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Gustav stalls offshore in Haiti after killing 23
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Indian security forces kill 3 in Kashmir
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Indian security forces kill 5 in Kashmir
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Kashmir police and suspected rebels in shootout
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Swiss exonerate Europes last executed witch
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Combat flares in 3rd area of Pakistan border belt
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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At least 5 dead in Kashmir battle over hostages
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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9 killed in bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Garth, Doherty make nice while filming new 90210
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Global News Archive for February 2008:
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CBS Interpreter Is Freed in Basra
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Parliament cleared the way Wednesday for provincial elections this year that could give Sunnis a stronger voice and usher in vast changes to Iraq's power structure...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
Malaysian Leader Dissolves Parliament
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi of Malaysia dissolved Parliament on Wednesday, paving the way for what is likely to be a rancorous election campaign amid ethnic tensions and scandals...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
Religious Parties in Tribal Pakistan Foundering
Since being swept to power in 2002 on a wave of anti-Americanism, religious parties in Pakistan have found the public mood has now shifted against them...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
Interpreter Freed, but CBS Journalist Still Held
An Iraqi interpreter kidnapped in the southern city of Basra was freed Wednesday, but the CBS journalist seized with him this week was still being held...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
Thousands of New Prisoners Overwhelm Iraqi System
The American troop increase in Iraq over the past year has been accompanied by waves of new Iraqi detainees, inundating the country?s already overburdened prisons and courts...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
Iraqi Lawmakers Pass 3 Crucial Laws
The three laws are the budget, a law outlining the scope of provincial powers and an amnesty covering thousands of detainees...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
Top Hezbollah Commander Killed in Syria Bombing
Imad Mugniyah, one of America?s most wanted men, was accused in a string of bombings, hijackings and kidnappings...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
Airwaves sale must 'prove worth'
A public value test should be applied to the sell-off of the digital spectrum says union leader...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
India facing smoking death crisis
One million people a year will die from tobacco smoking in India in the 2010s, research predicts...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Straw's written constitution hint
Justice Secretary Jack Straw signals that ministers are ready to draw up a written constitution for Britain...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Real tops Man Utd in rich league
Manchester United moves from fourth to second in Deloitte's list of wealthiest clubs, topped by Real Madrid...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
'No deal' over Lockerbie bomber
No deal has been done with Libya for the transfer of the Lockerbie bomber, the UK justice secretary says...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Bhutto suspects 'confess to role'
Two Pakistani men held over the murder of Benazir Bhutto confess to helping her attacker, police say...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Bush signs economic plan into law
President George W Bush signs off the two-year bipartisan $167bn (£86bn) US economic stimulus plan...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
China suffers first defeat at WTO
China has its first defeat at the World Trade Organization in a case centred on its limits on foreign-made car parts...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Football: Asia slams Prem plan
Asian Football Confederation president Mohamed bin Hammam says he is strongly opposed to the Premier League playing games abroad...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Football: Everton win in Norway
Everton close in on a place in the last 16 of the Uefa Cup with victory against SK Brann in Norway...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Ministers consider UK astronauts
The government is to launch a review into whether there should be British astronauts to take part in space exploration...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
UK 'ill-prepared' against floods
The UK's disaster management is woefully inadequate, finds a government review into last summer's flooding...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
US hails Hezbollah leader's death
The US welcomes the killing of top Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh, implicated in numerous bomb attacks...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Mbeki Fails in Zimbabwe Crisis, Opposition Claims
Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of Zimbabwe?s main opposition party beseeched South African President Thabo Mbeki to stop his ?quiet support for the dictatorship? of Robert Mugabe...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
In East Timor, Questions After Attacks
In the wake of Monday?s twinned attacks on the president and prime minister of East Timor, the United Nations and East Timorese police have begun a joint investigation...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
Exiled Georgia Opposition Figure Dies
Badri Patarkatsishvili, the exiled Georgian oligarch who had accused the Georgian government of tilting toward autocracy and corruption, died unexpectedly...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
Top Hezbollah Operative Is Killed in Syria
Imad Mugniyah, one of America?s most wanted men for his alleged links to a string of attacks, was killed by a car bomb in Damascus on Tuesday...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
Iraqi Lawmakers Pass 3 Crucial, Long-Delayed Laws
The three laws are the 2008 budget, a law outlining the scope of provincial powers and an amnesty that will cover thousands of detainees...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
Nanowires allow 'power dressing'
US scientists develop tiny energy-generating fibres that could be used to create self-powered smart fabrics...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Fall destroys rare Stradivarius
Virtuoso musician David Garrett breaks his Stradivarius violin after falling backstage at the Barbican...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Bat fossil solves evolution poser
A fossil found in Wyoming resolves a puzzle over when bats gained their sonar-like ability to navigate and locate food...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Anger over pupils database plan
Every 14-year-old in England will have their study details put on a database - raising privacy fears...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Boy babies 'worse for depression'
Giving birth to a boy can increase the likelihood of severe postnatal depression, a study suggests...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
US retail sales in surprise rise
US retail sales rose 0.3% in January, official figures show, bolstered by sales of new cars and petrol...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Boy stabbed trying to save mother
An intruder stabbed a nine-year-old boy in the face as the child tried to save his mother, a court hears...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Attack after Kyle show 'tragedy'
A man pointed an air rifle at his wife after learning on ITV's The Jeremy Kyle Show he was not the father of her baby...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Murdered man 'had been abducted'
A 27-year-old Strabane man who was shot dead in County Donegal had been abducted, a priest says...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Man charged with stab murder
A 20-year-old man is charged with the murder of a teenager who was stabbed to death near his home in Hull...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Iraqi medic held over blasts
A Baghdad hospital official is being questioned over the alleged use of mental patients in bomb attacks, the US says...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Zimbabwe 'a nation full of fear'
Zimbabwe is described as a sad nation full of fear by an ex-minister as he launches his manifesto for president...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
F1: Anti-racism campaign planned
Formula One's governing body is to launch an anti-racism campaign in the wake of the abuse suffered by Lewis Hamilton...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Chambers set to face track snub
Dwain Chambers may find it hard to make money from athletics after a leading promoter says the sprinter will not be welcome at Europe's top events...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Police 'dumped paralysed man'
Four Florida police officers are suspended after tipping a quadriplegic man out of his wheelchair to search him...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Tania 'seen' after meeting Wright
Two women saw Tania Nicol after she is alleged to have met a man accused of killing her and four others, a court hears...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Abducted Iraqi interpreter 'free'
One of the two CBS staff kidnapped in the Iraqi city of Basra on Sunday has reportedly been released...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Drugs raids 'hugely successful'
The man in charge of a series of raids says they delivered a "huge blow" against the illegal drugs industry...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Police study Georgia mogul death
UK police are examining the sudden death of Georgian opposition leader and tycoon Badri Patarkatsishvili...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Agencies 'failed' murdered baby
A baby killed by her father was failed by care agencies which did not identify her as at risk, a review finds...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Five students win terror appeal
The convictions of five Muslim men jailed for downloading extremist literature are quashed on appeal...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Malaysia Premier Calls for Early General Elections
Malaysia?s premier called on Wednesday for fresh elections he is certain to win, and kicked off a campaign likely to be dominated by racial issues as religious tension rises in the southeast Asian nation...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
Georgia Opposition Figure Dies in London
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) -- Badri Patarkatsishvili, a Georgian opposition figure and billionaire businessman who was accused of plotting to overthrow the ex-Soviet republic's government, has died of a heart attack, his spokesman said Wednesday. He was 52...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
Sadrists Say Journalists to Be Freed
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A deal has been reached with kidnappers for the release of two CBS News journalists, radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's office in Basra said Wednesday...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
Hezbollah Says Top Figure is Killed
Hezbollah military commander Imad Moughniyah was killed by a car bomb in Damascus on Tuesday, the Lebanese group said...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
Hollywood writers to end strike
US film and TV writers approve a deal struck by union leaders at the weekend, ending a three-month strike...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Student database to be created
Every 14-year-old in England will have their personal details recorded on a permanent database raising privacy fears...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Sub-prime dominates repossessions
Sub-prime lenders bring more than half of UK repossession orders despite controlling 6% of home loans, the BBC finds...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Missing woman 'with man in pub'
Police searching for a woman last seen in a pub on Saturday say concern is growing for her safety...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Submarines yard to cut 600 jobs
Devonport Dockyard, which upgrades the Royal Navy's submarines, is shedding 600 jobs, the BBC learns...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Probe into fatal border shooting
Police are trying to identify a man found shot dead near a church, about eight miles from the border in Donegal...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Bomb kills top Hezbollah leader
Senior Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh - a wanted fugitive - is killed in a blast in Syria, the group says...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Knife hold-up in Italian nursery
A man armed with a knife barricades himself into a children's day-care centre in Italy, reports say...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Obama wins primaries clean sweep
Barack Obama wins the latest US Democratic presidential primaries as John McCain wins Republican contests...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Kenya government anger with Annan
The head of the Kenyan government team at crisis talks expresses anger with chief mediator Kofi Annan...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Football: Hamann earns new deal
Manchester City reward Dietmar Hamann for his good form by extending his contract by another year...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Mills 'to quit UK after divorce'
Heather Mills' father says he expects her to leave the UK after her divorce from Sir Paul McCartney...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Holmes angry at Chambers GB call
Dwain Chambers should not be allowed to represent Great Britain, says double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Yahoo investor urges higher bid
Yahoo's second biggest shareholder says Microsoft will have to raise its offer, if it wants to buy the internet firm...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Newlove killer 'considers appeal'
A member of the gang who kicked Garry Newlove to death may appeal against his conviction, his solicitor says...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Danish Prophet cartoon reprinted
Danish newspapers reprint a cartoon satirising the Prophet Muhammad which caused outrage in the Muslim world...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Bank hints at limited rate cuts
The Bank of England signals it sees limited room for more rate cuts as it predicts slower growth and rising inflation...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Georgia tycoon death 'suspicious'
UK police say they treat as "suspicious" the death of Georgian opposition leader and tycoon Badri Patarkatsishvili...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Raids target £100m drugs network
Police arrest 22 people during raids targeting a £100m drug trafficking and money laundering gang...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Spielberg in Darfur snub to China
US filmmaker Steven Spielberg withdraws as an artistic adviser at the Olympics over China's role in Darfur...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: India: More Than Half of Tigers Lost in 5 Years, Census Finds
A much-anticipated tiger census report found that their numbers had dwindled to 1,411 from 3,642 in 2002, the last census year. The report confirmed the fears of conservationists that India?s tigers are fast declining because of poaching and the loss of their natural homes...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: France: Sarkozy?s Son Not a Candidate
President Nicolas Sarkozy?s 21-year-old son, Jean, will not be a candidate for local office next month in Neuilly, the wealthy Paris suburb that his father ran as mayor from 1983 to 2003, according to news reports. Speculation that he might run came after he turned against the president?s handpicked but unpopular candidate for mayor, David Martinon, after a poll suggested Mr. Martinon would lose the race, and he withdrew...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: South Korea: First Trial by Jury
A trial with a jury was held at a local court in Taegu, the first in Korea?s legal history. The nine-member jury heard the case of a 27-year-old man accused of assaulting a 70-year-old woman while trying to rob her house. After hours of deliberation, most jurors recommended a two-to-four year suspended prison sentence. Their verdict, and others to follow, was not binding; the final say still rests with a judge. ?Still,? a court spokesman said, ?the introduction of a jury will enhance the people?s confidence in court verdicts in our country.? In the trial on Tuesday, the judge later announced a four-year suspended sentence. ?The judge concluded the jury?s decision was logical,? the spokesman said...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: London Gets Tougher on Gas-Guzzlers
Drivers of 4x4s, high-powered sports cars and other high-emission vehicles will have to pay $49 a day to enter central London, triple the current charge...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Ban Urged for Teenager Repellent
England?s commissioner for children, Sir Albert Aynsley-Green, and a civil liberties group opened a campaign to ban the Mosquito, a device that emits an annoying high-frequency sound that can be heard only by people younger than 20. They say about 3,500 of the devices, which went on sale in 2006 and are intended to stop teenagers from congregating outside stores and other places, are in use across the country and infringe on the rights of the young. Sir Albert said they are ?indiscriminate and target all children and young people, including babies, regardless of whether they are behaving or misbehaving.?...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Party Formally Expels Mugabe Challenger
The ruling party, ZANU-PF, formally expelled a former finance minister who announced last week that he would run against Robert G. Mugabe for the presidency...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
Israel to Build More in East Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel announced plans Tuesday to build more than 1,000 homes in disputed east Jerusalem, infuriating the Palestinians and triggering a new crisis in already troubled peace talks...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
Dominicans Say Cockfighting Is in Their Blood
In America, cockfighting is considered cruel and is illegal. But in the Dominican Republic, cockfighting is celebrated as a symbol of the country?s warrior spirit...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
Iraqis Search for 2 Kidnapped Journalists
The journalists were taken from the Sultan Palace hotel on Sunday by men who appeared to be members of the security forces...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
U.N. Weighs a Ban on Weapons in Space, but U.S. Still Objects
At the United Nations Conference on Disarmament on Tuesday, the United States rejected a Russian-Chinese draft treaty banning weapons in space...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
Australia Says NATO Needs New Strategy in Afghanistan
Australia will not increase its troop levels in Afghanistan until ?underperforming? NATO members shoulder their fair share of the burden, the country?s defense minister said Tuesday...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
Warmth for Americans in Once Hostile Tehran
America?s image in the Middle East is as low as it has ever been. Yet generally speaking, Iranians like Americans ? a sentiment that has become much more pronounced...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
Miyako Island Journal: Warding Off Evil Spirits, but Not Toll of Affluence
Having survived typhoons, Japanese conquest and war, the religious traditions of Miyako Island in Japan are losing ground to an increasingly urban life...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
Alleged Rape by Marine Angers Japan
The prime minister of Japan voiced anger Tuesday over the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl in Okinawa by a United States marine...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
Spielberg Drops Out as Adviser to Beijing Olympics in Dispute Over Darfur Conflict
After trying unsuccessfully to prod China to do more to try to end Sudan?s attacks in the Darfur region, Steven Spielberg said he was withdrawing as an artistic adviser to the 2008 Summer Olympics...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
Australia Offers an Apology to Aborigines
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd opened a new chapter in Australia?s tortured relations with its indigenous peoples with a comprehensive and moving apology for past wrongs...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
2 Boys, 2 Sides, 2 Beds in an Israeli Hospital Ward
Many major hospitals in Israel regularly treat both Palestinians and Israelis and thus are no strangers to mixed feelings or incongruous scenes...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
Military Analysis: Making a Case for a Pause in Troop Cutbacks in Iraq
American commanders fear that security may rapidly deteriorate in Iraq if the U.S. overestimates the capability of the country?s forces to keep the peace...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
Limbo for U.S. Women Reporting Iraq Assaults
Women who say they were sexually assaulted in Iraq by co-workers have found themselves unable to seek justice...
New York Times - February 13, 2008
Flood protection upgrade planned
A far-reaching consultation into plans to upgrade flood protection across the country is to be unveiled...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
India tiger population declines
A new government report finds India's tiger population has fallen drastically during the past five years...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Teenage boy dies in stab attack
A murder investigation is under way after a 17-year-old boy suffered fatal stab wounds in Hull...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Malaysian PM dissolves parliament
Malaysian Premier Abdullah Badawi dissolves parliament, paving the way for an early general election...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Football: Watford stay on top
Darius Henderson scores on the brink of half-time to keep 10-man Watford top of the Championship table...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
'More migrants needed' for curry
The Home Office is urged to ease restrictions on migrants from Bangladesh, to ease shortages in curry houses...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
NHS private clinics 'underused'
Contracts given to private clinics for NHS work mean they are paid even if they are little used, critics say...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Sleepers 'at risk' from jet noise
Night-time noise from aircraft or traffic raises blood pressure even while people sleep, research suggests...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Mental health nurses face attacks
More than half of nurses on mental health wards have been physically attacked, a survey shows...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Obama wins three primaries
Barack Obama carries all three Democratic polls, with similar wins for Republican John McCain, partial results say...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Hollywood writers to end strike
US screenwriters approve a deal struck by union leaders at the weekend, ending a three-month long strike...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
Children promised 'high culture'
Pupils in England are being promised at least five hours of "high-quality cultural activities" a week...
BBC News - February 13, 2008
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