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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 February 2007:
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Taiwan Opposition Leader Faces Corruption Charges
Charges were filed today against Ma Ying-jeou, who has been seen as a leading presidential candidate in 2008...
New York Times - February 13, 2007
More than 68,000 Displaced by Mozambique Floods
It was the worst flooding of the Zambezi River in Mozambique since a catastrophic 2001 flood...
New York Times - February 13, 2007
Iraq Seeks to End Sectarian Cleansing in Security Push
The Iraqi government?s aggressive effort includes a plan to help families who had been displaced from mixed neighborhoods and a temporary closing of the borders with Iran and Syria...
New York Times - February 13, 2007
Giant squid lights up for attack
Enormous deep-sea squid emit blinding flashes of light as they attack their prey, research shows...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Blair calls for post-Kyoto deal
G8 leaders have a "tremendous" chance to strike a new deal to combat global warming, says Tony Blair...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
New £1bn crossing to be approved
Scottish ministers are set to approve plans for a replacement Forth crossing, costing £1bn...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Tension high for Hariri protest
A mass rally is planned for central Beirut to mark two years since the assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
'Oldest' woman dies at 111
A woman who outlived her children and was thought to be England's oldest inhabitant, dies at the age of 111...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Cheney 'not to testify for Libby'
US Vice-President Dick Cheney will not testify for ex-aide Lewis Libby, accused of lying to investigators...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Football: Boro scrape through
Middlesbrough beat Bristol City 5-4 on penalties to secure their place in the FA Cup fifth round...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Building collapses in east London
Emergency services begin a search for anyone trapped in a building which collapsed in east London...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Murder police get extra time
Detectives are given an extra 36 hours to question a man about the murder and sexual assault of a two-year-old girl...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Bomb plot suspect 'praised' 9/11
One of the alleged 21 July terror plotters thought the 9/11 attacks were a "good thing", a court hears...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
MPs' travel claims are revealed
Details of MPs travel expenses are published following a two-year battle with Commons authorities...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
UK accused of failing children
The UK comes bottom of a Unicef league table for child well-being, sparking anger from children's charities...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Terror Attack Takes Aim at Civilians in Lebanon
Three people were killed and 19 wounded in two bus blasts, the first attacks aimed at civilians in many years...
New York Times - February 13, 2007
North Korea to Close Reactor in Exchange for Raft of Aid
Nations agreed to provide roughly $400 million in food, fuel and other aid as North Korea dismantles its nuclear facilities and allows inspectors...
New York Times - February 13, 2007
Comet clash kicks up dusty haze
Collisions between comets may be kicking up copious amounts of dust observed around a dead star...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Bionic role for ex-EastEnder Ryan
Former EastEnders star Michelle Ryan lands the lead role in a US remake of 70s TV show The Bionic Woman...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Kelly hits back in petitions row
The anti-road pricing petition on the No 10 website is part of a "long history of popular movements", Ruth Kelly says...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Climate change remarks 'blunder'
First Minister Rhodri Morgan is attacked for saying more sunshine from climate change would "hardly be unhelpful"...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Boycott campaigner gets Peugeot
A union convenor who was a main voice in a campaign urging a boycott of Peugeot cars says he drives a 206...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Money seized in kidnap operation
Police investigating an alleged kidnap plot in north Belfast arrest two men and recover a large sum of money...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Maoist leader warns on Nepal poll
The leader of Nepal's former Maoist rebels says there are forces trying to disrupt forthcoming elections...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Guinea protests over martial law
Protesters take to the streets in at least four towns in Guinea a day after martial law is declared...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Romney opens White House bid
Mitt Romney becomes the first of the Republican front-runners officially to declare his White House bid...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Ancient chimps 'used stone tools'
Chimpanzees in West Africa used stone tools to crack nuts 4,300 years ago...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Rugby: Morgan, Worsley recalled
Full-back Olly Morgan and flanker Joe Worsley return to the England side for the Six Nations match against Ireland...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Iran president 'ready for talks'
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Tehran is open to talks on its nuclear programme...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Russian soldiers 'used for sex'
The Russian military is reported to be probing claims that conscripts were made to work as male prostitutes...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Rice hails N Korea nuclear deal
The US Secretary of State welcomes a deal with North Korea over its nuclear programme as a 'good start'...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Ex-BNP man 'wanted to shoot PM'
A former British National Party member boasted to his wife of wanting to shoot Tony Blair, a court hears...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Bird flu strains almost identical
Scientists say the bird flu strain found in Suffolk was 99.96% similar to the one that infected geese in Hungary...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Iraq unveils new security plans
Iraq will close its borders with Iran and Syria for up to three days as part of its new security plan for Baghdad...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Police criticised for terror raid
Police are told to apologise over last year's Forest Gate raid, but a watchdog says the decision to act was justified...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Martial Law Declared in Guinea
The move came after labor unions vowed to resume a general strike on Monday, demanding that President Lansana Conté step down...
New York Times - February 13, 2007
Broadband switching set to ease
New rules that come into force on Wednesday should make it easier to switch broadband supplier...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Japan in commercial whaling push
A meeting called by Japan to plan the end of the whaling moratorium is boycotted by most anti-whaling nations...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
School ban on kiss chase and tag
A school bans tradition playground games like kiss chase and tag because play is getting "too rough"...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Breast cancer drug 'cuts deaths'
A breast cancer drug could save 1,300 lives a year if more widely used in the UK, research suggests...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
MP Cormack fails to get readopted
Long-serving Conservative MP Sir Patrick Cormack has failed to be readopted as a parliamentary candidate...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
UK inflation rate lower at 2.7%
The UK inflation rate fell in January to reach 2.7%, after jumping to an 11-year high in December...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Pilot's thanks for air crash help
A pilot who survived a light aircraft crash in Snowdonia, which killed his friend, speaks publicly for the first time...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Amnesty nets 80 'dangerous' dogs
A week-long dangerous dogs amnesty set up by Merseyside Police results in hundreds of calls...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
PSNI acknowledge Sinn Fein help
Police acknowledge the assistance of Sinn Fein in a murder investigation after a stabbing in Newry...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Mother's missing son 'nightmare'
A mother speaks for the first time of her anguish after the disappearance of her son 11 days ago...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Top EU court finds against VW law
A German law that protects Volkswagen from takeover breaks European Union rules, a top court official rules...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Suicide van bomb shakes Baghdad
A suicide van bomb packed with explosives kills at least 16 people in western Baghdad...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Taiwan opposition leader resigns
The head of Taiwan's main opposition party, Ma Ying-jeou, resigns after being accused of fraud...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Football: QPR suspend Hill
QPR suspend assistant boss Richard Hill following the brawl during a training match against China's Olympic team...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Filipinos released in Niger Delta
A group of 24 Filipino seamen held hostage in Nigeria's oil-rich Delta region are freed after weeks in captivity...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
RAF Hercules 'destroyed' in Iraq
An RAF Hercules transport plane is destroyed in Iraq after being involved in an "incident" during landing...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Welsh coastal erosion threat call
The National Trust says Wales must plan for "a future of advancing seas," amid coastal erosion and flooding...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Football: Mandaric Leicester deal
Former Portsmouth owner Milan Mandaric completes his takeover of Championship side Leicester...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Bird flu farm restarts processing
Turkeys are being slaughtered and processed again at the Bernard Matthews farm where bird flu was discovered...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Bombs strike Lebanon buses
Bomb blasts kill three people on a pair of buses travelling towards the Lebanese capital Beirut...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Williams enters rehab on birthday
Pop star Robbie Williams enters a US clinic to receive treatment for a dependency on prescription drugs...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Somalia Britons face terror quiz
Four Britons arrested in Kenya after apparently fleeing Somalia are held under terror laws in the UK...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Man held over murder of toddler
A man is questioned about the murder and sexual assault of a two-year-old girl at her home in Leeds...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
N Korea agrees disarmament steps
N Korea agrees to close its main nuclear reactor in exchange for fuel aid, in a deal reached in Beijing...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Police criticised on terror raid
The Metropolitan Police Service has been told it should apologise to families over the Forest Gate raid...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
European Officials Agree to Widen Economic Sanctions Against Iran Over Nuclear Program
European officials said a resolution negotiated over the last week should go far toward satisfying the Bush administration...
New York Times - February 13, 2007
Iran?s Leader Disputes U.S. Charges on Militias
In an interview with Diane Sawyer on ?Good Morning America,? President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Iran was opposed to ?any kind of conflict? in Iraq...
New York Times - February 13, 2007
One Year Later, Golden Mosque Is Still in Ruins
In the year since insurgents ripped a hole in one of Iraq?s most sacred Shiite shrines, there has been no rebuilding and no healing...
New York Times - February 13, 2007
Two Markets Bombed in Central Baghdad, Killing at Least 67 and Wounding 155
Monday?s attacks seemed intended to fuel the country?s sectarian hatred and upstage the new American-Iraqi security plan for Baghdad...
New York Times - February 13, 2007
Skeptics Doubt U.S. Evidence on Iran Action in Iraq
The response speaks to U.S. credibility four years after the intelligence controversy leading up to the Iraq war...
New York Times - February 13, 2007
In Shift, Accord on North Korea Seems to Be Set
The tentative agreement calls for North Korea to start disabling its nuclear facilities and to allow inspectors back in exchange for fuel oil and aid...
New York Times - February 13, 2007
Kelly calls for housing 'shift'
Communities secretary Ruth Kelly is to call for new ways of helping more council tenants get onto the housing ladder...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Welsh coastline is 'under threat'
Much of the Welsh coastline is threatened by erosion and flooding over the next century, the National Trust says...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Ban on playground contact games
A school bans physical games in the playground because pupils are copying violent computer games...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
World Bank rules on Kashmir dam
India and Pakistan hail a World Bank ruling on a controversial hydro-electric dam Indian-administered Kashmir...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Migrant ship docks in Mauritania
Hundreds of migrants come ashore in Mauritania, after spending a week off the coast on a stricken ship...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Berlin talks for Blair and Merkel
Tony Blair is to meet German chancellor Angela Merkel - whose country is hosting the EU presidency - for talks...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
England cricket physio is robbed
The England cricket team physio is robbed at knifepoint after a gang of thieves burst into the team hotel...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
BA launches new baggage rates
British Airways introduces its new excess baggage charges, but says some rules will not be enforced until September...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Six dead after US shooting spree
A man opens fire in a precinct in the US state of Utah, killing five people before being killed in a shoot-out with police...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
County courts system 'in chaos'
The civil justice system is in crisis, according to one of Britain's top county court judges...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Tests on girl found dead at home
The post-mortem examination is due to be held after a two-year-old girl died at her home in Leeds...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
Production resumes at turkey farm
Turkeys are to be slaughtered and processed again at the Bernard Matthews farm where bird flu was discovered...
BBC News - February 13, 2007
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