in a Nimrod crash in Afghanistan are being flown back to their Moray base...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
US waging 'ideological struggle'
President Bush says the fight against terror is a "struggle for civilisation", in a speech marking five years since 9/11...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
Four in court on terror charges
Four men are due in court after a series of police raids targeted an alleged terrorist recruitment network...
BBC News - September 12, 2006
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