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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 August 2005:
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Leaving Gaza: Lives Unsettled By the Pullout
Israeli settlers and nonresidents who have entered Gaza to protest Israel's pullout prepare to leave or fight...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
U.S. Builds Pressure for Iraq Constitution as Deadline Nears
The United States ratcheted up its pressure Saturday on Iraqi negotiators who are trying to meet a deadline for writing a draft constitution set for Monday...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
After Strike at Heathrow, Chaos and Fatigue as a Trio Plays On
Thousands of exasperated British Airways passengers left stranded by an unofficial strike searched for news about when they might get out of Britain...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
Assassination Threatens to End Sri Lankan Cease-Fire
The government of Sri Lanka and Tamil separatists traded accusations over the killing of the country's foreign minister, throwing a fragile peace process into crisis...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
Brazil's Opposition Shelters President From Scandal, for Now
Opponents of the Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, are working to keep him in office to protect a robust economy...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
QPR director tells of gun ordeal
A football club director has reportedly been forced at gunpoint to sign paperwork resigning from the board...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Cricket: Warne ruins England day
Shane Warne rides his luck to reach 78 not out as Australia avoid the follow-on in the third Test at Old Trafford...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Athletics: GB take 4x100m bronze
Team GB win their first medal of the World Championships when the men's 4x100m relay squad take bronze...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Breakaway FC United win first tie
FC United, the club set up by disgruntled Manchester United fans, wins its first league game...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Mummy smugglers jailed for life
Three men get life imprisonment over a scam to smuggle artefacts worth more than $50m out of Egypt...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
US fights new Abu Ghraib images
The Pentagon steps up a legal battle to stop further images of Iraqi prisoner abuse being made public...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Cuba marks Castro's birthday
Cuba's President Fidel Castro, the world's longest serving leader, marks his 79th birthday...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Mickelson & Love share USPGA lead
America's Phil Mickelson and Davis Love share the lead going into the final round of the USPGA...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
BA strike chaos starting to ease
British Airways begins clearing passenger backlog at Heathrow but warns it could take days for all to get flights...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Exams testing educational methods
Two experiments in schools have seen an improvement in exam results. But not everyone is singing their praises, says the BBC's Seonag Mackinnon...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Big Brother final watched by 7.8m
The final of reality series Big Brother draws a peak audience of 7.8 million viewers to Channel 4...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
West Bank 'militants' arrested
Israeli holds 10 alleged members of Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad in raids in the West Bank...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
India flood death toll increases
Indian health officials say at least 120 people have died from disease after recent floods in Maharashtra state...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Breakaway FC United in first game
FC United, the club set up by disgruntled Manchester United fans, plays its first league game...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Brain surgeon signs on the dole
A sacked neurosurgeon signs on at his local JobCentre while he waits for an appeal against his dismissal...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
'Net closing' in rapes inquiry
Fifty police officers are investigating three rapes and two abduction attempts in Northampton...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Rain and Warne ruin England's day
Shane Warne's hitting and a lot of rain conspire to frustrate England on a miserable third day at Old Trafford...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Liberia footballer set for poll
Football star George Weah is one of 22 candidates cleared to run in Liberia's presidential election in October...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
'Two dead' in Italy plane crash
A light aircraft crashes in Calabria in southern Italy, killing two people on board, say reports...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Peace fears as Sri Lanka mourns
Sri Lanka says the assassination of its foreign minister is a "grave setback" to the peace process...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Hamas chiefs insist fight goes on
Hamas leaders make a rare group appearance insisting its armed campaign will go on after Israel leaves Gaza...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
'Early release' for Bali plotter
Bali bomb plotter Abu Bakar Ba'asyir may leave prison early under a general amnesty, Indonesian media report...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Germany attacks US on Iran threat
Germany's chancellor warns the US to withdraw the threat of force against Iran over its nuclear programme...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Foreign Minister in Sri Lanka Is Assassinated
Sri Lanka declared a state of emergency following the assassination of Lakshman Kadirgamar, a slaying that put the island's fragile peace process at risk...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
British Airways Resumes Flights
British Airways said it planned to run more than 80 percent of its scheduled flights from Heathrow Airport on Saturday...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
Dennis and Sharon quit EastEnders
Actors Nigel Harman and Letitia Dean, who play Dennis Rickman and Sharon Watts, leave EastEnders...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Gunmen attack village in Kashmir
Suspected Islamists kill five Hindus and injure nine in an attack on a remote village in Indian Kashmir, police say...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Michelin star chef dies in crash
NI celebrity chef Robbie Millar is killed in an early morning road crash in the Craigantlet Hills in County Down...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Abandoned baby found in woodland
Police urge the mother of a baby boy found in an Edinburgh park to come forward and seek medical help...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Health warning over drink reform
Health workers in Wales warn the reform of licensing will lead to more drink-related health problems and violent attacks...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Top surgeon calls for NHS rethink
A NHS funded entirely by tax is unsustainable and should go, the new head of the Royal College of Surgeons says...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
England frustrated by bad weather
Rain delays the start of day three of the third Ashes Test, with lunch to be taken early at 1200 BST...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Malaysian smog emergency lifted
Malaysia lifts a state of emergency after the smoke haze that enveloped Kuala Lumpur clears...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
BA fights to clear strike backlog
British Airways flights resume, but passengers remain stranded as the airline recovers from a wildcat strike...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Pundit defends Cook funeral jibe
Racing pundit John McCririck defends his criticisms of Tony Blair during a tribute at Robin Cook's funeral...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Clock ticks on Iraq constitution
Iraq's politicians are making slow progress on agreeing a new constitution by a deadline set for Monday...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Anti-Rebel Minister in Sri Lanka Is Assassinated
Sri Lanka's foreign minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar, 73, was shot Friday. The country's president has declared a state of emergency...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
Britain Says It Will Bar Return of Firebrand Muslim Cleric
Britain barred a militant Islamic cleric, Sheik Omar Bakri Mohammed from returning to the country that was his home for 20 years...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
U.S. Donors to Pay Departing Jews for Gaza Greenhouses
Jewish settlers will be compensated for their greenhouses and the facilities will be handed over to the Palestinians...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
Iraqi Leaders Reach Tentative Deal on Oil, Removing One Obstacle to a Constitution
Iraq's leaders said that they had reached a tentative deal to divide the country's vast oil wealth between the central government and the provinces...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
U.S. Revokes Visas for 3 Top-Ranking Venezuelan Officers Suspected of Drug Trafficking
The action prompted President Hugo Chávez's government to promise to withdraw diplomatic immunity for U.S. narcotics agents in Venezuela...
New York Times - August 13, 2005
Mourners' funeral tribute to Cook
The funeral of former Cabinet minister Robin Cook takes place at a cathedral in Edinburgh...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Bush warns Iran on nuclear plans
The US president says force is still an option, if Iran does not halt work on its nuclear programme...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Senior Sri Lanka minister killed
The Sri Lankan foreign minister is killed in an attack blamed on Tamil rebels, and a state of emergency imposed...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Household bill costs 'rise by 5%'
The cost of running a home has surged by 5% as a result of surging council tax bills, research claims...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Breakaway FC Utd in first game
FC United, the club set up by disgruntled Man United fans plays its first league game later...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Campbells urge Bluebird rethink
The man who wants to restore Donald Campbell's Bluebird suffers a second funding setback...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Golf: Woods birdies last
World number one Tiger Woods birdies the 18th to avoid missing the cut at the USPGA Championship at Baltusrol...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
BA strike talks resume amid chaos
BA flights out of Heathrow begin, as staff battle to clear a massive backlog after wildcat strikes...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Half of all prisons 'overcrowded'
A prison reform group says one in two jails are officially overcrowded and accuses ministers of complacency...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
Sri Lanka imposes emergency rule
A state of emergency is declared after Sri Lanka's foreign minister is killed in an attack blamed on Tamil rebels...
BBC News - August 13, 2005
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