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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 June 2005:
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Vatican View Is Victorious in Fertility Vote by Italians
A law that imposes strict rules on assisted fertility will remain on the books after the failure today of a hard-fought referendum in Italy...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Bush Urges African Leaders to Press Reforms
President Bush said today that democratic reforms and free trade were the best ways to help poor nations...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Jackson cleared: Your reaction
The jury have found Michael Jackson not guilty of all charges, including child abuse. Send us your comments...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
MSPs to consider smoking age call
A Holyrood committee is to consider proposals to increase the age at which people can buy cigarettes...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Smallest extrasolar planet found
Astronomers have discovered the smallest extrasolar planet so far: a rocky world about seven and a half times more massive than Earth...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Somali president's plane diverted
The Somali leader's return from exile is delayed after his plane is diverted to Djibouti due to technical problems...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Cyclist killer's jail term halved
A paranoid schizophrenic who stabbed a cyclist to death in a south-west London park has his minimum jail term halved...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Five Real IRA members are jailed
A man described as the leader of the Real IRA in Munster is jailed with four other men in the Irish Republic...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Star's defence proves worth
Michael Jackson's defence team won by attacking the credibility of the family of the singer's abuser...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Prosecutor accepts verdict
Tom Sneddon, the lead prosecutor in the Jackson case, says he accepts the jury's verdict to acquit the star...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Judgement day in pictures
Images from Santa Maria, California, as Michael Jackson is found not guilty of all 10 child abuse charges...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Charges the singer faced
The full list of charges faced by the singer in his child abuse trial...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Unclear future for superstar
Michael Jackson has been found not guilty of child abuse charges, but what does the future hold for the King of Pop?...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Cricket: England thrash Aussies
Australia fall to a 100-run Twenty20 defeat as England launch their Ashes summer in spectacular style...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
PM warned over 'national egotism'
Germany's Gerhard Schroeder warns Tony Blair there can be no "national egotism" in the EU budget talks...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Michael Jackson cleared of abuse
Singer Michael Jackson is found not guilty on all charges of child abuse after a four-month trial...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
U.S. Panel's Report Criticizes U.N. and Proposes Overhaul
A Congressionally mandated panel asserts that the U.N. suffers from poor management and a lack of accountability...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Iraq Tribunal Release Tape of Hussein Being Questioned
The Iraqi special tribunal questioned Saddam Hussein about the killings of dozens of men in a Shiite village in 1982...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Anger over 'special needs' audit
The national audit of special needs provision is a "cynical manipulation", say campaigners...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Blair optimistic of G8 progress
Tony Blair sees "real prospect" of progress on African debt and global warming after talks with Vladimir Putin...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Thousands vie for Live 8 tickets
Organisers receive 70,000 text messages so far in the lottery for the Live 8 concert in Scotland...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Paris air show opens with Airbus
The Paris air show opens with star attraction, the Airbus A380 super-jumbo, completing its first official display flight...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Big poll win for Lebanon ex-chief
Christian leader Michel Aoun deals a blow to Lebanon's anti-Syrian opposition with massive election gains...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Somalia's president returns home
The new Somali president arrives in central Somalia after leaving his exiled home in Kenya to set up the lawless country's first effective authority for 14 years...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Burma's ousted PM 'goes on trial'
Burma's former Prime Minister Khin Nyunt is reported to have gone on trial months after being sacked...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Football: Gerrard keen to settle
Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard says he is hopeful of sorting out his future before the new season...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
R&B stars Destiny's Child split
R&B trio Destiny's Child tell fans at a concert in Spain they are splitting up to pursue solo projects...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Italian fertility vote collapses
Italy's referendum on fertility treatment appears invalid after a Vatican-backed boycott and apathy...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Lineker attacks 'murky' transfer
Gary Lineker tells the High Court of his frustration at footballer Harry Kewell's "less than transparent" transfer...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Counterfeit money gang is jailed
Four men and a woman are sentenced for their part in a major operation to forge British and US bank notes...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
'Prime suspect' was not arrested
Wiltshire police admit failing to arrest the prime suspect in the murder of pregnant woman Hayley Richards...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Blair vows firm line in EU battle
Tony Blair says he will not compromise on Britain's EU rebate unless there is a review of farming subsidies...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Film shows Saddam legal grilling
Saddam Hussein is questioned over a 1982 massacre in the first footage released by Iraq in 11 months...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Imported animals disease threat
More needs to be done to prevent imported animals spreading diseases to humans and wildlife in Britain, says the Zoological Society of London...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Unicredito in 19.2bn euro HVB bid
Italian bank Unicredito launches Europe's biggest cross-border bank merger with an agreed bid for Germany's HVB worth 19.2bn euros...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Men warned about obesity problem
Three quarters of men will be overweight within five years, campaigners are warning...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Children studied for criminality
The government defends plans to monitor children as young as three for potential criminal behaviour...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Deadly blast near Kashmir school
At least 12 people are killed in a bomb attack near a school in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Police death drunk driver jailed
A drunk motorist who pleaded guilty to killing two police officers in a high speed crash is sent to prison for 14 years...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Baby hostage in burger bar raid
A man and baby are held hostage by masked men while a woman is forced to take money from her NI workplace...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Lines open for Tartan Live 8 gig
Tickets for the star-studded Live 8 concert in Scotland are made available by text lottery...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Village mourns four crash victims
Police name the four men, including two brothers, killed in a 'tragic accident' when their car overturns in south Wales...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Virus flood threatens home users
As computer viruses appear in ever more guises, security firms are scrambling to keep up...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Rugby: Lions 'to train harder'
Lions coach Sir Clive Woodward vows to 'up the ante' in training after defeat to the New Zealand Maori...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Cricket: England kick-start Ashes
Fans start arriving at the Rose Bowl for England's Twenty20 match against Australia...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Somali government leaving Kenya
The new Somali government is due to leave Kenya, hoping to become the lawless country's first effective authority for 14 years...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Chinese school flood kills scores
The death toll from a flash flood at a Chinese primary school reaches 92, nearly all children, state media says...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Italy nears fertility poll result
Polls re-open for the second day of an Italian referendum on fertility issues, after low turnout on Sunday...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Ex-leader makes Lebanon comeback
Firebrand Christian leader Michel Aoun deals Lebanon's anti-Syria opposition a blow with a strong poll showing...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
London Live 8 gig gets 2m texts
More than two million text entries were sent in the competition to win tickets for the London leg of Live 8...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Kelly pushes longer school hours
Education ministers are promoting their plans for many schools in England to be open from 8am to 6pm...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Glazer takeover 'nearly complete'
Malcolm Glazer is believed to be near the threshold needed to gain complete ownership of the world's richest football club, Manchester United...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Slowdown in house price growth
Annual house price inflation fell to 6.9% in April from 12.6% the previous month, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister says...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
EU row over UK's rebate hots up
The war of words over the UK's £3bn EU budget rebate intensifies as foreign ministers meet in Luxembourg...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Sunni-Shiite Quarrel Edges Closer to Political Stalemate
Shiite leaders offered to give Sunnis 15 seats on the constitutional committee, but Sunnis rejected the offer...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Long-Exiled General Battles Warlord in Lebanon Voting
Nearly half the 128-seat Parliament was elected, with 34 Christian seats and 24 Muslim seats at issue...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Bomb Derails Russian Train, Injuring 15
A bomb derailed a passenger train traveling from Chechnya to Moscow, injuring at least 15 people in what officials described as a terrorist attack...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Palestinians Execute 4 Convicted of Murder
The executions marked the first time in about three years that the death penalty has been implemented by the Palestinian Authority...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
A Report by U.S., Criticizing U.N., Urges Reforms
A Congressionally mandated panel will report that the U.N. suffers from poor management, and a lack of accountability and professional ethics...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
7 Bombings Shatter Iran's Pre-Election Calm, Killing 10
Seven bomb blasts shattered Iran's pre-election calm on Sunday, leaving at least 10 people dead and nearly 80 wounded...
New York Times - June 13, 2005
Lines to open for Tartan Live 8
Tickets for another star-studded Live 8 concert are to be made available by
text lottery...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
'Too many' after Tory leader job
Potential Tory leadership candidate Tim Yeo suggests there are too many contenders for the party's top job...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Hospitals blamed for tough births
Lack of space during labour is making birth more difficult and uncomfortable for women, a survey suggests...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Australian forces leaving E Timor
Australia is beginning the final withdrawal of its peacekeeping forces from East Timor after a controversial mission...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
US behind Bolivia crisis - Chavez
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez blames US free trade policies for the recent troubles in Bolivia...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Lebanon opposition admits losses
Lebanon's anti-Syrian opposition concedes it has lost ground in the third round of parliamentary elections...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Britons heed food safety message
The number of recorded food poisoning cases has dropped by 17,000 over the last four years, a survey says...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Tennis: Federer wins Halle title
Roger Federer beats Marat Safin to win his third straight Gerry Weber Open title...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Darfur peace talks face obstacles
Sudanese government representatives and rebels from the Darfur region hold a brief meeting amid differences on how to proceed...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Hunt for pregnant woman's killer
An international manhunt is launched after a 23-year-old pregnant woman is murdered in Wiltshire...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Iran rocked by series of blasts
Bombs explode in two Iranian cities, killing at least 10 people, days before the presidential election...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Low turnout threatens Italy vote
Initial turnout in a referendum in Italy on whether to relax a law on assisted reproduction is just under 19%...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Intoxication 'rife among doctors'
The BMA calls for action over medic alcohol and drug abuse after a BBC survey uncovers the extent of the problem...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
Putin next on Blair's G8 mission
Tony Blair is meeting Russian leader Vladimir Putin at his dacha to seek support for the UK's G8 initiatives...
BBC News - June 13, 2005
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