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Review Just say I dont to Bride Wars
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Audiovox to expand availability of TV on the road
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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How big Jurassic flying reptiles got off ground
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Congo rebel faction denounces Nkunda as leader
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Arabs put Hamas in UN draft, West offers own text
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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New US-led naval force to battle Somali pirates
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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How many scorpions? London Zoo does critter count
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Pope Benedict jokes about hoarse voice
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Handlers on phone ordered Mumbai gunmen to kill
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Global News Archive for January 2006:
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Bush and Merkel Meet in Bid to Improve Relations
President Bush described his meeting with the German chancellor as a "spirited" but respectful one-on-one session...
New York Times - January 13, 2006
A Mystery in China: Is North Korea's Leader in Town?
A hotel closure fueled speculation that the secretive Kim Jong Il had arrived for a tour of prosperous Guangdong Province...
New York Times - January 13, 2006
Vaginal washing 'raises HIV risk'
A 10-year study suggests internal vaginal washing increased the risk of HIV among Kenyan sex workers...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Patient put on bloodstained bed
A family complains after a relative is put on a trolley heavily soiled with blood...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Europe 'complicit over CIA jails'
A Swiss investigator is "certain" the CIA ran secret prisons in Europe and accuses its governments of complicity...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Big Brother viewers evict Marsh
Glamour model Jodie Marsh is evicted by public vote from the Celebrity Big Brother house...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Adebayor makes move to Highbury
Arsenal sign unsettled striker Emmanuel Adebayor from Monaco...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Wolves 2-1 Luton
Wolves climb into the play-off places after narrowly beating Luton...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Rugby U: Bath reach last eight
Bath book their place in the Heineken Cup quarter-finals with a hard-fought away win over Bourgoin...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Second teacher was sex offender
A second case of a sex offender working as a teacher emerges a day after an inquiry was ordered into the issue...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Iran's Foreign Minister Threatens to Limit Atomic Inspectors
Iran reacted angrily today to Europe's demand that Iran be referred to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions...
New York Times - January 13, 2006
Questions Raised About Sharon's Prospects for Recovery
Israeli media has been debating the treatment he received between his first stroke in December and his second one in January...
New York Times - January 13, 2006
Sunnis Hold Key to Stability in Iraq, General Says
Lt. Gen. John R. Vines, America's top operational commander in Iraq, delivered a farewell briefing today...
New York Times - January 13, 2006
Stampede During Pilgrimage to Mecca Kills 362
The stampede was the deadliest such event since 1990. The Saudi Red Crescent Society said as many as 1,000 had been injured...
New York Times - January 13, 2006
Sex case minister will keep job
Kim Howells, the minister who let a sex offender work at a school, will keep his job, Downing Street says...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
School milk subsidies to stay
Ministers have said the government will continue to subsidise milk in England's primary schools...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
First Galileo signals received
The pioneer spacecraft for Europe's sat-nav system, Galileo, takes a major step towards securing its allocated frequencies...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Digital DJs 'unaware of copy law'
Many DJs are breaking the law by playing unlicensed digital copies of tracks, despite a new licence scheme...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
City lawyer robbed then murdered
A solicitor is killed as he tried to get away from two men who had robbed him...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Prisoner rearrested after robbery
A man on the run from prison is arrested by police investigating an armed bank robbery in County Armagh...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Radioactivity tests at Fife beach
Material from a beach at Dalgety Bay is to be removed to check for radioactivity as part of a £50,000 project...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Millionaire 'thug' beat homeless
A millionaire builder, described as a 'bully' and 'thug' by police for assaults on homeless people is jailed...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Sudan cool on UN peace force plan
Sudan is not ready for a proposed UN peace force in Darfur, its foreign minister tells the BBC...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Bush rebuffs Merkel on Guantanamo
US President George Bush rejects criticisms by German Chancellor Angela Merkel over the US prison camp...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Polygamy proposal for Chechen men
Chechnya has lost so many men to war that survivors should be allowed several wives, its acting PM says...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
EU pledges $100m to bird flu fund
The European Union pledges $100m to help countries deal with the threat of the deadly bird flu virus...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Peeping tom CCTV workers jailed
Two council CCTV workers are jailed after they used cameras to spy on a naked woman in her own home...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Football: Staunton new Irish boss
Steve Staunton's appointment as Republic of Ireland manager is confirmed...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Cricket: Gough to miss tour
Darren Gough tells BBC Sport he still has an eye on the World Cup despite being left out of the tour of India...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Mary-Ann 'was killed in revenge'
A court hears teenager Mary-Ann Leneghan was told she would die as she was being tortured and raped...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Hajj crush killed two UK pilgrims
Two Britons were among 350 pilgrims who died in a stampede during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, the Foreign Office Hajj delegation confirms...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Hamza 'backed non-Muslim killing'
Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri preached that killing non-Muslims was justified, his Old Bailey trial hears...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Bush urges Iran nuclear diplomacy
US President George Bush says he wants to resolve the Iranian nuclear crisis through peaceful means...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
New case of school sex offender
A maths teacher with convictions for indecent assault and fraud worked in South Tyneside, it emerges...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Snooping fears plague new iTunes
Apple faces criticism over changes to its iTunes software that some fear could compromise privacy...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Beach Boys suing music 'thieves'
The Beach Boys seek millions in damages from men they claim stole recordings in order to sell them...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Murder police make witness plea
Police investigating the murder of a grandmother seek two hooded youths and the driver of a red car...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
One in five hit with penalty fees
Millions of UK consumers are paying penalty fees and charges on financial products, as survey suggests...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
'Peaceful' pressure vow on Iran
Iran can only be persuaded to co-operate over its nuclear programme by "peaceful means", Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
History suspended at university
Middlesex University decides to phase out history, blaming falling numbers of applicants...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Moscow synagogue suspect charged
A man held after an attack in a Moscow synagogue is charged with racially-motivated attempted murder...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
'Rockets' kill Pakistan villagers
At least 14 people die in a rocket attack on a Pakistani village near the Afghan border, local officials say...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Second union in Tube strike call
Aslef is to ballot Tube train drivers to go on strike after the union said there was a breakdown in relations with management...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Staff shortages delay rail line
The reopening of the rail line between Larne and Belfast is delayed because of staffing shortages, Translink say...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Files on infected blood destroyed
The UK Government admits that nearly all its files on the infection of patients through NHS blood products were destroyed...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Football: Arsenal Walcott deal
Southampton's 16-year-old striker Theo Walcott is set to join Arsenal, BBC Sport understands...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
UN plans Darfur peacekeeper force
The UN plans to send a quick reaction force to Sudan's Darfur region as the African Union troops lack funds...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Thai PM says missing lawyer dead
Thailand's prime minister admits a prominent Muslim lawyer may have been killed by government officials...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Cash incentive for asylum returns
Failed asylum seekers are to be offered £3,000 to return home in an effort to cut the costs of forced removals...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
British filmmaker killed in Kenya
Kenyan police are hunting the killers of UK film-maker Joan Root, shot dead during an apparent robbery...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Ms Dynamite admits police assault
Singer Ms Dynamite pleads guilty to assaulting a police officer after she was arrested outside a nightclub...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Cricket: Jones & Udal in squad
England recall Simon Jones after injury and retain spinner Shaun Udal for their Test series in India in March...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Men face sentence for Thai murder
The trial of two men who admitted raping and murdering British student Katherine Horton ends in Thailand...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
UK pilgrim killed in Hajj crush
One UK Hajj pilgrim dies and at least two others are hurt in a crush during a stone-throwing ritual...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Radiotherapy delays risking lives
Pressures on radiotherapy units are leading to long waits and may be cutting survival chances, a report says...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Huhne enters Lib Dem race
Newly elected MP Chris Huhne becomes the fourth candidate in the contest to be Lib Dem leader...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Iran threatens to end UN checks
Iran says it will end snap inspections of its nuclear sites if it is referred to the UN Security Council...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Straw defends sex case minister
Kim Howells, the minister who let a sex offender work at a school, "acted properly", says his boss Jack Straw...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Israeli Says Any Official Hamas Role Dooms Peace Talks
The brief moratorium in Israeli politics appeared to end Thursday as Israelis and Palestinians turned to gearing up for elections...
New York Times - January 13, 2006
General in Prisoner Abuse Case Declines to Testify Further
Maj. Gen. Geoffrey D. Miller decided this week to invoke his right not to give testimony that might incriminate him...
New York Times - January 13, 2006
Istanbul Prison Releases Turk Who Shot Pope
Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who shot Pope John Paul II, walked out of Kartal prison in Istanbul a free man early Thursday...
New York Times - January 13, 2006
Merkel, on Visit, Will Try Gingerly to Revive U.S. Ties
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany is seen as friendlier to the United States than her predecessor, Gerhard Schröder...
New York Times - January 13, 2006
Europe Joins U.S. in Urging Action by U.N. on Iran
Many experts say the process of actually coercing Iran to reverse course in the nuclear area could take a long time...
New York Times - January 13, 2006
Stampede During Pilgrimage to Mecca Kills 345
As many as 1,000 may have been injured, the Saudi Red Crescent Society said, in the deadliest such event since 1990...
New York Times - January 13, 2006
Fears over premature birth drug
A drug for pregnant women at risk of a premature birth may actually do more harm than good, a study says...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
GCSEs 'fall in improved schools'
Pupils at some of England's improved schools are being steered away from traditional GCSEs, it is claimed...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Motorists more at risk on Fridays
Speeding motorists who rush home from work on a Friday afternoon are warned they could be literally dying for the weekend...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Journal retracts Hwang research
US journal Science formally retracts two papers by the disgraced South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Sharon's stroke blood 'drained'
A scan of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's brain shows no remnants of bleeding from his stroke, doctors say...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Hajj crush police 'not to blame'
Saudi officials deny police could have helped prevent the deaths of at least 345 Muslims during the Hajj pilgrimage...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Tests reveal executed man's guilt
DNA tests confirm the guilt of a man who was executed in the US in 1992 whilst proclaiming his innocence...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Rice backs EU over action on Iran
The US secretary of state supports EU calls for the UN Security Council to deal with Iran's nuclear "defiance"...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Men on trial for Thailand murder
The trial starts of two men who have pleaded guilty to raping and killing Briton Katherine Horton in Thailand...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
New smear test 'no more reliable'
New cervical smear tests being used by the NHS have no advantages over traditional ones, a study suggests...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Merkel in US for talks with Bush
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in Washington for her first US visit since taking office...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
Minister admits sex case decision
Kim Howells says he was the minister who cleared a teacher to work at a school despite a sex offence caution...
BBC News - January 13, 2006
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