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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 November 2006:
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Leaders of Iraq Study Group Query Bush
President Bush promised to keep an open mind when the bipartisan commission studying the war in Iraq submits its recommendations...
New York Times - November 13, 2006
Diabetes 'hitting poor hardest'
The UK's poorest communities are most likely to get diabetes - and develop complications, a report warns...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
TV shows 'are abetting bullying'
Programmes about obesity and managers shouting at staff encourage bullies, a teachers' leader says...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
MSPs back festive shops shutdown
A Holyrood committee backs a bill to ban large stores from opening on Christmas Day and New Year's Day...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Protesters stop gas pipeline work
Protesters get inside part of a huge natural gas pipeline being laid from Milford Haven to England, stopping work...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Fresh losses at troubled Alitalia
Troubled Italian airline Alitalia reports fresh quarterly losses, hit by strike action and high fuel prices...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Police urge shop firebomb check
Business owners in Antrim are advised to check their premises after a spate of recent firebomb attacks...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Bush maintains tough line on Iran
The US and UK indicate no softening of their stance on Iran despite calls to use Tehran to help pacify Iraq...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Football: Dowie leaves Charlton
Charlton manager Iain Dowie leaves the club after just 12 Premiership games...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Easymobile to close down service
Phone firm Easymobile tells its customers by text message that it is to close down its service next month...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Study hopeful for world's forests
A new technique for measuring the state of the world's forests shows the future may not be as bad as many fear...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Sri Lanka youth 'seized to fight'
A UN envoy accuses the Sri Lankan army of helping a breakaway rebel faction to abduct children as soldiers...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
'No softening' on Iran and Syria
UK policy on Iran and Syria has not softened, Number 10 says, despite Tony Blair's call for them to help with Iraq...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Blair Urges U.S. to Seek Help From Syria and Iran
The British leader said Syria and Iran could promote the diplomacy of peace across the Middle East...
New York Times - November 13, 2006
U.N. Envoy Meets With Ugandan Rebel
Uganda’s most vilified rebel leader vowed not to surrender as long as he faces arrest on charges of crimes against humanity...
New York Times - November 13, 2006
Rain capture answer to water woe
Rainwater harvesting could prove a cheap, easy solution to Africa's water woes, according to a UN report...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
O'Connor to be new Countdown host
Des O'Connor is to take over as host of Channel 4's long-running quiz Countdown, replacing Des Lynam...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Only minority get hospital choice
The government's high-profile patient choice scheme is only being offered to three in 10 people, a survey shows...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Row over Farepak collapse deepens
The dispute between the bosses of savings scheme Farepak and its bankers over its collapse intensifies...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Corruption inquiry Pc found dead
One of the five policemen arrested over allegations of money laundering is believed to have committed suicide...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Lebanon backs UN Hariri tribunal
Lebanon's cabinet approves draft UN plans for an tribunal to try suspects in the killing of the former PM Rafik Hariri...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
'Taleban law' passed in Pakistan
Pakistan's North West Frontier Province passes a bill setting up a department to enforce Islamic morality...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Iran and Syria urged to help Iraq
The US and UK indicate they are ready to work with Syria and Iran to help end the violence in Iraq...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Darfur militias in deadly attacks
About 30 people have been killed in Sudan's Darfur region, when Arab militias raided a village, peacekeepers say...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Football: Spurs duo to miss match
Tottenham duo Aaron Lennon and Jermaine Jenas pull out of England's squad to face Holland on Wednesday...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Rugby U: Robinson to stay on
Andy Robinson is to remain as England head coach for the autumn Tests against South Africa...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Racing legend Desert Orchid dies
The popular racehorse Desert Orchid dies aged 27...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
UK 'U-turn' on marine reserves
Leaked documents suggest the government may perform a U-turn on its promise to safeguard marine species in a network of protected reserves...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Missing ferry couple in Belgium
Two passengers who sparked a major air and sea search when they went missing from a ferry have turned up in Belgium...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Routine operation death inquiry
A police investigation is launched into a hospital when a woman dies after a routine operation...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
S Lanka 'recruits child fighters'
Sri Lankan government forces have recruited child soldiers to fight against the Tamil Tigers, the UN says...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Sadistic robbers jailed for life
Three armed robbers are jailed for life for kidnapping motorists and pedestrians and subjecting them to violence...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Contact lost with Mars spacecraft
Nasa's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft has been out of contact with Earth for more than a week...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Payments for prison 'cold turkey'
The Home Office settles a case brought by inmates forced to quit drugs by going "cold turkey"...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
PlayStation 3 hits 'grey market'
Used PlayStation 3 consoles appear for sale in Japan in shops and online auction websites...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Vaccine 'tackles kidney cancer'
A kidney cancer vaccine shows promise after completely eradicating one patient's tumour...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Man charged over O'Hare killing
A 43-year-old man appears in court in connection with the killing of Thomas O'Hare in County Armagh...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Sentencing plan 'is tough enough'
Reforms will strike the right balance between punishment and rehabilitation, the justice minister says...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Pensioner killed 'beloved' wife
A retired lecturer is detained in a psychiatric unit after admitting being at his "wits end" when he killed his wife, who had dementia...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Lebanon political crisis deepens
A sixth minister resigns from the Lebanese government, a day after Shia cabinet members quit...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Kenya bans all flights to Somalia
Flights, including those for the drug khat, to lawless Somalia from Kenya are banned, amid security fears...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
S Korea 'spurns ship search plan'
South Korea will not join a US-led initiative to stop and search North Korea ships at sea, officials say...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
EU renews Uzbekistan sanctions
European Union ministers renew a year-long arms and travel ban on Uzbekistan over the 2005 Andijan massacre...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Cricket: England find form
Kevin Pietersen is one of three England batsmen to hit fifties in their second tour game against New South Wales...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Football: Luton meets over Newell
Luton boss Mike Newell says sorry for his comments on female officials as his club call an emergency board meeting...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Life-saving op for cancer sisters
Two sisters diagnosed with cancer are thought to be the first siblings to have their stomachs removed...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
House prices continue to rise
The rate of UK house price inflation picked up in September, according to the latest government figures...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Long leaves GB Tri-Nations tour
Great Britain star Sean Long flies home from Australia, with coach Brian Noble denying reports of disciplinary problems...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Call to bridge West-Muslim divide
A group of world figures calls for urgent effort to heal the growing divide between Muslim and Western societies...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
SA train crash kills farm workers
A train collides with a truck carrying farm workers near Cape Town in South Africa, killing at least 27 people...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Search for 'missing' ferry pair
An international air and sea search is under way for two women passengers reported missing from a ferry...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Pensioner marries terror suspect
A pensioner who wed a terrorist suspect in a Muslim ceremony is campaigning to prove his innocence...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
'Payments' for prison cold turkey
The Home Office is expected to settle a case over claims inmates were forced to stop taking drugs by "cold turkey"...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Probe into UK troop deaths in Iraq
Weapons experts are to analyse in "minute detail" an attack on a boat that killed four UK troops in Basra...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Blair looking to Iran and Syria
Tony Blair is to call for dialogue with Iran and Syria in efforts to secure peace in Iraq and the Middle East...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Tension Rises in Somalia as Islamists Expand Reach
Islamist forces seized towns in the country’s north, threatening to push Somalia closer to the brink of an all-out war...
New York Times - November 13, 2006
Ambrus Journal: Hounding of Gypsies Contradicts Slovenia’s Image
Gypsies have been the victims of sporadic assaults in Slovenia and some say the government’s forced removal of one family has set a dangerous precident...
New York Times - November 13, 2006
Iraqi Prime Minister Promises Government Shake-Up
The announcement came on a day when at least 100 people were found dead or reported killed in mayhem throughout Iraq...
New York Times - November 13, 2006
Anatomy of an Alliance: In New Middle East, Tests for an Old Friendship
The Democratic sweep has created concerns in Israel that the administration will turn to compromise with Iran...
New York Times - November 13, 2006
Boy?s Death at China Hospital Spurs Riot Over Care and Fees
Some 2,000 people ransacked a hospital in southwestern China in a dispute over medical fees and shoddy health care practices...
New York Times - November 13, 2006
Influence Rises but Base Frays for Iraqi Cleric
The more settled Moktada al-Sadr becomes in the Iraqi government, the looser his grip is over his fighters on the streets...
New York Times - November 13, 2006
Debt hit-squads in 25% of trusts
The government is accused of wasting money by sending debt hit-squads into one in four NHS trusts in England...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Muslim abuse 'rising in schools'
The schools minister is to warn teachers to look out for bullying prompted by Islamophobia...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Procol Harum in copyright battle
Members of Procol Harum are due in court in a dispute over their 1967 number one hit A Whiter Shade of Pale...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Peers say auditors too hard on EU
A House of Lords committee calls for changes to EU auditing procedures, saying they give a poor impression...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
US 'open to Iran talks on Iraq'
The White House will consider talking to Iran and Syria about their role in Iraq's future, its chief of staff says...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Arabs 'to break Hamas aid freeze'
Arab foreign ministers say they will break a Western-led ban on aid to the Hamas-led Palestinian government...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
US citizen deported from Vietnam
A US citizen recently jailed on terrorism charges is deported from Vietnam after being released early...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
UN tries to heal religious divide
The UN is to hear a report on how to ease the increasing polarisation of Muslim and Western societies...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Annual credit fees 'on way back'
Charges for simply having a credit card could be on the way back, accountancy firm PWC says...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Israeli PM meets Bush for talks
Israeli PM Ehud Olmert will meet President Bush in Washington on Monday with Iran high on the agenda...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Farepak boss 'sorry' for collapse
The managing director of collapsed Christmas hamper company Farepak apologises to his customers...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Ministers 'exploit terror fears'
The government is damaging anti-terror policies by trying to win the "white working-class vote", a report claims...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
'Criminal trials on TV' plans due
Plans to allow TV cameras into English and Welsh courts during criminal and civil trials are to be published...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Probe as UK troops die in Iraq
Weapons experts are to analyse in "minute detail" an attack on a boat that killed four UK troops in Iraq...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
Engage Iran and Syria for peace - PM
Tony Blair is to call for dialogue with Iran and Syria in efforts to secure peace in Iraq and the Middle East...
BBC News - November 13, 2006
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