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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 April 2007:
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World Bank Board Weighs Response to Chief?s Actions
New evidence suggested that Paul D. Wolfowitz had not been entirely candid about his role in giving his girlfriend a raise and transfer...
New York Times - April 13, 2007
Insurgent Group Says It Bombed Iraqi Parliament
A group that includes Al Qaeda in Iraq today claimed responsibility for the attack on the Parliament building...
New York Times - April 13, 2007
Bloggers' search for anonymity
Bloggers find new ways of avoiding the internet censors trying to silence dissent on the web...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Mars-probe failure 'human error'
Nasa says human error was to blame for the failure of the $154m Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Immigration fear over Calais plan
French plans for an asylum seeker centre will encourage illegal immigration to the UK, the Tories say...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
NHS 'will not be free in future'
The NHS is unlikely to be free at the point of use within 10 years, according to doctors...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Images of student's body shown
A jury is shown graphic photographs of Angelika Kluk's body after it was found under a church floor...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Bank to act quickly on Wolfowitz
The World Bank board promises to make a speedy decision on the future of embattled president Paul Wolfowitz...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
700 fires put pressure on service
The Fire and Rescue Service is under pressure to maintain normal fire cover and deal with hundreds of gorse fires...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Arrest after MySpace house party
A 17-year-old girl is arrested on suspicion of criminal damage over a party in which a family home was wrecked...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Egypt rejects torture criticism
Egypt rejects a report by human rights group Amnesty International accusing it of the systematic torture...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Fury at Howard HIV entry ban call
Aids charities react angrily to Australian Prime Minister John Howard's opposition to HIV-positive migrants...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Team accepts DJ's racism apology
The women's basketball team at the centre of a row over radio host Don Imus accepts his apology for racist remarks...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Rugby U: Robinson ends with win
Jason Robinson ends his glittering club rugby career with an 80th-minute try as Sale beat Bath in the Premiership...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Football: Baggies beaten
Deon Burton's 59th-minute strike dents West Brom's play-off hopes...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Murray clinches world top 10 spot
Britain's Andy Murray will be a top-10 player when the latest world rankings are issued on Monday...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
G7 ministers confident on growth
G7 finance chiefs remain confident about world growth despite concerns about the impact of a US slowdown...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Petition urges BBC man's release
More than 30,000 have so far signed an online petition for the release of the BBC's Alan Johnston, abducted in Gaza...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Brown and Bush in first meeting
Gordon Brown and President Bush meet for private talks during the chancellor's trip to the US...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Castro almost better, Chavez says
Cuban leader Fidel Castro is "almost totally recovered" from surgery, ally Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Divers find 'no sign' of crewmen
Four men and a boy are missing, presumed dead, after a boat capsized in the Atlantic...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Toll in Bombings in Algeria Rises to 33; Manhunt Begins
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, North Africa?s most active terrorist group, claimed responsibility for the twin bombings, which killed 33 and wounded more than 200...
New York Times - April 13, 2007
Books of The Times: Kabul?s Silent Revolution Begins at the Beauty Salon
Deborah Rodriguez tells the rollicking story of one of the strangest foreign-aid projects ever conceived, the creation of an academy to train Afghan beauticians...
New York Times - April 13, 2007
Turmoil Grows for World Bank Chief
The executive board plans to move quickly to respond to the outcry over Paul D. Wolfowitz?s role in a companion?s raise...
New York Times - April 13, 2007
Iraqi Lawmakers Meet After Blast
Few Iraqi lawmakers managed to attend the emergency session...
New York Times - April 13, 2007
Net reaches out to final frontier
A programme that could see the extension of the internet into space is announced by the US government...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Lennon's son sells Beatles stake
Julian Lennon sells a "significant" stake of his share in songs his father John wrote for The Beatles...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
'Unskilled staff' taking lessons
A teachers' union says some effects of the school workforce changes are "an absolute scandal"...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
'No witch hunt' over Iran stories
Downing Street says there will be no "witch hunt" to sack those who allowed navy crew to sell their stories...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
One killed after lorry collision
A man is killed as a lorry crashes through a central reservation into a car on a main road in Cardiff...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Photos of Angelika's body shown
A jury is shown graphic photographs of Angelika Kluk's body after it was found under the floor of a Glasgow church...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Ex-gynaecologist avoids charges
Gynaecologist Richard Neale, struck off after botching operations, will not face prosecution...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
India 'to drop' menstrual forms
The Indian civil service is dropping plans to make female employees give details of their menstrual cycles, a top official says...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
MEPs 'gagged' by Singapore
Euro MPs say Singapore acted like an "authoritarian state" by refusing to allow them to speak during their visit...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Diego Maradona back in hospital
Argentine former football star Diego Maradona returns to hospital with abdominal pains, two days after being released...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Racing: Monet's Garden wins
Monet's Garden leaves Taranis trailing to win the Melling Chase, Friday's feature race at Aintree...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Cricket: Aussies trounce Ireland
Australia require only 12.2 overs to reach their target of 92 and thrash Ireland by nine wickets in Barbados...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Web party family 'may move'
The family of a girl whose party caused £20,000 damage to her parents' house may try to find a new home...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Brazil breaks up 'killing firm'
Brazilian police say they have broken up a gang suspected of carrying out about 1,000 contract killings in five years...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Insurgents claim Baghdad attack
Iraqi insurgents say they carried out the deadly attack on parliament, as MPs meet in a show of defiance...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Technical hitch hits Visa cards
A technical problem affects Visa transactions across Europe leading to some card payments being declined...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
UK soldier killed in Afghanistan
A British soldier has died after challenging a Taleban team attempting an ambush in Afghanistan, the MoD says...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Relatives of dead crew flying in
Families of eight crewmen killed or feared dead after a tug capsized in the Atlantic are due to arrive on Shetland...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Turmoil Grows for Wolfowitz at World Bank
Paul D. Wolfowitz apologized for his role in the raise and transfer of his companion, but was greeted by booing...
New York Times - April 13, 2007
Windows XP to be retired in 2008
From early 2008 PC owners will only be able to get Windows Vista on their new machine...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Live Earth ticket registration opens
Fans can apply for tickets to the UK Live Earth concert at Wembley, which is being held to highlight climate change...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Pensioner's rape - man charged
A man is remanded in custody on three serious sex assault charges against a 74-year-old woman...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Mother's warning after sex attack
A mother who says her child was sexually assaulted in Londonderry warns other parents to be vigilant...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Boy treated with hamster cells
A 12-year-old boy with a rare illness is treated for his condition with protein from hamsters...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Pakistan judge protest escalates
Protesters are staging their biggest demonstration so far against the suspension of Pakistan's Supreme Court chief justice...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Pope birthplace opening to public
The Bavarian house where Pope Benedict was born will open to the public for his 80th birthday...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
N Korea still unsure over funds
N Korea says it is still waiting to confirm whether a funding row has been resolved, as a nuclear deadline looms...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Cleric killed in Nigeria mosque
A prominent Islamic cleric is shot dead inside a mosque in the northern Nigerian city of Kano...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Football: Ronaldo signs new deal
Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo signs a new five-year deal at Man Utd...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Football: FA Cup ticket sales slow
The Football Association defends its choice of venues for the FA Cup semi-finals amid slow ticket sales...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Madonna denies adoption reports
Singer Madonna denies reports that she is adopting a second African child during a new trip to Malawi...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
More charged with boy's murder
Two more teenagers are charged with the murder of 14-year-old schoolboy Paul Erhahon...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
World Bank boss under fire
The World Bank's board says it did not approve a hefty pay rise ordered by its president Paul Wolfowitz for his partner...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Australia HIV migrant ban urged
Australia's Prime Minister John Howard says migrants with HIV should be refused entry into the country...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Russia probes Berezovsky 'plot'
Moscow acts against UK-based tycoon Boris Berezovsky after he calls for President Putin to be ousted...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Iraq MPs condemn parliament blast
Iraq's government holds a "session of defiance" following a deadly bomb attack inside its building...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Schoolgirl sex attack man jailed
A man caught on CCTV is sentenced for a sex attack on a young girl he followed and lured into a wood...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Boy feared missing with boat crew
A 15-year-old boy is feared to be among five crewmen missing after an oil support tug capsized in the Atlantic...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
New Delhi Journal: A Plan to Tame the Architectural Chaos of India?s Capital
The government estimates that 60 percent of New Delhi?s inhabitants live in slums, unauthorized developments or unplanned and unsafe buildings - a planner?s nightmare...
New York Times - April 13, 2007
Diplomatic Memo: Darfur Collides With Olympics, and China Yields
Mia Farrow and Steven Spielberg are involved in an effort to pressure China to do something about Darfur...
New York Times - April 13, 2007
China Leader Pledges Amity, but Warns Japan
The Chinese prime minister said that his three-day visit to Japan was meant to ?melt the ice? in the relations between the countries...
New York Times - April 13, 2007
Longer Duty Leaves Forces Disappointed but Stoic
Most active duty units in Iraq and Afghanistan will serve for 15 months, rather than 12...
New York Times - April 13, 2007
8 Iraqis Killed in Bomb Attack at Legislature
The attack on Parliament was the worst in the International Zone since the area was established four years ago...
New York Times - April 13, 2007
Turmoil Grows for Wolfowitz at World Bank
Paul D. Wolfowitz apologized for his role in the raise and transfer of his companion, only to be greeted by booing...
New York Times - April 13, 2007
Protest camp over planned academy
Teachers and other protesters set up camp to try to stop a new academy being built...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
CBS fires racism row radio host
US TV and radio network CBS fires radio host Don Imus over racist remarks made during his radio show...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Deaths in North Sea capsizing
Three Norwegians are confirmed dead after an oil rig support vessel capsizes in the North Sea...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Sperm made from bone marrow
Scientists announce that they have made immature sperm cells from human bone marrow samples...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Payouts reveal Iraq civilian toll
US military files detail compensation paid to Iraqi and Afghan civilians after killings by coalition forces...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
World Bank meets over Wolfowitz
The World Bank board meets to discuss the row over the president's role in the promotion of his partner...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Inquiry into Iraq parliament bomb
Iraq's government orders an investigation into a deadly bomb attack inside the parliament in Baghdad...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
PCC 'offered media help' to MoD
The Press Complaints Commission says its offer of help with the sailors held by Iran was ignored by the MoD...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
Hopes fading for missing crewmen
It would be a "miracle" if five crewmen from a capsized oil rig support vessel are found alive, the coastguard says...
BBC News - April 13, 2007
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