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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 April 2006:
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U.N. Official Reaches No Clear Outcome in Iran Talks
Mohamed ElBaradei was in Tehran today to try to persuade Iranian leaders to suspend their nuclear program...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Pakistan Says Man Tied to Al Qaeda Attacks Is Dead
Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwa was wanted by the U.S. for his role in the 1998 embassy bombings in Africa...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Go West for house price winners
Homeowners in western Britain benefit the most from rising house prices over the last ten years, says the Halifax...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Lack of research 'patient risk'
Patients are suffering because not enough basic clinical research is being done, a senior doctor warns...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Fourth bird flu fatality in Egypt
A fourth person dies in Egypt after being infected with bird flu, the state news agency reports...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
IRA slams 'ex-republican crooks'
The IRA denounces former members engaged in "criminal activity" and apologises for a 1974 killing...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Highland show cancels bird event
Organisers of the Royal Highland Show ban all poultry and live birds because of fears over bird flu...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Talks fail to halt Iran programme
The UN's nuclear watchdog chief fails to convince Iran to freeze its nuclear work but says dialogue will go on...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Goths 'more likely to self-harm'
Teenage Goths are more likely to self-harm than those in other social groups, a study has found...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Rugby L: Wigan want Noble
Wigan chairman Maurice Lindsay admits Bradford coach Brian Noble is a "strong favourite" to succeed Ian Millward if he wants the job...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Honours probe head bailed
A head teacher arrested as part of a cash for honours probe has been freed on bail, Scotland Yard says...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
UK seeks agreement on carbon cap
The UK government wants international leaders to agree a top limit for greenhouse gas emissions...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Moussaoui stands by 9/11 attacks
Zacarias Moussaoui says he has "no regrets" over the 9/11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Bedsit body found three years on
The remains of a woman were discovered in her flat three years after she died, an inquest hears...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Today's Russian Newspapers
Russia still opposes Iran sanctions, and other news from Russia and the post-Soviet nations...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Australian Leader Questioned at Inquiry on Kickbacks
The prime minister appeared before a commission investigating allegations that a company paid millions of dollars to the government of Saddam Hussein...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Analysts Say a Nuclear Iran Is Years Away
Experts said that Tehran lacks the skills, materials and equipment to make good on its immediate nuclear goals...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Rebels Are Repelled in Capital of Chad
The embattled President Idriss Deby later took to the airwaves to declare: "The situation is under control."...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Meerut Journal: Deadly Fire Exposes Old Perils in New India
The promise of a new India came crashing down against the perils of the old when a fire killed at least 37...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Net clocks suffering data deluge
Home hardware maker D-Link has been accused of denting the net's ability to tell the time accurately...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Venus probe returns first images
The Venus Express probe has returned its first images since slipping into orbit around our nearest planetary neighbour...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
IRA has no 'crime responsibility'
The IRA denounces former members engaged in "criminal activity" and apoligises for a 1974 killing...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Gang attacks and robs blind man
Police say people who attacked and robbed a blind man in Dundee knew their victim was disabled...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Canoe tragedy twin, 9, is named
A nine-year-old girl who died when a canoe capsized was on a break with her father and twin brother, it emerges...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Hundreds more hospital jobs to go
Hundreds of hospital jobs are being axed by a debt-ridden health trust in an attempt to save £20m...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Thousands at Karachi funerals
Tens of thousands attend the funerals of four Sunni Muslim leaders killed in a bombing in the Pakistani city of Karachi...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
US refuses to end N Korea freeze
The US refuses to drop financial sanctions against North Korea amid rows over stalled nuclear talks...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Jail for Iraq refusal RAF doctor
An RAF doctor who refused to serve in Iraq is sentenced to eight months in jail and dismissed from the service...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Football: Campbell's nose broken
Arsenal's Sol Campbell suffered a broken nose in Wednesday's draw at Portsmouth...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Football: Owen comeback step
Newcastle striker Michael Owen kicks a ball for the first time since breaking a bone in his foot in December...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Boiler inquiry over house deaths
Investigations surrounding the deaths of an adult and two children at a house in east London focus on a gas boiler...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Ministers in booze warning talks
The government negotiates with the drinks industry over warnings on alcohol and in places where it is sold...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
'Many killed' in Baghdad car bomb
Police in Iraq say a car bomb has exploded in the capital, Baghdad, killing at least 13 people...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Moussaoui abuses defence team
Al-Qaeda plotter Zacarias Moussaoui attacks his lawyers as jurors weigh life in jail or death for him...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Teacher held in cash for honours probe
A head teacher who helped find sponsors for city academies is arrested in a cash for honours probe...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Spacey defends Old Vic management
US actor and director Kevin Spacey has defends the way he runs London's Old Vic theatre...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Iceland comes first in broadband
Iceland has the highest concentration of broadband users in the economic group of the OECD, a study shows...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Climbdown over ministerial powers
New laws on red tape are to be scaled back amid fears the original proposals gave ministers too much power...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Lowest ever suicide rate hailed
The suicide rate in England is at its lowest in a century, official figures have shown...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Head teacher on child sex charges
A primary school head teacher from Wrexham is to appear in court facing child sex assault charges...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Rolls proposes pensions shake-up
Rolls-Royce proposes closing its UK final salary pension schemes to new members, but only if the workforce agrees...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Dissidents linked to bomb attack
Dissident republicans are linked to an attempted bomb attack on a police station in Londonderry...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Bus driver jailed for bomb hoax
A man who called his bosses the day after the London bombings to say there was a bomb in a bus depot is jailed...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Arsonist jailed for sister death
A teenager who started a fire that killed his sister and left his family injured is jailed for eight years...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Tigers want peace talks postponed
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels seek fresh dates for peace talks scheduled for next week after a surge in violence...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Italian rivals argue over votes
Italy's centre-left leader Romano Prodi insists his poll victory is valid as contested ballots are checked...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Israelis kill two gunmen in Gaza
An Israeli air strike kills two Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip close to the border fence with Israel...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Football: Campbell to have scan
Arsenal's Sol Campbell is set to have a scan amid fears he has broken his nose but Arsene Wenger believes he will be fit for the World Cup...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Chad confronts rebels in capital
Government forces repel an early morning rebel assault near the parliament in Chad's capital, N'Djamena...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
McClaren ecstatic with FA Cup win
Middlesbrough boss Steve McClaren hails his side's "great football" as they reach the FA Cup semi-finals...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Birthday Queen gives Maundy coins
The Queen is giving Maundy Money to 80 men and 80 women at a traditional Easter ceremony...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Teachers want to quit over abuse
A teachers' poll has found two-thirds have considered quitting because of pupils' bad behaviour...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Iraq unrest forces 65,000 to flee
At least 65,000 Iraqis are fleeing their homes amid sectarian violence, official figures show...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
New terror law comes into force
Measures making it illegal to glorify terrorism and distribute terrorist publications are introduced...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Officer guilty of disobeying orders
An RAF doctor who refused to serve in Iraq is found guilty of disobeying orders at a court martial...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
More health jobs axed in Midlands
Hundreds of hospital jobs are being axed by a health trust in the West Midlands in its bid to save £20m...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Arrest in cash for honours probe
Police arrest a 60-year-old man in connection with their investigation into cash for honours allegations...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Iran defiant over nuclear plans
Iran's president vows nuclear work will continue, as the UN nuclear watchdog chief arrives for talks...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Murder inquiry after Pc's death
A man is arrested on suspicion of murdering a policeman, who crashed as he was driving them to a police station...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
New Fossils Add Link to the Chain of the Evolution of Humans
An international team of paleontologists is reporting the discovery of transitional species superimposed in sediments in Ethiopia...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Iraqi Says He Plans to Convene Parliament
The acting speaker of Parliament announced that the legislature would meet even though the formation of the new government remained stalled...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
In India, Maoist Guerrillas Widen 'People's War'
A 25-year-old peasant revolution, long forgotten outside of India's forest belt, is looking increasingly like a civil war...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Prodi Predicts His Tiny Margin Will Prevail
Italy's Interior Ministry said a re-examination had begun of 80,000 disputed ballots for both houses of Parliament...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Meerut Journal: Deadly Fire Exposes Old Perils Lurking in the New India
The promise of a new India would come crashing down against the perils of the old when an electrical fire killed at least 37 at a consumer show...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Analysts Say a Nuclear Iran Is Years Away
Experts said that Tehran lacks the skills, materials and equipment to make good on its immediate nuclear goals...
New York Times - April 13, 2006
Singer Gene Pitney buried in US
The funeral of singer Gene Pitney is held in his home town in Connecticut, after his death on tour in Wales...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Enron 'held no cookie jar fund'
Enron never used illegal cash reserves to cover poor earnings, former boss Jeffrey Skilling testifies...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Teachers angry at violent pupils
Teachers' leaders call for action against violent and abusive pupils...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
'Come clean' on deficit, NHS told
A union asks every NHS trust in the Yorkshire and Humber region to reveal its financial status amid fears of job cuts...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Aircraft bomb scare was a 'hoax'
Police confirm no explosive device was found on the plane diverted to Prestwick airport...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
UK wins Zimbabwe asylum appeal
The UK has won its appeal over a ruling that meant failed asylum seekers could not be deported to Zimbabwe...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
China hosts first Buddhism forum
China holds first international religious gathering since communist rule, but the Dalai Lama is not invited...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Howard denies Iraq bribe warning
Australian PM John Howard tells an official inquiry he was not warned about alleged corrupt deals with Iraq...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Revolutionary heart op for girl
A girl has her donor heart removed and her own organ restarted in ground-breaking surgery...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
Controversial terror law comes into force
New laws making it illegal to glorify terrorism and distribute terrorist publications are introduced...
BBC News - April 13, 2006
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