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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 September 2004:
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Putin Moves to Increase Power, Citing Effort to Fight Terror
The Kremlin's pervasive control over the legislative branch and regional bodies would be strengthened under the plan...
New York Times - September 13, 2004
New Governor Takes Charge in Afghan City Hit by Violence
Sayed Muhammad Khairkhwa spent today ensconced in Herat's finest guest house, surrounded by U.S. troops and Afghan soldiers...
New York Times - September 13, 2004
New alarm over Darfur crisis toll
Up to 10,000 displaced people are dying in troubled Darfur each month from disease and violence, a UN agency says...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Call for referendum on Gaza plan
Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Finance Minister, calls for a national referendum on plans to withdraw from Gaza...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
New Afghan governor pledges order
The man chosen to replace Ismail Khan as governor of Herat vows to restore order in the riot-hit western Afghan city...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Murder hunt as body is found
Police in County Londonderry launch a murder hunt after a man's body is discovered in a house...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Elton sells off photo collection
Sir Elton John is to sell off part of his extensive photographic collection at an auction in New York...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Palace balcony protester removed
A Fathers 4 Justice protester dressed as Batman is removed after scaling Buckingham Palace...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Kerry on attack over weapons ban
John Kerry criticises President Bush for failing to push for an extended ban on assault weapons...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
25 Reported Killed in U.S. Strike on Rebel Base in Falluja
News agency reports from Falluja that the air strikes killed at least 16 civilians, including women and children, were denied by a coalition press officer...
New York Times - September 13, 2004
Putin Seeks to Increase Power, Citing Effort to Fight Terror
The Russian leader today called for new measures that include the naming of regional governors and an overhaul of the electoral system...
New York Times - September 13, 2004
UN pulls staff out of Afghan city
About 50 UN staff and aid workers are evacuated from the Afghan city of Herat after violent disturbances...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Historic rail firm 'could return'
The former London and North Western Railway could be recreated under government plans, a report says...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Civil servants accept pay deal
Civil servants in Northern Ireland accept a pay offer from the government, voting against an all-out strike...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Internet joy for Murray family
The proud grandfather of tennis star Andrew Murray followed the teenager's US Open victory point-by-point on the internet...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Drug gang jailed for 71 years
A chief constable is in court to see drug dealers who created a 'climate of anarchy' sent to prison...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Teenagers' behaviour 'worsening'
Teenage emotional and behavioural problems are increasing, research shows...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Dive recovers Cromwell's sailor
A sailor from a sunken ship belonging to Oliver Cromwell's navy had the upper body of a trapeze artist but bowed legs, his recovered skeleton shows...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Fears for new digital radio system
Using power lines for the net could disrupt a new digital radio system, a broadcasting conference hears...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Campaigner reaches Palace balcony
A Fathers 4 Justice protester dressed as Batman scales Buckingham Palace in another breach of royal security...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Loyalist admits Finucane murder
A man admits killing solicitor Pat Finucane, one of the most controversial murders of Northern Ireland's Troubles...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Blair says 'I'm back' after Iraq
Tony Blair tells the TUC it is time to show his focus is on issues at home after months dominated by the Iraq war...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Australians 'kidnapped' in Iraq
Australia is investigating reports that two of its citizens have been taken hostage by militants in Iraq...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Funeral held for murdered Amelie
Family and friends attend the funeral in France of murdered student Amelie Delagrange...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Olympians get London parade
Great Britain's Olympic medal winners will be honoured with a parade through central London in October...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Football: Neville out for month
Gary Neville will be sidelined for a month with a hairline fracture of the kneecap...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Football: Hughes' Wales pledge
Wales boss Mark Hughes says he has no plans to quit his post for a job at Blackburn...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Fears of Bakassi handover delay
The planned handover by Nigeria to Cameroon of the disputed region of Bakassi looks certain to be delayed...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Greece mourns top Orthodox cleric
Greece holds three days of mourning for Patriarch Petros of Alexandria, who died in a helicopter crash...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Hong Kong Democracy Forces Earn Modest Gains in Vote
Democracy advocates appeared to have scored modest gains in elections, but fell short of winning a majority in the legislature...
New York Times - September 13, 2004
Europe urged to embrace GM foods
A conference on genetically-modified crops opens in Germany with calls for Europe to take up GM foods...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Lens does away with blurry snaps
A specially-shaped camera lens which means images are never out of focus could find its way onto camera phones...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Chicago and Cabaret lyricist dies
Fred Ebb, the lyricist who wrote Chicago and the classic song New York, New York, dies of a heart attack...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
How can the pensions crisis be resolved?
The TUC has warned of more industrial action unless the government acts to ease the growing pension crisis. What do you think?...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Students to graduate to business
A company is set up to encourage students to be entrepreneurs when they leave university...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Hurricane Ivan bears down on Cuba
One of the Caribbean's most powerful storms gathers strength as it leaves the Cayman Islands for Cuba...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
N Korea says it blew up mountain
Pyongyang says a huge explosion last week was to demolish a mountain for a hydro-electric project...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
House prices show sharp July rise
Demand for larger properties pushed house prices up by 2.1% in July, official government figures show...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Blair outlines union policy role
Tony Blair is to tell the TUC he wants unions to play a full part in shaping Labour's future policies...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
'UK must lead on climate change'
Michael Howard accuses Tony Blair of squandering the chance to lead efforts against climate change...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Putin orders states shake-up
Russian President Vladimir Putin announces a radical overhaul of state bodies in response to recent attacks...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Jenkins denies Billie-Jo murder
Former deputy head teacher Sion Jenkins pleads not guilty at the Old Bailey to the murder of his foster daughter Billie-Jo...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Chief constable returns to duties
Police chief David Westwood, criticised in a report into the Soham murders, returns to work after his suspension is lifted...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Tennis: Federer hails victory
Roger Federer struggles to come to terms with winning his third Grand Slam of 2004 at the US Open...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Tennis: Murray wins junior crown
Britain's Andrew Murray beats Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky in straight sets to lift the US Open junior title...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Rugby: Wilkinson backed
Sir Clive Woodward tips Jonny Wilkinson to be named as England's next captain...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Cameroon polls 'will not be fair'
The leader of Cameroon's main opposition party calls for reforms ahead of next month's poll...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Pro-China win in Hong Kong vote
Pro-Beijing parties keep their majority in Hong Kong's Legislative Council, after the democrats make few gains...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
US bombards Falluja 'militants'
At least 15 people die as US forces pound militant positions in the restive Iraqi city of Falluja, hospital sources say...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
UN begins withdrawal from Herat
About 50 UN staff and aid workers are preparing to leave the Afghan city of Herat following violent disturbances...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Boy charged with rape of teacher
A boy appears in court charged with the rape and sexual assault of a female teacher at a school...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Levels of water charges announced
Most NI households can expect to pay up to £415 per year in water charges by 2008, it is announced...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Showdown over Dungavel children
Scotland's children commissioner is to tackle the Home Office over the detention of children at Dungavel...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Iraq soldier's family 'angry' at war
The family of a soldier killed in a road crash in Iraq say he should not have been serving there at all...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Microsoft and Sendo settle case
A lawsuit in which UK mobile phones maker Sendo had accused Microsoft of stealing its technology and customers is settled...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Lib Dem call for immigrant quota
The Lib Dems call for an annual quota of immigrant workers from outside the EU allowed into Britain...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Scores Are Dead After Violence Spreads in Iraq
The attacks, the most widespread in months, seemed to demonstrate the growing power of the insurgency across the country...
New York Times - September 13, 2004
Kerry Says Bush Has Ignored North Korean Threat
John Kerry accused the Bush administration of letting "a nuclear nightmare" develop by refusing to deal with North Korea...
New York Times - September 13, 2004
Afghan Crowds Loot and Burn Over Governor's Dismissal
Violent demonstrators ransacked and burned at least four U.N. office compounds and a human rights office in Herat...
New York Times - September 13, 2004
Hong Kong Democracy Forces Fall Short in Early Results
Democracy advocates scored little if any gains in elections in Hong Kong, and fell short of winning a majority in the legislature...
New York Times - September 13, 2004
Incontinence drug launched in UK
The first drug which can be used to treat stress urinary incontinence has been licensed for use in the UK...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Drive for career-change teachers
A campaign to attract more graduates to teaching promotes the attraction of working with children...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Iraq PM says poll will go ahead
Iraq's interim PM insists January's election will take place even if violence stops some Iraqis from voting...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Beijing boost in Hong Kong poll
The pro-China camp does better than expected in Hong Kong's legislative elections, results show...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Dunblane teenager wins US Open
A Scottish teenager who survived the Dunblane school massacre wins the US Open tennis junior title...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Minimum wage worries firms
Increases to the minimum wage are beginning to be cause for concern for businesses, the CBI says...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Fragile calm in protest-hit Herat
A curfew restores some calm in the Afghan city of Herat, after violent protests at the sacking of its governor...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Britons told to cut salt intake
A major government food campaign is aiming to persuade Britons to stop consuming so much salt...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Positive attitude delays ageing
You may not be as young as you feel, but research has found that a positive attitude may delay the ageing process...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
Awesome Federer takes title
Roger Federer beats Lleyton Hewitt at the US Open for his third Grand Slam title of 2004...
BBC News - September 13, 2004
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