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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 March 2008:
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In South Africa, Crime Is Child?s Play
JOHANNESBURG ? Violence has become so pervasive in South African schools that children as young as 7 play games such as ?rape me, rape me,? where students simulate sexual attacks,? according to a chilling report issued Wednesday by the nation?s human rights commission...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
Vying for a Post in Iran?s Sharply Narrowed Field
Ahead of parliamentary elections on Friday in Iran, anger over unemployment, inflation and fuel shortages has turned some former supporters of the Iranian president into critics...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
Singapore Journal: Escapee Eludes Search Party of 4 Million
Singapore?s government has put the entire country on alert after a man believed to be the leader of a terrorist group escaped from prison...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
Monk Protests in Tibet Draw Chinese Security
Chinese security forces were reportedly surrounding three monasteries after what are believed to be the largest protests in two decades...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
Innovation 'starts in education'
A government White Paper is published to make the UK a world leader in innovation...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Michael Jackson 'saves Neverland'
Michael Jackson has refinanced Neverland to save it from being auctioned off, his lawyer says...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Inquiry into stabbed vicar death
A watchdog is to investigate why a man with schizophrenia who killed a vicar was not identified as a threat...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Iraqi archbishop death condemned
The death in Iraq of an archbishop kidnapped two weeks ago provokes widespread condemnation...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Police inspector's body washed up
The body of a police inspector is found washed ashore at an expensive seaside resort nicknamed "Millionaire's Row"...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Deadline set for Austria hostages
Al-Qaeda in North Africa sets a deadline for the release of two Austrians it claims to have abducted in Tunisia...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Canadians extend Afghan mission
Canada's parliament extends its army's Afghan mission by two years on condition Nato allies send reinforcements...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Taylor 'made rebels eat enemies'
Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor told militias to eat their enemies, a former rebel tells his war crimes trial...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Football: Rangers beat W Bremen
Rangers move into the Uefa Cup quarter-finals, despite losing in the Weser Stadium...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Britons 'conned in US share scam'
A US father and daughter are accused of tricking 15,000 mostly elderly British citizens out of more than $70m...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
All MPs' claims may be published
Detailed expenses claims of all MPs dating back to 2004 look set to be published, the BBC has learned...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Tibetan Marchers Arrested in India
A group of Tibetan exiles in northern India who began a six-month march this week to protest China?s control of their homeland were arrested on Thursday...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
Flu Outbreak Closes Hong Kong Schools
The Hong Kong government closed all elementary schools and preschools a week early for Easter holidays after three children died amid an influenza outbreak...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
Hero or Drunk? A Stumble in China?s Drinking Ban
When an official in the city of Xinyang died on Feb. 27, no one mentioned he had died not on the job but at a karaoke bar after an evening of drinking with other officials...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
Australia Courts Controversy over Kangaroo Cull
The new Australian government has run into trouble with its refusal to stop a plan to kill 400 kangaroos on a former military base...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
Kidnapped Iraqi Archbishop Is Dead
The body of the Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Mosul, Paulos Faraj Rahho, was discovered, officials said...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
Israel and Gaza Trade Fire
Rockets were fired at Israel from Gaza, and the Israeli Air Force carried out its first strike in Gaza for nearly a week...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
Rockstar is EA 'primary interest'
EA boss says developers Rockstar and its games is the primary interest of the firm's bid for Take Two games...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Cheltenham: Drever wins title
Inglis Drever puts in a majestic display to win his third World Hurdle title at the Cheltenham Festival...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Football: Gretna closer to closure
Gretna's administrator says the ailing club's situation has deteriorated and it may be impossible to play on Saturday...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Iceland whaling go-ahead 'likely'
Iceland's government is likely to approve the commercial hunting of whales for this summer, the BBC learns...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
AOL acquires Bebo social network
Time Warner's AOL internet division is buying the social networking site Bebo for $850m (£417m)...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
No 10 denies Mandelson EU rethink
Peter Mandelson is not expected to serve another term as EU commissioner, Downing Street says...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Health inequality gap 'widening'
The difference in life expectancy is widening between the richest and poorest, a government report shows...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Pakistan protests at US shelling
Pakistan criticises US forces in Afghanistan for cross-border shelling that it says killed two women and two children...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
'Happy slap' teenagers sentenced
Two teenagers are sentenced for beating a man to death in West Yorkshire while their 15-year-old accomplice filmed it...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Proposal for 11 new NI councils
The Northern Ireland Executive agrees on a compromise proposal to create 11 new councils...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Salmond's Trump action 'cavalier'
A Holyrood committee criticises Alex Salmond's role in the Donald Trump golf resort affair...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
China admits Tibet monk protests
Chinese officials admit that Tibetan monks have been protesting in the city of Lhasa this week...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Democrats mull new Florida vote
Democratic leaders in Florida are set to propose holding a new presidential primary amid a dispute over the initial vote...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Beirut PM invited to Syria summit
Damascus invites Lebanon's anti-Syrian PM to a summit, despite a row over its role in Lebanon's political crisis...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Gold hits $1,000 for first time
The price of gold hits new heights, trading at $1,000 an ounce for the first time, spurred by a weak US dollar...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Life for pregnant woman's killer
A man is jailed for life for shooting dead a pregnant woman in an "execution" after a row between neighbours...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Hedge fund on verge of collapse
A unit of the private equity firm Carlyle Group faces collapse in the latest sign of the raging credit crisis...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Bravery boy recalls stab ordeal
A nine-year-old boy tells how he went to his mother's aid as an armed intruder tried to stab her to death...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
MPs' £10k kitchens on expenses
MPs can claim £10,000 kitchens, £750 TVs and £1,000 beds for their second homes on expenses, it emerges...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Kidnapped Iraqi archbishop dead
The Chaldean Catholic archbishop of the Iraqi city of Mosul who was kidnapped last month is found dead...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Todd inquest hears of drink level
Manchester's police chief did not have a "huge" amount of alcohol in his blood when he died, the coroner says...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Canoe man admits deception
Canoeist John Darwin, who was missing presumed dead for five years, admits seven charges of deception...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Man arrested over Heathrow alert
A major security alert takes place at Heathrow after a man with a rucksack ran into the path of an aircraft...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
French Police Questioning Bank Worker
Authorities took a second employee at the French bank Société Générale into custody in connection with a $7 billion trading scandal...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
5 Cubans Missing From Soccer Team
If the players seek to defect, it?s likely they would be granted protection under United States policy that allows Cubans who reach American soil to obtain asylum...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
Indian Police Detain Tibetan Exiles
Indian authorities fear that a march by Tibetan exiles in protest of China?s Olympic games could embarrass Beijing...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
Serbia's Snap Elections Set for May
Serbia?s president dissolved the parliament and called early elections after a rift with nationalists over Kosovo?s independence and Serbia?s European Union integration...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
Suicide Bomber Kills Six Afghans
A suicide car bomber killed six Afghan civilians in an attack on U.S. troops near the airport in Afghanistan?s capital on Thursday, officials said...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
Carry On script gets green light
A new Carry On film moves one step closer to being filmed, and could be in cinemas by the end of 2008...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Military beacons to aid sea life
A device designed to guide warships through mine fields could help reduce by-catch of dolphins and whales...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
NHS uncovers hospital 'failings'
Recommendations hospital services should be transferred as soon as possible after patient safety failings found...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Lenders to liquidate Carlyle unit
A unit of private equity firm Carlyle Capital faces collapse after failing to pay back lender banks...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Low cost flights 'help criminals'
Merseyside's police chief calls for powers to tackle criminals using cheap travel to evade UK justice...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Indian police halt Tibetan march
Police in India detain 100 Tibetan refugees trying to march to Tibet in protest over China hosting the Olympics...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Strike signals Easter rail misery
Commuters on the East Coast Mainline railway face the prospect of strike action over the Easter period...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Watchdog anger over child support
The Child Support Agency comes under fire from a watchdog over parents who do not pay maintenance...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Waterfront project sparks row
A leading businessman accuses politicians and planners of trying to scupper a major investment in Fife...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Kenyans ill in 'toxic waste' leak
Hundreds of Kenyans by Mombasa port say they have become ill after chemical containers were dumped nearby...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Envoys to tackle N Korea deadlock
US and North Korean envoys are to meet in Geneva in an attempt to reinvigorate a stalled nuclear deal...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Serbian leader calls snap polls
Serbia's president dissolves parliament and calls early polls after a cabinet split over EU membership and Kosovo...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Jerusalem seminary gunman buried
A Palestinian who attacked a Jewish seminary gets a low-key burial at the insistence of the Israeli authorities...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Morrisons reports profits surge
Supermarket chain Morrisons sees its profits almost double as its chairman Sir Ken Morrison retires...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
More than 280 schools taking part - full details on our map
Location of participating schools across the UK...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Party leaders facing a grilling
Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Ian Paisley, Alex Salmond and Dafydd Elis Thomas are being quizzed by School Reporters...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
News Day as it unfolds
Real-time updates of what School Reporters are doing all around the UK...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
US tightens air quality standards
The US introduces tougher air quality standards for the first time in 10 years, to improve public health...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Father's 'pride' at stabbed son
The father of a young boy stabbed while trying to save his mother's life says he is "extremely proud" of his son...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Israel jets strike northern Gaza
Israeli aircraft strike Gaza after Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, ending a brief lull in the violence...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Darling defends 'bad news' Budget
Alistair Darling defends his package of tax measures which have been called a "bad news Budget" by the Tories...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Goa girl 'drugged and assaulted'
Teenager Scarlett Keeling was drugged and sexually assaulted before she died, police in Goa say...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
BT calls for action on net speeds
The UK's largest broadband supplier calls for the industry to be clearer about how it advertises net speeds...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Mugabe Woos Votes With Raises and Tractors
President Robert G. Mugabe, campaigning to be re-elected, has suddenly found enough cash in his destitute nation?s treasury to raise the pay of all civil servants...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
Telecom Tower Burned in West Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A telecommunications tower was set ablaze in western Afghanistan, a police official said Wednesday, the latest such attack since insurgents warned phone companies to shut down the towers at night...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: Thaksin Pleads Not Guilty on Eve of Trip to Britain
Thaksin Shinawatra, the prime minister who was ousted in a military coup in 2006, pleaded not guilty before the Supreme Court in Bangkok in one of two criminal corruption cases against him...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
World Briefing | Asia: Afghanistan: NATO Forces Attacked
A suicide car bomber attacked a Canadian troop convoy in the southern city of Kandahar, and a roadside bomb struck a vehicle carrying Romanian troops on a road linking Kandahar and Zabul Provinces...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
World Briefing | The Americas: Colombia: Russia Moves to Extradite Israeli Mercenary
Russia moved to extradite Yair G. Klein, a former Israeli Army officer, to Colombia, where he is wanted in connection to the training of paramilitary death squads...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
World Briefing | The Americas: Argentina Agrees to Guarantee Natural Gas Supply to Chile
Last winter, Argentina, facing an energy crisis, cut its gas supply to Chile, straining the two countries? relations...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
Lazare Ponticelli, France?s Last Veteran of World War I, Is Dead at 110
Mr. Ponticelli outlived more than 8.4 million other soldiers who fought under the French flag in World War I...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
Joseph Weizenbaum, Famed Programmer, Is Dead at 85
Mr. Weizenbaum?s computer program, Eliza, foreshadowed the potential of artificial intelligence...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
British Budget Raises Taxes and Borrowing
To deal with an economic slowdown, the government, which has been aiming to lower the deficit, said it would borrow an additional £7 billion, or $14 billion, next year...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
War Crimes Court Upholds Ruling on Rwandan
A United Nations court upheld the war crimes conviction of a Roman Catholic priest and increased his sentence for his part in the killings of 800,000 fellow Rwandans...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
Bush Signals Intent to Force Vote in Congress This Year on Colombian Trade Deal
By itself, the Colombia pact would not have a major impact on trade, but it has become one of the administration?s international economic priorities...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
Willemstad Journal: Island?s Treasure, the Dollar, Lures Venezuelans
Venezuelans are flocking to Curaçao to get around currency controls imposed by the government of President Hugo Chávez...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
U.S. Image Abroad Hard to Fix, Longtime Ally Says
The foreign minister of France said that whoever succeeds President Bush might restore something of the United States? battered image but that ?the magic is over.?...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
U.S. Troops Kill Iraqi Girl; 3 Soldiers Die in Attack
The deaths of the three soldiers in an early morning attack on a base near Nasiriya brought to 12 the number of American soldiers killed in the last three days...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
Pentagon Cites Tapes Showing Interrogations
The initial findings of an incomplete Pentagon review represent the first official acknowledgment that military interrogators had videotaped some sessions with detainees...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
Israeli Raid in West Bank Imperils Talk of Truce
Israeli undercover troops killed four Palestinian militants on Wednesday, shattering a five-day lull in violence and threatening Egyptian efforts to mediate a cease-fire...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
Iraqi Troops May Move to Reclaim Basra?s Port
The city?s decrepit but vital port is controlled by militias known more for corruption and inciting terrorism than for their skill in moving freight...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
Rice Trip to Skip Argentina in Sign of a Growing Rift
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice?s decision not to visit Argentina during her trip to South America underscores Washington?s displeasure with the new Kirchner government...
New York Times - March 13, 2008
Cricket: Ambrose nears century
Tim Ambrose's unbeaten 97 helps England end day one of the second Test against New Zealand on 291-5...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Vitamin D 'cuts risk of diabetes'
Giving young children vitamin D supplements may cut their risk of type 1 diabetes, research suggests...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Waterfront proposal sparks row
Fife politicians and planners are accused of trying to scupper an opportunity to create 6,000 jobs...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Sri Lankan journalists detained
The arrest of five Sri Lankan journalists by anti-terrorist police alarms media rights campaigners...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Pratchett funds Alzheimer's study
Fantasy author and Alzheimer's sufferer Terry Pratchett is to donate $1m to research into the disease...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
HK schools close amid flu fears
Kindergartens and primary schools close in Hong Kong after a flu-like illness kills three children...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Kabul car bomb attack kills six
A suicide car bomb blast kills six civilians and injures at least 15 on the road to the airport in Kabul...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Shuttle docks with space station
The US shuttle Endeavour docks with the International Space Station on a mission to deliver a Japanese space lab...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
MPs to scrutinise Budget measures
MPs are to debate Alistair Darling's budget, which saw rises in duty on alcohol and polluting cars...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
US toughens standards for ozone
The US tightens ozone standards for first time in 10 years but targets fall short of campaigners' demands...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
Police chief inquest due to open
The inquest into the death of police chief Michael Todd, whose body was found on a Welsh mountain, is to open...
BBC News - March 13, 2008
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