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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 2007:
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Chinese Minister in Nuclear Talks in Iran
The Chinese foreign minister urged Iran to comply with demands to halt its uranium-enrichment program, in advance of two reports on the country?s nuclear program...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Turkey and Kurds Trade Attacks
Violence today appeared to signal a revival of the fighting between Turkish troops and the Kurdistan Workers? Party...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
3 Dead in Blast at Philippine Congress
The explosion killed three people, one of them a lawmaker, and wounded several others, officials said...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Hamas Arrests Fatah Supporters
Hamas police officers rounded up scores of supporters of the rival Fatah movement in Gaza on Teusday, a day after a mass rally in honor of Yasir Arafat ended in violence...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Q&A: Can we avoid more flooding?
Professor Tom Coulthard, Department of Geography, University of Hull, U.K. answers your questions on flood prevention...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
EU will investigate Google deal
EU regulators launch an in-depth investigation into Google's takeover of DoubleClick...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Europe's 'big bird' nears flight
Engineers working on Europe's space station re-supply truck are aiming to have it ready for launch in February...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Yahoo settles its China lawsuit
Yahoo agrees to settle a case brought against it by Chinese dissidents, according to court papers...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Youth arrested after man's death
A 16-year-old boy is arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was found dead at a house in the south Wales valleys...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
French unions strike over reforms
Transport workers and others begin major strikes against French President Nicolas Sarkozy's pension reforms...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
UN envoy praises changes in Burma
The UN envoy to Burma says things have improved, but his visits did not produce all the results he had hoped for...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
SNP to unveil first Scots budget
Scottish Government prepares to outline its future spending plans to parliament...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Tourist cashed in on Diana crash
An American tourist told how he and a friend made thousands of dollars from photographs they took of Princess Diana's fatal car crash...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Fury over migrants' treatment
There have been "glaring errors" in dealing with complaints about migrants' treatment, a report says...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
2 Dead in Blast at Philippine Congress
The explosion killed two people, one of them a lawmaker, and wounded several others, officials said...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Bhutto Calls for President to Resign
Police detained the opposition leader in her home today...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
India enters supercomputing race
An Indian system makes the top 10 of the top 500 list of supercomputers which remains dominated by IBM...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Wrong shoes danger for diabetics
Most people with diabetes wear the wrong size of shoe - a mistake which could cost them a leg, say experts...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Burglary link after man's death
Police investigating the suspicious death of a man believe a burglary may have taken place at his home...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Fraser begins wife murder appeal
Nat Fraser, jailed for life for killing his wife Arlene, begins a legal appeal against conviction...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Final call for Waterloo Eurostar
Eurostar trains stop operating out of Waterloo as services move to the newly revamped £800m St Pancras...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Soldiers killed in Cameroon raid
More than 20 soldiers are killed in clashes in the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula near Nigeria, say Cameroon army officials...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Platini cool over England Cup bid
Uefa chief Michel Platini tells the BBC he is not yet convinced that England deserve to host the 2018 World Cup...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Racing probe officer denies lying
The man heading a police inquiry into alleged race-fixing denies giving misleading details to be allowed to bug one of the accused...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Five bodies found at house fire
Five bodies are found in the debris of a house in County Tyrone which was destroyed in a fire...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Doctor saw princess 'still alive'
The first doctor on the scene of Princess Diana's crash thought she would survive, her inquest hears...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
'Hidden costs raise' US war price
The cost of the US military effort in Iraq and Afghanistan is almost double the official figure, a US report says...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Smith denies 'blunder' on checks
The home secretary rejects charges of "blunder and cover-up" over illegal workers cleared for security jobs...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Alcohol disease 'hits young hard'
Doctors warn of rising rates of alcohol-related disease among young people, as campaigners call for higher alcohol taxes...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Childminder jailed for killing baby
A childminder is jailed for three years for killing an 11-month-old baby in her care by violently shaking her...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Suffolk bird flu is H5N1 strain
The bird flu virus found at a turkey farm in Suffolk is the deadly H5N1 strain, government vets confirm...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Warnings of Long-Term Damage After Russian Oil Spill
Oil-slicked seabirds and globules of heavy oil dotted the Russian shoreline a day after at least 11 ships sank or broke apart in a storm...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Barricaded in Home, Bhutto Says President Should Resign
Police blocked the road to Benazir Bhutto?s home and arrested hundreds from her party. In a phone interview with CNN, Ms. Bhutto called for General Pervez Musharraf to resign...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Fears over online banking checks
Experts fear that some security systems are undermining confidence in online banking...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
West thanks fans for condolences
Rap star Kanye West thanks fans for their "kind words" following the death of his mother...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Science budgets 'must be robust'
Funding for big UK science projects must be dealt with in a more "robust" way to avoid overspends, MPs say...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Tories warn on academy 'retreat'
The Conservatives accuse the government of planning to backtrack on support for academy schools...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Paddick Lib Dem mayoral hopeful
Ex-senior Met Police officer Brian Paddick is named as the Liberal Democrat's London mayoral candidate...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Obese 'should be barred from IVF'
Obese women should be refused fertility treatment until they lose weight, say IVF experts...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Petrol prices push up inflation
Rising food and petrol prices pushed inflation up to 2.1% in October, figures show...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
'Bangle' pupil is excluded again
A Sikh teenager who has refused to stop wearing a religious bangle to school is excluded for a third time...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Playground shooter avoids prison
A farmer admits he shot a five-year-old boy in the head at a school playground in April 2005...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Turkish parliament to host Peres
Shimon Peres is in Ankara where he will become Israel's first head of state to address a Muslim country's parliament...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Black Sea faces oil 'catastrophe'
Some 30,000 birds have died after an oil spill in the strait linking the Black and Azov Seas, a Russian official says...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Hidden costs 'raise US war price'
The cost of the US military effort in Iraq and Afghanistan is almost double the official figure, a US report will say...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Football: McClaren defends fixture
Coach Steve McClaren dismisses suggestions that England's friendly against Austria on Friday is a redundant game...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Football fans in landmark club deal
Website MyFootballClub agrees a deal to take control of Ebbsfleet United in a landmark move...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Childminder guilty of baby death
A childminder is found guilty killing an 11-month-old baby in her care by violently shaking her...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
EU accounts failed for 13th year
The auditors for the EU refuse to sign off the bloc's financial accounts, citing widespread irregularities...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
'Spin' claim over illegal workers
The Tories says it appears spin was put before public safety by the Home Office over illegal worker checks...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Fatah members arrested in Gaza
Hamas arrests scores of Fatah activists in Gaza, a day after a huge rally ended in gunfire killing seven people...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Family feared dead in house fire
A couple and their five children are feared dead following a house fire in Omagh, County Tyrone...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Birds culled after flu outbreak
Thousands of birds are being slaughtered at a Suffolk farm after the bird flu virus is detected...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Bhutto calls on Musharraf to quit
Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto demands that Gen Musharraf resign, amid a stand-off with police...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Saudi Prince Buying 'Flying Palace' Jet
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- In the annals of excess, it could be a new high: a more than $300 million, super-sized luxury airplane, bought and outfitted solely for the private comfort of a Saudi Arabian billionaire...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Afghanistan: NATO Faces Accusations
NATO forces in Afghanistan may be breaching their own operating rules by handing detainees to Afghan security services despite reports that they torture their prisoners, the human rights group Amnesty International said...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Myanmar: U.N. Envoy Visits Prisons
The United Nations envoy to Myanmar, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, visited Yangon?s notorious Insein prison and other sites where protesters were held after soldiers crushed anti-junta marches in September...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
World Briefing | Middle East: Lebanon: French Peacekeeper Killed
A French soldier with the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon was killed and another wounded in a shooting accident, a force spokeswoman said...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
World Briefing | Middle East: Libya: Tour Groups Stranded
The Libyan government denied entry to tourists without an Arabic translation of their passports, forcing several planeloads of foreigners to turn back on arrival...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: France: Strike to Challenge Sarkozy
As France braced for a fresh wave of transportation strikes, a union leader said walkouts set to start tonight were about more than retirement benefits of about public sector workers...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: The Netherlands: Congolese Faces Trial
The Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga, accused of using child soldiers, is to go on trial in March as the first person to be tried by the International Criminal Court in The Hague...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Luis Herrera Campíns, Venezuela Leader, Dies at 82
Mr. Herrera Campíns was a former president whose years in office were marked by bountiful oil riches and a painful economic bust when oil prices plunged in the early 1980s...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Italy Moves to Tighten Soccer Security and Control Fans After Riots
The Italian authorities decided Monday to ban soccer fan clubs who are known to be violent from traveling to out-of-town games and imposed stricter security measures in larger stadiums...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
U.S. to Send Special Envoy to Confront Musharraf
The high-level envoy will tell the Pakistani president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, face to face that the U.S. will not be satisfied with his plan to hold elections unless he first lifts emergency law...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Britain Takes Tougher Stance on Sanctions Against Iran
Britain?s prime minister said he will push for a worldwide ban on foreign investment in Iran?s oil and gas industry and other financial sanctions...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Some Restrictions to Be Lifted in Baghdad
By easing security restrictions in Baghdad, Iraqi military commanders signaled a shift toward providing vital utilities and social services...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Perugia Journal: Grisly Murder Case Intrigues Italian University City
The killing of a British student has baffled and intrigued Perugia, Italy, a scenic university city that attracts thousands of students from other countries every year...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Lawyer?s Long Fight for Democracy Puts Him in Familiar Place: Jail
Aitzaz Ahsan, who led the lawyers? movement that has become the symbol of resistance against the Musharraf government, now sits in a Pakistani jail...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Pakistan Detains Bhutto in Bid to Stop Protest March
Benazir Bhutto faces a seven-day detention order if she presses ahead with a planned opposition march...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
In Mixed Slice of Baghdad, Old Bonds Defy War
In the neighborhood of Bab al Sheik, Sunnis, Shiites, Kurds and Christians live together with unusual ease...
New York Times - November 13, 2007
Science budgets 'must be robust'
Funding for big UK science projects must be dealt with in a more "robust" way to prevent over-spending, MPs say...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
India, Russia to strengthen ties
India and Russia agree to boost ties at the end of Indian PM Manmohan Singh's two-day visit to Russia...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Spain seeks to defuse Chavez row
Spain's foreign minister tries to play down a spat between the king and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
UN calls for Burma reconciliation
UN chief urges dialogue between Burma's leaders and opposition, as rights envoy Pinheiro continues his visit...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
IMF ready to cancel Liberia debt
The IMF says it has sufficient funding pledged to provide Liberia with comprehensive debt relief...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Police tighten cordon on Bhutto
Pakistan police surround the house of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, ahead of her planned march to Islamabad...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Airline websites are 'misleading'
Over 200 European airline websites are misleading the public, a study by the European Commission finds...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Tories offer votes on council tax
Local authorities should hold referendums on "high" council tax rises, David Cameron will propose...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
OAPs 'struggle to pay fuel bills'
One in five elderly people spend their winters in one room to save on heating bills, research suggests...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Birds face cull as flu detected
An exclusion zone is in place and 6.500 birds face slaughter after a new case of bird flu is found in Suffolk...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Campaigners want alcohol tax rise
Alcohol taxes should rise and TV ads for drink should be banned before 9pm, a new campaign group says...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
Nato urged to end Afghan transfer
Nato should halt all transfers of prisoners to Afghan prisons because of the risk of torture, says Amnesty International...
BBC News - November 13, 2007
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