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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 January 2005:
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Aide to Top Iraqi Cleric Is Killed in Attack
The attack appeared to be a message to the most senior Shiite cleric, who strongly supports the Jan. 30 elections...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
Defense Rests in Trial of Soldier Accused of Prison Abuse
Specialist Graner said in response to a question from the judge that he had voluntarily given up his right to testify...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
U.S. Sees No Friction With Indonesia on Relief Work
The Bush administration said today that Indonesia did not appear to be setting a deadline for the departure of foreign troops...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
Prince's Nazi Costume Sparks Uproar in Britain
After photographs of Prince Harry wearing a swastika appeared in a tabloid, Jewish groups registered protest...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
Europe's 'super rocket' to launch
Europe's "super rocket" which can lift more than one and heavier satellites into orbit is ready for its first trip into space...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Prince Harry's Nazi outfit: Your views
Prince Harry has apologised in a statement, for wearing a Nazi costume to a fancy dress party. Should he apologise in person?...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Iraq prisoner abuse 'encouraged'
A former US soldier tells a court martial that interrogators told police guards to abuse prisoners...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Murder prompts MoD review pledge
The UK military is to review its procedures following the murder of Sally Geeson by a soldier...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Islanders invited to join search
Volunteers will gather to help search for a boy whose sister, parents and grandfather died trying to escape flooding...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Harry public apology 'not needed'
There is no need for Prince Harry to apologise again for wearing a Nazi costume, the lord chancellor says...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Bomb attack rocks Gaza crossing
Three Palestinian bombers and at least four Israelis die in an attack at a crossing between Israel and Gaza...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Relieved Sir Mark returns to UK
Sir Mark Thatcher returns to the UK after five months on bail in South Africa over the alleged Equatorial Guinea coup plot...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Aide to Top Shiite Cleric, and 5 Others, Killed in Najaf Attack
In other violence today, 10 gunmen opened fire on a minibus in central Baghdad, killing the driver and six Iraqi passengers...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
28 Religious Leaders Appeal to Bush for Special Envoy to Push for Mideast Peace
The signers represent groups that have sometimes been at odds over how to resolve the Middle East conflict...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
Jordan's Guests, Deeply Palestinian and Deeply Skeptical
Palestinian refugees have said the right of return to their former homes in what is today Israel is nonnegotiable...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
Marley 're-burial' plans denied
The widow of reggae legend Bob Marley distances herself from reports his remains are to be exhumed...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Somali cabinet wins crucial vote
Somalia's MPs pass a confidence vote on the new cabinet, after rejecting the first nominations...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Aceh ceasefire talks edge closer
Indonesia welcomes an initiative by rebels in Aceh province to join a ceasefire...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Spanish PM meets Basque president
The Spanish and Basque leaders meet to discuss controversial plans for greater independence...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Aid to Indian islands 'hijacked'
The Red Cross accuses India of "hijacking" the aid effort for tsunami-hit Andaman and Nicobar Islands...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Lying claim to mother of accused
The mother of the youth accused of murdering Jodi Jones is accused of lying to the court...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Tsunami show tickets resale anger
Organisers of a sell-out tsunami aid show try to stop people reselling tickets on the web...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Huygens set for Titan encounter
The Huygens spacecraft is ready to make history as it heads for its rendezvous with Saturn's moon Titan...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
US 'erodes' global human rights
Violations of human rights by the US are undermining international laws, a leading rights group says...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Body found in search for children
Rescue teams searching for two children missing in a storm in which other family members perished find a body...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Blair stresses prosperity goals
Labour's next manifesto will be "unremittingly New Labour" based on prosperity for all, says Tony Blair...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Famous pair face Big Brother boot
John McCririck and the mother of Sylvester Stallone are the first stars up for eviction from Celebrity Big Brother...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Cricket: Strauss stars for England
England close 263-4 on day one of the fourth Test with South Africa...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Football: Tsunami benefit plan
An all-star friendly game for the victims of the tsunami disaster is to be played in Barcelona, Fifa announces...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
DEC 'winding down' tsunami appeal
The Disasters Emergency Committee says it is "winding down" its tsunami aid appeal, expected to raise £200m...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Threat shuts UK Jakarta embassy
British embassy officals say they have suspended all services in the Indonesian capital after a bomb threat...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Couple guilty of killing boy, three
A couple found guilty of poisoning a three-year-old boy with salt are each jailed for five years...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Rings of steel combat net attacks
British net firms are starting to put in place defences that can spot and stop attacks on websites...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Rocker Sting plays Thai concert
Singer Sting becomes the first international star to perform in Thailand since the tsunami disaster...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Prince Harry Nazi outfit: Your views
Prince Harry has apologised following the publication of a photo showing him wearing a swastika armband to a fancy dress party. Send us your comments...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
NI climber dies in mountain fall
A climber from Northern Ireland falls to his death while descending from a mountain in New Zealand...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Fire-hit submarine heading home
The stricken Canadian submarine HMCS Chicoutimi is being transported back to its home base...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Mourning father angry at police
The father of a teenager found dead after going missing complains about the time taken to look at his complaints. against police...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Asia quake increases poverty risk
Two million Asians face falling into poverty as a result of the Indian Ocean tsunami, the Asian Development Bank says...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Tory leader urges Harry apology
Prince Harry should apologise in person for wearing a Nazi uniform to a party says Michael Howard...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Football: No Mourinho charge
The FA will not charge Jose Mourinho for his comments about Sir Alex Ferguson and referee Neale Barry...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
New Somali cabinet in the balance
Somalia's MPs are to meet for a confidence vote on the new cabinet, after rejecting the first nominations...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
US 'wanted Ba'asyir detained'
A former US interpreter says Washington pressed Indonesia to secretly hand over Abu Bakar Ba'asyir...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Iran orders Nobel winner to court
Iranian Nobel Peace prize laureate Shirin Ebadi is summoned before a Revolutionary Court in Tehran...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
UN ire over Tiger child soldiers
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels are recruiting child soldiers in coastal areas badly hit by December's tsunami, the UN says...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Sainsbury's food decline slowing
Supermarket group Sainsbury's says the decline in its food sales slowed to 0.4% over the festive period after it improved product availability...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Search for missing storm children
Efforts to find two children who went missing with other family members during storms are continuing...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Windows worm travels with Tetris
Users are being warned about a Windows virus that travels with a game of Tetris...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Springer musical to go on UK tour
Jerry Springer - The Opera is to embark on a UK tour after a controversial BBC broadcast...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Bank holds interest rate at 4.75%
The Bank of England leaves interest rates unchanged at 4.75%, after weak UK retail and manufacturing data...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Thatcher fined over coup plot
Sir Mark Thatcher avoids a prison sentence over his part in an alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Aide to Iraqi Shia leader killed
A representative of Iraq's top Shia Muslim cleric is assassinated along with four bodyguards and his son...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Harry urged to make public apology
Calls grow for Prince Harry to apologise in person for wearing a Nazi costume to a fancy dress party...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
White House Fought New Curbs on Interrogations, Officials Say
Congressional leaders scrapped a measure that would have imposed new restrictions on interrogations by intelligence officers...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
Soldiers Testify on Orders to Soften Prisoners in Iraq
Interrogators at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq gave the military police orders to "soften up" detainees, several soldiers testified...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
Indonesia Orders Foreign Troops Providing Aid to Leave by March 26
The government was concerned about the impression that it was relying too heavily on outside military forces...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
After an Election Lull, Violence Flares Again in Gaza
An Israeli man was killed in the Gaza Strip, and Israeli soldiers tracked down and killed four armed Palestinians...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
Quake Lifted Earth's Surface Around Globe
The earthquake's shock waves ricocheted around the globe and lifted the earth's surface nearly an inch, a new study showed...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
G.I.'s Arrest 6 in the Killing of Governor of Baghdad
The capture of gunmen involved in the killing would be a rare U.S. intelligence success against loosely knit guerrilla cells...
New York Times - January 13, 2005
UN monitors to inspect Iran site
UN inspectors are assessing a military base in Iran that the US claims may be linked to a nuclear weapons programme...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Mobile phone snappers face jail
Two women caught trying to photograph a prisoner in the dock with their mobile phones are warned they face jail...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Blair speech to stress prosperity
Tony Blair will seek to draw a line under talk of a feud with Gordon Brown with a speech focusing on Labour's record...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Shake-up of IVF 'welfare' checks
The checks couples wanting IVF have to undergo to ensure they are fit to be parents are being overhauled...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
High points of school's results
One school in England sticks out a mile for the number of qualifications points achieved by its students...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Aceh rebels urge ceasefire talks
Rebels in tsunami-hit Aceh province call on the government to join them in a truce to ensure the safety of aid staff...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Search resumes for storm family
Efforts to find two children who went missing with other family members during storms are to resume at first light...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
Author defends Sikh protest play
A writer forced into hiding after her play prompted rioting by Sikh protesters and led to the cancellation of her play has broken her silence and defended her work...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
S Korea upbeat on nuclear talks
President Roh of South Korea says it expects six-party talks on the North's nuclear programme to resume soon...
BBC News - January 13, 2005
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